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DC: Land for sainik bhawan identified

CHAMBA: Chamba DC Harikesh Meena said land for the construction of a sainik community bhawan had been identified at Banikhet. It would be transferred to the Himachal Pradesh Sainik Welfare Department soon, he added.

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Chamba, March 17

Chamba DC Harikesh Meena said land for the construction of a sainik community bhawan had been identified at Banikhet. It would be transferred to the Himachal Pradesh Sainik Welfare Department soon, he added.

At a meeting of the Zila Sainik Board, the DC said the work would start as sson as the land would be transferred.

Speaking about the mobile hospital under the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), the DC said it would become operational only if 1,200 ex-servicemen got themselves registered under the scheme. The ECHS hospital is being run frrom the office of the District Welfare Board in Chamba.

Meena said there were around 4,000 ex-servicemen in the district. On the delay in pension, the DC urged the ex-servicemen to get their correct addresses notified so that they did not have to face any problem.

Meena underscored the need of maintaining a record of ex-servicemen tehsil-wise.

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