Artillery Centre kicks off motorcycle expedition

HYDERABAD: To commemorate 60 years of its raising, soldiers from the Artillery Centre, Hyderabad set off on a Dakshin Bharat Motorcycle Expedition on Sunday that will take them to Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu and back, the covering 3,000-km round trip in 13 days .

The 19-member contingent includes 10 riders from the Army (two officers, a junior commissioned officer and seven non-commissioned officers) in synergy with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Hero Motor Corp.

The Artillery Centre said the expedition members would interact with locals along the way and motivate the youth to enrol in the Indian Army through the Agnipath scheme. The team would hold lectures at NCC units and schools.

The team would create awareness on road safety, safe driving skills and adherence to traffic rules. The expedition team enroute will interact with ex-servicemen, war veterans and gallantry award winners and return on November 5.