J&K govt: at the service of ex-servicemen

State home department will set up a cell to address grievances and problems of ex-servicemen

PTI | May 11, 2010



Jammu and Kashmir government today said an ex-servicemen cell would be set up in the state to address the problems and issues related to former men of armed forces.

"We will set up an ex-servicemen cell in state home department which would be the nodal agency for mitigating the problems and issues related to former men of armed forces in J&K", chief minister Omar Abdullah told a gathering of army jawans at function here today.

He said it would be a single window system for the ex-servicemen for addressing all their problems and they need not run here and there.

"It is our duty to provide all needed help to them after they hang their uniforms", Omar said.

The chief minister said the armed forces men were at the call of the state government "in all our difficult times be time, be it defending the borders during wars, taking on militants or rushing with help during natural disasters".

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