Tribune News Service

Dehradun, May 1

General Bipin Rawat visited the Garhwal Rifles Regimental Centre at the Lansdown in Pauri Garhwal district. He paid homage to the martyrs of the Garhwal Rifles Regimental War Memorial and also laid foundation stone of a new administrative block of the centre and the new accommodation at Kotdwar.Felicitating disabled soldiers at a ceremony which was in consonance with army’s series of outreach programmes as part of ‘The Year for Disabled Soldiers’, hereiterated the Army’s commitment to work for the welfare of disabled soldiers. He also handed over cheques for Rs 50,000 each to the disabled soldier.Earlier, it was virtual homecoming for Army Chief, who, along with his wife Madhulika Rawat, visited his native Sain village in Pauri Garhwal district. General, whose visit to his native village was kept confidential, took the villagers by surprise, who turned up in large numbers to greet him.In his interaction with villagers, Rawat expressed his willingness to later settle down in his native village.