As the country commemorates the Kargil victory, government officials, police personnel, ex-servicemen, army personnel, members of various organisations and students paid floral tributes at the Kargil Memorial in Dharwad on Tuesday.
After cadets of the 24 KAR Battalion of NCC presented a guard of honour at the memorial, the dignitaries, Deputy Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde and the former Lt. Colonel U.S. Dinesh, ex-servicemen Subedar Major Umesh Akkihal, Lt. Col. Vijay Patil, Sargeant Jagadish Kurubetta placed wreaths before the war memorial.
Apart from Commanding Officer of 24 KAR NCC Battalion Colonel Ajay Chowdhary, Sena Medal Subedar Giridhar Singh, Commanding Officer of 5 KAR NCC Girls Battalion Colonel J.P. Mishra and others too paid floral tributes.
