Captain Raghunathan, NCC group headquarters, Puducherry, Lieutenant Commander M. Ramesh, Commanding Officer, Naval Unit, NCC Group Headquarters Puducherry were present. A batch of 40 senior division cadets attached to the NCC Group Headquarters, Puducherry, on Tuesday completed the first leg of ocean sailing expedition from Puducherry to Thopputhurai. These cadets, drawn from TBML College, Poraiyur, and St. Joseph’s College, Cuddalore, started their expedition from Puducherry on August 3. Mr. Garg said that NCC cadets played an important role as messengers for social awareness and in also making available their services during the times of natural calamities like floods and earthquakes. There were five cadets each in two 27-foot non-motorised sailing boats and they took turns to cover a distance of about 456 km.
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