BLINDED EXSERVICE MEN KAKASINGH

Blinded ex-serviceman awaits benefits Chandigarh, April 4Over 40 years after he was blinded in a blast while laying mines along the Indo-Pak border, a 75-year-old ex-serviceman, Kaka Singh, is still awaiting his promised benefits. As the world observes the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action today, a large number of landmine victims in India and abroad seem to be living a forgotten existence.
Kaka Singh along with his six-year-old grandson Sandeep at his home in Zirakpur, near Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan