Madras Sappers remembered

Bangalore, Feb 28 (UNI) As many as 52 soldiers of Madras Sappers who died while in service were remembered with honour and gratitude at a solemn ceremony at the Madras Engineer Group and Centre here today.

Thirtyfour next of kin of the deceased soldiers were presented with Badge of Sacrifice and 18 others were presented with a sum of Rs 30,000 each by Lt Gen B S Dhaliwal, Engineer-in-Chief of Indian Army, a Defence release here said.

Among those honoured were the Jawans involved in 'Operation Rakshak' and 'Operation Varuna'.

UNI