Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Monday dedicated to the people 16 parks bearing the names of several unsung heroes of the freedom struggle on the 76th Independence Day.
At an Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav event, Saxena unveiled a plaque of ‘Lala Hardayal Park’ at Jasola and dedicated to the people the remaining parks located across the city. ‘Lala Hardayal Park’ was earlier known as “District Park, Jasola”, they said.
DDA had sent a list of 16 parks to the Delhi Government a few months ago for renaming them after freedom fighters like Lala Hardayal, Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, General Shah Nawaz Khan, Gobind Behari Lal, Colonel Prem Sahgal and Basanta Kumar Biswas among others.
District Park, R-Block, Greater Kailash-I, has been renamed as “Asaf Ali Park”; District Park, Sector-B, Vasant Kunj, as “Avadh Behari Park”; Park at Sector-C, Vasant Kunj as “Master Amir Chand Park”; District Park, Lok Vihar, Pitampura, as “Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon Park”; District Park, Sandesh Vihar, Pitampura as “General Shah Nawaz Khan Park”; District Park, Vikas Puri, as “Gobind Behari Lal Park”; District Park, Janakpuri, as “Satya Vati Park”. Park and Nursery, Sector 11, Rohini, as “Colonel Prem Sahgal Park”; District Park, Part-1, Sector-29, Rohini, as “Basanta Kumar Biswas Park”, Green area, Sector-29, Rohini, as Bhai Balmukund Park”; District Park, Mayapuri, Phase II, as “Dr Shushila Nayyar Park”; Green area, Sector 28, Part I, Rohini, as “Hakim Ajmal Khan Park”; Park and Play Area, Sector B-4 Narela, as “Brij Krishna Chandiwala Bagh”; District Park, Sector-11, Dwarka, as “Swami Shraddhanand Park”; and Park no 27, Sector 11, Dwarka, as “Deenbandhu CF Andrews Park”.
Saxena hoisted the national flag at Raj Niwas on Monday, paying homage to the martyrs and freedom fighters on the 76th Independence Day. The LG felicitated freedom fighter Gobind Vashistha Narayan Pandey, a resident of Burari, who served in Azad Hind Fauj founded by Subhash Chandra Bose.