Outreach programme at MLIRC for veterans

The Madras Regimental Centre held ‘Shaurya Samparavah’, an outreach programme for armed forces veterans in Belagavi on Saturday. It was organised under the aegis of head quarters Dakshin Bharat Area at Kargil Hall in Maratha Light Infantry regimental centre.

Brigadier Krishnendu Das, officer in charge, Records and Commandant The Madras Regimental Centre presided over the event and addressed the veteran fraternity of Belagavi and the nearby districts of Dharwad, Hubballi, Gadag, and Vijayapura attended.

The commandant thanked the veterans, veer naris and their dependents for the contribution made by them in their service with the armed forces and for the nation. He further assured them of the organisation responsibility to ensure well-being of the veteran community and speedy redressal of their grievances.

Lieutenant Colonel Kalam Singh, Chief Records Officer, Records The Madras Regiment, Wellington, welcomed the chief guest and all veterans and their families, and apprised them of the initiatives being taken by records office and Madras Regiment Centre to re-dress their grievances and educate them regarding various welfare schemes.

As many as 1,233 veterans and veer naris attended the rally. Officials from different records offices and banks resolved the grievances of veterans and briefed them of various welfare schemes and facilities available to them. The teams of doctors from KLE Hospital, Netradarshan Eye Hospital, M.H. Belagavi, and ECHS Polyclinic, Belagavi provided on the spot medical examination and aid to 689 patients, said a release.