LUDHIANA: Vajra Air Defence Brigade, under the aegis of Vajra Corps of Indian Army organised a special welfare meet for 200 widows of veterans and inaugurated Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) Hospital for veterans in Jagraon, on Monday.

HT PHOTOAnupvir Kaur, zonal president, Army Wives Welfare Association, inaugurating the ECHS Hospital in Jagraon near Ludhiana on Monday.

With an aim to provide ease to more than 6,000 veterans in Jagraon, the hospital was inaugurated by Anupvir Kaur, zonal president, Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA). She said that the facilities of Canteen Store Department (CSD) and Defense Pension Distributing Office (DPDO) are provided along with ECHS in a single complex.

In the run up of special welfare meet, extensive outreach drive was undertaken and widows of the veterans of Ludhiana district were contacted to resolve the issues related to one rank one pension (OROP), pension anomalies, healthcare, and arrears of 6th pay commission along with recruitment of their wards. Medical camp with ENT, eye, gynecology and orthopedics specialists was also held to address the problems of the widows.

Anupvir interacted with the widows and distributed wheel chairs, hearing aids, special walking aids, adjustable walking aids along with ECHS and CSD cards to the entitled widows.