{"id":8814,"date":"2026-05-25T01:22:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/?p=8814"},"modified":"2026-05-25T01:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:22:31","slug":"indian-army-initiative-to-connect-with-tribal-community-residing-on-indo-china-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/indian-army-initiative-to-connect-with-tribal-community-residing-on-indo-china-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian army initiative to connect with tribal community residing on Indo-China border"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indian army initiative to connect with tribal community residing on Indo-China border<\/p>\n

B.D. Kasniyal<\/p>\n

Pithoragarh, May 25<\/p>\n

To fulfill\u00a0it’s commitment to strengthen relation with local communities at border regions, Indian army has constructed a\u00a0 closed primary school at Gunji border region at Indo-China border and a cultural central at Dharchula, for the use of Rung community, the\u00a0 original\u00a0 inhabitants of three high Himalayan valleys of Vyans, Darma and Chaudans.<\/p>\n

The initiative have been taken under ‘Operation Sadbhavna.’ “The primary school at Gunji, that had closed in 1995 due to shortage of students following migration of families from the villages surrounding Gunji, has now been rebuild by army and a total of 8 students admitted in the newly constructed school, are being taught by army men presently,” said Vimla Gunjiyal, gram pradhan of Gunji and retired IG(IPS), of Uttarakhand police.<\/p>\n

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Lt.General Anindya Sengupta, General Officer Commanding in Chief of central command of Indian army inaugurating a school in Gunji village.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Gunji gram pradhan, army has spent a total of Rs 72 lakh to create facility of teaching 75 students at the school.” As\u00a0some villagers have started living in border region permanently due to livelihood opportunities created due to \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 pilgrimage in recent years, the school is likely to remain open once it gets state education department permission, “said the Gunji gram pradhan.<\/p>\n

The another gift, army presented to Rung community is a new building named, \u2018Rung- Bung- Mung center\u2019, constructed at Dharchula, to make the tribal community celebrate their festivals and facilitate their socialising. “The center was inaugurated by General Anindya Sengupta, General Officer Commanding of central command of Indian army,” said Shalu Datal, a Rung community member present on the occasion.<\/p>\n

“Besides these major constructions, the army has also renovated \u00e0 old library building near Rung\u00a0cultural museum, constructed a community building in Goo village of Darma valley, constructed 2 toilets in Jipti village and\u00a0opened a library in Kuti village,” said Shalu Datal.<\/p>\n

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Indian army initiative to connect with tribal community residing on Indo-China border B.D. Kasniyal Pithoragarh, May 25 To fulfill\u00a0it’s commitment to strengthen relation with local communities at border regions, Indian army has constructed a\u00a0 closed primary school at Gunji border region at Indo-China border and a cultural central at Dharchula, for the use of Rung …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,33,1284,91,59],"tags":[443,106,4057,4056],"class_list":["post-8814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","category-international-political-national","category-national","category-uttarakhand","tag-gunji","tag-indian-army","tag-lt-general-anindya-sengupta-general-officer-commanding-in-chief-of-central-command","tag-vimla-gunjial-gram-pardhan-gunji"],"yoast_head":"\nIndian army initiative to connect with tribal community residing on Indo-China border - 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