Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 24

Lt Gen KJ Singh, GOC-in-Chief, Western Command, Chandimandir today dedicated the Integrated Veterans Complex to the ex-servicemen of triservices settled in the tricity.The complex will provide a range of care and support services, as also a single point of contact for grievance redressal to veterans, widows and their wards.Integrated Veterans Complex comprises of Army Placement Node, Directorate Regional Centre Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), Veterans Sahayata Regional Centre, Directorate of Resettlement Western Zone, Station ECHS Cell, e-lobby and Canteen Stores Department, thereby bringing all essential services under one roof which otherwise were located at various places in Chandimandir.On the occasion, Lt Gen KJ Singh stressed on the need to strengthen the institutional framework for veterans’ care and promised all support to them.The inauguration of the complex was undertaken by a veteran, Naik Saroop Singh (retd), who is 105 years old and settled in Kalka. Hon Sub Maj TD Piplani, a nonagenarian, inaugurated a multi-banking complex.