Army celebrates Corps of Engineers Day
The Corps consists of four pillars, namely Combat Engineers, Military Engineering Services, Border Road Organisation and Military Survey and also provides officers to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), a defence spokesman said here.
The entire Sapper fraternity in the tricity of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali celebrated the day and a wreath laying Ceremony was held to pay tribute to martyrs at Veer Smriti in Chandimandir cantonment near here.
Maj Gen Vishwambhar Singh, Chief Engineer Western Command and a number of serving and retired officers were present in the ceremony.