Adm DK Joshi donates award money to Uttarakhand war memorial

July 24, 2020 18:42

Admiral D K Joshi, former Navy chief and currently lt governor of Andamans and Nicobar Islands, has donated all the funds from the bravery decorations he has received from the government to the Uttarakhand War Memorial.

Adm Joshi had recently agreed to be a patron of the war memorial.

This is the first time that a war veteran, highly decorated for his exceptional service to the nation, has chosen to donate all the award money he receives to the cause of martyred soldiers, pointed out Tarun Vijay, chairman of the war memorial.

A recipient of the highest military honours, Adm Joshi receives annual annuities to the tune of about Rs 90,900. In a letter to Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, the admiral said that all his regular income from these annuities, which come to him through the state government's Sainik Kalyan department, must be permanently diverted to the Uttarakhand War Memorial.

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