Kathmandu, Mar. 15 :The Paradesh Sewa Padak awarded by His Majesty the King to the first batch of the 37th contingent of the Srinath Battalion (peacekeeping force) which returned here recently on completion of its assignment in unifil were given away by chief of the army staff general Prajwal Shamsher J. B. Rana at an investiture here today.

On the occasion General Rana also gave away the Khukuri of the Paradesh Sewa Padak and cash prizes to the peacekeepers.

Two hundred persons including officers and other ranks of the Srinath Battalion received the Paradesh Sewa Padak today.