The Corps consists of four pillars, namely Combat Engineers, Military Engineering Services, Border Road Organisation and Military Survey and also provides officers to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), a defence spokesman said here.
The entire Sapper fraternity in the tricity of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali celebrated the day and a wreath laying Ceremony was held to pay tribute to martyrs at Veer Smriti in Chandimandir cantonment near here.
Maj Gen Vishwambhar Singh, Chief Engineer Western Command and a number of serving and retired officers were present in the ceremony.