Army trains NCC cadets & also held motivational talk under project ‘Veergatha’.

GNSONLINE RAJOURI
SHYAM SOOD

RAJOURI, AUGUST 31:–Dah Division of the Indian Army under the aegis of Northern Command trained 94 NCC cadets of senior division selected from various NCC Battalions located at Solan, Mandi, Rampur, Dalhousie, Nahan, Hamirpur, Dharamshala, Una, and Shimla in Himachal Pradesh.
During 15 day’s training, the NCC cadets were exposed to the military routine, equipment, and discipline.
“The aim of the attachment camp was to hone the military knowledge and skills of the cadets and help bolster camaraderie, discipline, national integration, integrity, resilience and resolve among the cadets,” said Army.
Special focus was also laid on weapon training, map reading, firing, drill, field craft, battle craft, and other military subjects.
The camp also witnessed lectures on disaster management, fire fighting, regimental way of living, leadership, and personality development.
Developing the right character qualities lies at the core of NCC, the vision of the camp was very beneficial in building the right character and imbibing self-discipline in the cadets so that they can become able leaders and responsible citizens of the country.
Meanwhile, Rashtriya Rifles Battalion based at Kalal in Nowshera sub-division in Rajouri district on Tuesday organised a ‘motivational talk’ under project Veergatha’ in the government high school at Dandeshwar.
With an aim to motivate the students with stories of acts of bravery and valour of our soldiers, a series of lectures were conducted by gallantry award winners during this campaign in various schools under the area of operation of Kalal Rashtriya Rifles Battalion.
The first talk was conducted in government high school at Kalsiyan on April 16 in which Hav Mohinder Lal, SC (Retd) shared his experiences with students.
The 2nd talk was organised on July 9 at the government higher secondary school at Seri and Hony Lt Ramesh Chander, SC (Retd); and Naik Swaran Singh, SC (Retd) shared their experience in Army and motivated the students to join Armed Forces.
The closing motivational talk under project ‘Veergatha” was held today in high school at Dandeshwar.
Hony Sub Maj Shabir Ahmed, SC (Retd) shared his experience with the students and motivated them to join Armed Forces.
An experience shared by gallantry award winners aroused a chord of nationalistic values and patriotic fervour among the students.
The project was able to achieve the desired societal impact by channelizing the youthful energies towards a constructive and nation-building direction.