59th Raising Day of Homeguards, Civil Defence celebrated

Danesh Rana, ADGP Commandant General HG/CD & SDRF J&K inspecting equipments during Raising Day celebrations.
Danesh Rana, ADGP Commandant General HG/CD & SDRF J&K inspecting equipments during Raising Day celebrations.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 6: The 59th Annual Raising Day of Homeguard and Civil Defence was organized at SDRF 2nd Battalion Headquarters Gulshan Ground here.
Danesh Rana, ADGP Commandant General HG/CD & SDRF J&K congratulated all on the occasion of Raising Day and highlighted the duties and responsibilities of Homeguard and Civil Defence volunteers as first responders during disasters and pandemic like situations.
He also praised the role and assistance of the Civil and Police Administration during the pandemic COVID-19.
Nisha Nathyal, Incharge DIG HG/CD and SDRF Jammu highlighted the achievements of Civil Defence volunteers/wardens and Homeguard volunteers in J&K UT.
During the event, greeting messages of President of India, Prime Minister of India, Home Minister of India, Lieutenant Governor J&K UT and senior dignitaries of GOI and UT administration were also read.
Randhir Singh, Staff Officer (Trgs), GL Sharma, Staff officer (Admn), Dy SPs of Homeguards and Civil Defence alongwith wardens of Civil Defence and Voluntary Homeguards personnel participated in the function. Officers and officials of SDRF were also present on the occasion.
Annual Raising Day was also organized in Kashmir by Haseeb-ur-Rehman, Incharge Director CD and SDRF Kashmir and Firdous Iqbal, Divisional Commandant Homeguards Kashmir.
In the end, Randhir Singh, Staff officer (Trgs) presented the vote of thanks.