India News | Grant Announced for SDRF Personnel Deployed on COVID Duty in Jammu

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. With the aim of boosting the morale of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel deployed on COVID duty, the Director-General of Police DGP-cum-Commandant General of Home Guards/ Civil Defence and SDRF, VK Singh announced a grant and a cash reward to each on Thursday.

DGP addressing SDRF personnel on COVID duty.

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 17 (ANI): With the aim of boosting the morale of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel deployed on COVID duty, the Director-General of Police DGP-cum-Commandant General of Home Guards/ Civil Defence and SDRF, VK Singh announced a grant and a cash reward to each on Thursday.

Accordingly, each SDRF personnel will receive a Commendation Certificates Class-I along with a cash reward of Rs 2000, a press release informed

The announcement was made during Singh's visit to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Hospital at Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu.

Lauding the role of the personnel for their exemplary performance, Singh interacted with the 20 SDRF personnel deployed for COVID duty at the DRDO hospital.

The release also mentioned that Singh had earlier decorated 40 Officers/officials of the SDRF 2nd Battalion, Jammu.

He congratulated the promoted officials and encouraged them to re-dedicate themselves to tackle the challenge of the ongoing pandemic. (ANI)

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