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'Blade runner' Major DP Singh to run in support of OROP

Updated on: 03 September,2015 04:02 PM IST  | 
ANI |

Blade runner Major DP Singh on Wednesday said he would start his run in support of ex-servicemen's One Rank, One Pension (OROP) demand on September 13

'Blade runner' Major DP Singh to run in support of OROP

New Delhi: Blade runner Major DP Singh on Wednesday said he would start his run in support of ex-servicemen's One Rank, One Pension (OROP) demand on September 13.


'Major Uppan Saini and I will start our run on 13th in support of the OROP. We will run through Ambala, Patiala, Jalandhar, Pathankot, Jammu, Kathua and Srinagar. On our way, I will meet army veterans,' said Singh.


He also mentioned that this run would be a world record, adding 'It will be a personal record for me, as no 100 percent amputee has ever run at 12,500 feet.'


The OROP scheme has been a long-standing demand of nearly three-million ex-servicemen and war widows in the country.

It seeks to ensure that a uniform pension is paid to defence personnel, who retire at the same rank with the same length of service irrespective of their date of retirement.

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