Mumbai ( Maharashtra ) [India], October 20 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday flagged off the trucks of the Adharsocial Trust carrying sweets and other festive items for the Indian Army personnel stationed at border areas on the occasion of Diwali .

Social worker Shankar Eknath Chakankar of the Adharsocial Trust stated that this is a unique initiative taken by the government to offer a sense of homeliness to the jawans posted at the borders. He mentions that the sweets are hand made by the "mothers and sisters of the nation" and the first batch of the sweets are sent to the soldiers.

"The jawans posted at the border sites and sensitive areas are the reason why we are able to celebrate every festival peacefully...they are the protectors of the nation...our

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