Army Chief General MM Naravane is on a two-day visit to Southern Command, touching base at Pune & Goa. During his Pune visit, he visited Tata Motors at Pimpri where he observed the operations of assembly lines of Passenger & Commercial Vehicles & Engineering Research Centre.

On the same day, General Naravane also visited the Strategic Systems Complex (SSC) of Larsen &Toubro at Talegaon near Pune to witness their production facilities and developmental efforts towards modernising the Indian Armed Forces.

General Naravane was briefed about various defence related programmes & engagements of L&T with Indian Army. He complimented efforts of both the indigenous manufacturers in promoting self-reliance in defence manufacturing. On 07 Aug, Gen MM Naravane will visit INS Hansa in Goa.