AK Srivastava (SriAKS)

CHANDIGARH: 1966 is a very long time ago but probably not ripe enough for Punjab government to fulfil a promise made to a veteran of the Indo-Pak war OF 1965. Kaka Singh, 79, lost his eyes during action at Khemkaran sector. Fired up by the selfless role played by him for his country, the state jumped to announce a prize of 10 acre for the gritty soldier. Three decades on, it took a Punjab and Haryana High Court order of January 30 to direct the state to keep its word. While that may have brought a flicker of hope but Singh is yet to set foot on the promised land as the government is still to allot that plot. However, this is not the first time that a former soldier or his widow has faced hardship in getting land promised to them in the heat of the moment. A resident of Zirakpur, Singh was a sapper with Bengal Engineers Group (BEG) Roorkee. He joined the Army on September 18, 1954, and was discharged on September 17, 1970, as a war casualty with 100% visual disability. Recalling the fa

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