Students pay floral tributes at Major Sandeep Sankhla War Memorial to mark the 17th anniversary of Vijay Diwas in Sector 2, Panchkula, on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal

Panchkula, July 24

Army veterans from across the tricity today gathered at the Major Shankla War Memorial, Sector 2, Panchkula, paid homage to martyrs on the 17th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Divas. The commemoration ceremony was organised by the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (Panchkula and North Haryana).The ceremony saw school children and Army veterans singing patriotic songs and reciting poems. A group of students from Doon Public School, Sector 21, Panchkula, sang a patriotic song penned by a retired Brigadier. Col Mahesh Chadha (retd) recited a poem written by him. Kirti, a student of Doon Public School, presented a poem on Kargil heroes written by her.Students of St Vivekanand Millenium School, Pinjore, presented a patriotic song. Ambala MP Ratan Lal Kataria also recited a poem he had written about war heroes.Lt Gen KJ Singh, GOC-in-C, Western Command, paid homage to martyrs. Veterans and school students also paid tributes to the martyrs. — TNS