Thiruvananthapuram : The controller general of defence accounts, New Delhi, and the controller of defence accounts, Chennai, will organize a ‘Sparsh Outreach Programme ’ at the Nagercoil municipal corporation office on Friday. This programme is organized to solve the problems of defence pensioners/defence civilian pensioners/family pensioners in Kanyakumari district and its adjoining areas like Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, and the areas of Kerala bordering Kanyakumari. T Jayashilan, controller of defence accounts, Chennai, will inaugurate the programme.
Thiruvananthapuram (Pangode) Military centre chief, Brigadier Salil M P, Kanyakumari district collector, and Nagercoil municipal corporation commissioner are also expected to attend the function. In the outreach programme, apart from annual identification and queries, efforts will be made to redress the grievances of defence pensioners/family pensioners promptly. Cases which cannot be disposed of on the spot will be accepted for processing and settlement within a short time.
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