Mumbai: Armoured Corps Centre and School, Ahmednagar on behalf of Indian Army, organised an Outreach programme at Zila Sainik Board, Latur district on Monday to reach out to veterans, veer naris/mata/pita and their dependents from Latur district.
The focus of the Outreach programme held in close coordination with the Zila Sainik Board and State Administration was to resolve pension anomalies and ameliorating day to day problems of veterans and their dependents. The programme gave a platform to all, to put forward their issues directly to the concerned civil and defence officials.
Numerous stalls were set up by various welfare agencies to render assistance and spread awareness on matters related to pensions, legal cases at district and tehsil level, various beneficial information on schemes concerning them and redress of grievances in coordination with army, zila sainik board and State government agencies. The programme was successful in reiterating and reassuring veterans, that their welfare and well being remains the prime concern of the serving fraternity.
Indian Army is committed to looking after the interest of the veterans for times to come. During the interaction the veterans, and their families expressed their sincere gratitude for the efforts being taken by the Army to reach out to them and address their genuine concerns through various welfare schemes in coordination with the Rajya / Zila Sainik Board and State government.
