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Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann Wednesday handed over cheques worth Rs 1 crore each as financial assistance to the family members of the four soldiers who died in a terror attack in Poonch on April 20..
Mann visited the native houses of these soldiers including Havildar Mandeep Singh at Chankoian Kalan village of Ludhiana, Lance Naik Kulwant Singh of Charik village in Moga, Sepoy Harkrishan Singh of Talwandi Bharath in Gurdaspur and Sepoy Sevak Singh of Bagha in Bathinda...
Handing over cheques worth Rs 1 crore to the distressed families as a mark of respect for the supreme sacrifice made by these soldiers for the country, he said that the entire country was indebted to these martyrs who had sacrificed their lives for the sake of the country and its people..
Meanwhile, at village Talwandi Bharath in Gurdaspur, Mann announced to name a government school in the village after the martyr Sepoy Harkrishan Singh besides spending Rs 73.50 lakh on construction of the stadium and upgradation of dharamshala in the village..
Similarly, at village Charik in Moga, he announced to name a government school in the village after upgrading it in the name of martyr Lance Naik Kulwant Singh besides constructing a playground in his native village..
