The ‘Golden Victory Torch’ was carried on the world’s highest railway bridge over the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Monday. A defense spokesperson has given this information.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 16, on the occasion of 50 years of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, lit “golden victory torches” from the Amar Jyoti of the National War Memorial in Delhi and flagged them to different parts of the country.
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After passing through the districts of Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch, the commanding officer of the local contingent in Reasi district received the torch in a grand ceremony and then carried it to the world’s highest railway bridge which is built over Chenab river, the spokesman said.
He said that a wreath-laying ceremony was organized in the memory of the martyrs and war heroes of the Indo-Pak war of 1971. According to the spokesperson, ex-servicemen, Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, SSP of Reasi and others paid tributes while Veer Naris and 1971 war heroes were felicitated on the occasion.
