Expanded Bombay Sappers War Memorial inaugurated
New Delhi, January 31
Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande today opened the expanded Bombay Sappers War Memorial at the Bombay Engineers Group and Centre at Kirkee near Pune and released a commemorative postage stamp to mark the memorial’s centenary celebrations.
Addressing a gathering of over 3,000 personnel, General Pande praised the role of the Bombay Sappers for their outstanding professionalism in rendering combat engineer support to the field formations of the Army. He expressed satisfaction at the work being done in the tough terrain of Ladakh and north Sikkim.
The Bombay Sappers War Memorial is a hallowed structure standing tall in the memory of soldiers who have made the supreme sacrifice. The expanded memorial includes two arched rows of ascending walls bearing names of each of the bravehearts and a digital kiosk established to locate each name for the visitors.
The Army Chief also lauded the training imparted to the first two batches of Agniveers at the centre and said feedback from the units had been encouraging. He announced the institution of the ‘Uklekar Adventure Award’ for the Best Bombay Sapper in Adventure and the inaugural award was presented to Lance Havildar Tejinder Singh.
