Aid extended to veterans at CCpur
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 14 2016:
Khuga Bn has launched a campaign to reach out to the ex-servicemen (ESM) & Veer Naris of Churachandpur district with an aim to resolve their grievances including issues pertaining to pension anomalies, said PIB (Defence Wing) in a statement.
Hence, an 'Ex Servicemen Grievance Cell' or 'Suvigya Cell' was established by the Bn at Khuga, and an 'Outreach Programme' was launched.
Various teams were formed and sent to villages for providing wide publicity about the initiative being taken up by the unit so that maximum ESM & Veer Naris could be benefited.
The unit had also organized a rally & medical camp for ESM & Veer Naris at Khuga dam on June 25 .
Since July, Khuga Bn has taken up pension anomaly cases amounting to Rs 35.22 lakh in respect of 75 ESMs & Veer Naris with the Treasury Department and banks concerned.
Out of this an amount of Rs 11.66 lakh has already been credited to the pension accounts of 35 ESMs, added PIB (Defence Wing) .