Pardafas Reporter
Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pandey returned home(India) on Thursday after a successful and productive five-day official visit to Nepal.
General Pande, who was on a five-day visit to Nepal at the invitation of Chief of Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma, was conferred with the insignia of honorary title by President Bidya Devi Bhandari, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Nepalese Army.
On 7 September 2022, General Manoj Pande visited the Indian Pension Paying Office at Pokhara. There he addressed a Gorkha Ex-servicemen of the Indian army and felicitated Gallantry Awardees. Mrs. Archana Pande also felicitated the Veer Naris present for the occasion.
He lauded the bravery of the Gorkha Soldiers and saluted their courage and dedicated service. Earlier in the day, General Manoj Pande also visited Nepali Army Mid Command headquarters at Pokhara and interacted with the staff there.
The Chief of Army Staff also handed over three ambulances (Mobile Medical Units) to the Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) polyclinics in Nepal. The ambulances would be able to provide doorstep healthcare services to more than three lakh Indian Army veterans and their families in Nepal and would be especially beneficial for those residing in remote areas of Nepal.
Apart from meeting his counterpart General Prabhu Ram Sharma, Chief of Army Staff of Nepali Army and Honorary General of the Indian Army, General Pande also called on the Rt. Hon’ble President, the Rt. Hon’ble Prime Minister and Defence Minister Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba. He also addressed student officers at the Army Command and Staff College.
During his visit, as part of bilateral cooperation between the two countries, he handed over military equipment worth Rs 223 million to Nepali Army (NA) as assistance.
He returned to India today through Tribhuwan International Airport. Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Balkrishna Karki, saw off Pande at Tribhuvan International Airport.
