Punjab and Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki felicitates a cadet at the Haryana Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph

Tribune News Service,Chandigarh, February 4

NCC cadets of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, who participated in the national-level Republic Day camp in New Delhi last month, were honoured by the Governor of Haryana and Punjab, Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki, at a function held at the Haryana Raj Bhawan here today.The Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh NCC Directorate had won the Prime Minister’s Championship Banner — 2016 among 17 directorates for the second time consecutively.The contingent of the Directorate comprised 53 cadets from Punjab, 39 cadets from Haryana and 11 cadets from Chandigarh.The Governor announced a cash incentive of Rs 11,000 to each cadet of Haryana who participated in the camp and an award of Rs 51,000 to cadet Sonika of the Hisar Girls’ Battalion for representing the country and winning a silver medal at the Asian Shooting Championship held in Kuwait recently.Maj Gen GS Chima, Additional Director General, NCC, Vijai Vardhan, Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education, Haryana, Mohammad Rafi, from the office of the Director Public Instruction (DPI), Punjab, and Rubinderjit Singh Brar, DPI, Chandigarh, were also present.