Guwahati: General Officer Commanding-in- Chief of Eastern Command, Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh, on a visit here on assumption of duty, called on Assam Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik Wednesday.
Singh was accompanied by Lieutenant General Shakti Gurung, General Officer Commanding, Gajraj Corps, an official statement said.
During the meeting, the Army officials updated the Governor on the state of flood relief measures carried out by the forces.
Singh is currently on a three day visit to the formations and forward areas of the north east.
Before meeting the governor, he interacted with the troops and reviewed the progress of ongoing projects and the current internal security situation in Assam as well as on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh, defence sources said.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 17:36