Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit plants sapling on 25th Kargil Vijay Divas

Chandigarh, July 15

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on the occasion of 25 years of Kargil Vijay Divas planted a sapling at the Punjab Raj Bhawan here today.

Speaking on the sidelines of the function, the Governor said this campaign would also give a boost to the ongoing sapling plantation campaign ‘Ek Ped Maa ke Naam’ launched by the Government of India.

The soil for planting the saplings has been brought by the Jammu Kashmir Study Centre (JKSC), Chandigarh chapter, from Bajrang Post, which was the starting point of the Kargil war. This was the place where Capt Saurabh Kalia and his soldiers from the Jat Regiment, while on patrol in May 1999, were captured by Pak Rangers and attained martyrdom.

This plantation drive was undertaken as a part of a series of activities which would be conducted in the coming two weeks to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Kargil war by the JKSC, Chandigarh chapter.