To finalise the arrangements of foundation laying ceremony of Rs 115 crore State-of-the-art memorial, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday convened a meeting of senior leaders of SAD and BJP, Cabinet Ministers, chief parliamentary secretaries, MlAs besides the senior officers of the State Government.
The State-level function was to be held at Sri Ram Tirath Temple in Amritsar on the Parkash Utsav of Bhagwan Valmiki on October 18.
The Chief Minister, during the meeting, exhorted the leaders of SAD-BJP and the top brass of the Government to elicit huge participation of the people from different walks of life on this historic event.
Badal deputed Ropar MlA and SAD secretary Daljit Singh Cheema and his special principal secretary KJS Cheema to overall supervise the arrangements and ensure comfortable night stay of the people arriving at Amritsar prior to the day of function, from far flung districts of Sri Muktsar Sahib, Bathinda, Mansa, Sangrur, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib and Mohali.