Army sends 25 elderly civilians on motivational tour

A group of 25 elderly civilians and entrepreneurs from Rajouri district today embarked on a motivational tour of north India as part of a programme conducted by the Army.
The motivational tour, having the motto of 'Tajurba Aur Vishwas Desh Aapke Saath', was flagged off from Kalakote today, a defence spokesman said here.
It is being organised by the Rashtriya Rifles Battalion, based at Kalakote, under the aegis of Counter Insurgency Force Uniform, he said.
The group will visit cottage and small scale industries at Amritsar, Chandigarh and Baddi (Himachal Pradesh), he said.
They will also visit Palampur (HP), which has achieved near-green revolution, and will get a unique opportunity to interact with their counterparts and officials of various civic bodies to gain a first hand information on the activities being undertaken by them, he said.

The tour will enable them to undertake similar works in transforming their own methods and practises into a self reliant one, he said.
They will visit important historical places such as Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh and Wagha Border in Amritsar; Rock Garden, Rose Garden and Sukhna Lake at Chandigarh; Tashi Jang Monestary, Tea Garden and Dhauladhar National Park at Palampur, the spokesman said.
The tour is organised with a view to expose the entrepreneurs to the opportunities existing in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, he said.