New Delhi: Commemorating the valour and sacrifice of its four soldiers who were awarded Gallantry Medals posthumously this Independence Day, the Central Reserve police Force (CRPF) DG A P Maheshwari planted saplings in their memories at the ‘Shaurya Van’ at Force academy at Kadarpur in Gurugram, an official statement said on Sunday. Mr Maheshwari on Saturday, also inaugurated a ”Valour Wall” which would have the photographs of all alumni officers who have earned Gallantry Medals over the years. As of now, this wall is presently adorned with 117 photographs of officers who were awarded 138 Gallantry Medals. These include the Kirti Chakra awardee Deputy Commandant Harshpal Singh, Shaurya Chakra recipients Deputy Commandant Kuldeep Singh Chahar, Assistant Commandants Vinoj P Joseph,Nagendra Singh Chandan Kumar and Vikas Jakhar.On this occasion, the CRPF also performed aerial seed dispersal in the formidable Aravali range that form the picturesque backdrop of the Academy.
This would augment the flora of the range that has provided natural landscape to the academy for jungle camps and battle enactment exercises. It is the sheer devotion of the force personnel to preserve nature that led to plantation of 25 Lakh trees in the Akhand Bharat Vriksharopan Abhiyan a month earlier”, the largest internal security force said.
The ‘Shaurya van’,inaugurated by Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah on July 12 would have a tree for every Gallantry Award recipient of the force.