Chandigarh, February 25

To bestow due honour and accord to the sacrifice of gallantry award winners of the Army, the rail underbridge at the Chandimandir Military Station has been dedicated to Lt Col AB Tarapore, who was decorated posthumously with the Param Vir Chakra, the highest award for gallantry.The bridge has now been christened ‘Tarapore Setu’. Key milestones in the history of the Western Command have been pictorially depicted along the parapets of the bridge.Lt Col Tarapore, the Commanding Officer of 17 Horse, laid down his life while capturing Phillora on the western frontier on September 16 during the 1965 Indo-Pak War.Lt Gen KJ Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, said the bridge, now named in the war hero’s memory, would continue to inspire future generations to dedicate their lives towards nation building. — TNS