Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 173 BN CRPF, Dimapur and 78 Bn CRPF celebrated its 12th Raising Day and 77th Raising Day on Sunday and July 27 in separate programmes at Dimapur and Zubza, Kohima respectively.
In Dimapur, 12th Raising Day celebrations of 173 BN CRPF, Dimapur, was on Friday officially declared open by commandant, 173 BN CRPF, Joseph Keishing, here at unit headquarter (HQ) of the 173 BN CRPF.
On the first day of the three-day event, a blood donation camp was also organised. CRPF jawans, including the unit commandant, donated blood to the visiting team of medical workers led by Dr. Temsu from District Hospital Dimapur.
As part of the celebration, a Mela is also underway at the unit HQ where varieties of food and various form of entertainments are on offer. (Staff Reporter)
ZUBZA: Commemorating the 77th Raising Day of CRPF’s “selfless service” to the nation, a “sangeet sandhya” (music night) was organized by the 78 Bn CRPF at Zubza Kohima followed by award ceremony and grand “barakhana” on July 27.
During the musical night, the officers and personnel of CRPF were awarded with “DG’s Disc and commendation certificate”, “internal security medals” and “hero of the month July 2016” in recognition of their excellence in operational duties of Internal Security.
Two “DG’s Disc” and commendation certificates, nine internal security medals were presented to officers and personnel by Commandant Neeraj Yadav.