Commemorating the silver jubilee of ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ - India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1999 war, Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit planted a sapling at the Raj Bhawan on Monday. As per the official statement, the Jammu Kashmir Study Centre's (JKSC) Chandigarh chapter brought the soil to plant the trees from the Bajrang post, the starting point of the Kargil War.
Purohit, who is also the Administrator of Union Territory Chandigarh, said the campaign will also give a boost to the ongoing tree plantation campaign 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam'.
This was the place where Captain Saurabh Kalia and his soldiers from the Jat Regiment, while on patrol in May 1999, were captured by the Pakistani Army and attained martyrdom in a bid to take back the post, it said.
The 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 5 to mark World Environment Day, under which about 140 crore trees will be planted across the country.
JKSC Chandigarh president Vivek Chauhan and secretary Simrit Kahlon were also present during the event at the Raj Bhawan here.
JKSC is a think-tank dedicated to Jammu and Kashmir research. It also spreads information about Jammu and Kashmir through lectures, workshops, study programs, seminars, and symposiums.
The Governor called on the residents to promote such activities which would help not only in preserving the environment but also in creating awareness about the valour and supreme sacrifices made by the Indian armed forces.
This plantation drive was undertaken as a part of a series of activities that would be conducted in the coming two weeks to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Kargil War by the JKSC's Chandigarh chapter.
The first in the series of events is the tree plantation drive which would be conducted in all the government schools and colleges in Chandigarh.
The war was declared over on July 26, 1999, after the Indian forces successfully pushed back the Pakistani forces which had stealthily occupied important heights in Ladakh.
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