The Haryana Government has constituted a four-member committee to finalise the architectural drawings and scope of work regarding construction of War Memorial at Ambala Cantt in the honour of Martyrs of the First War of India’s Independence-1857.
The members of the committee included Senior Architect, Architecture Department PK Nanda, Superintending Engineer Public Works (Building and Roads) Department, Ambala, PK Goel, Joint Director (Field), Information, Public Relations and Cultural Affairs Department, Kuldip Saini and Accounts Officer (Audit), Information, Public Relations and Cultural Affairs Department Arun Garg.
The committee would examine the matter and submit its recommendations within 15 days.
About the War Memorial, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday said that the magnificent War Memorial being set up in Ambala would have a museum covering an area of 20,000 square feet and historical items related to India’s First War of Independence would be displayed in this museum.
Vij, who was presiding over a meeting of senior officers of Public Works (Building and Roads) Department here, said that as the spark of First War of Independence was ignited at Ambala, the State Government had decided to construct a War Memorial there to commemorate the memory of the martyrs.
He said that arrangements would be made in the War Memorial to showcase all sequences right from First War of Independence -1857 upto Rangoon through audio-video.
Vij said that a big lounge and reception room , memorial tower with names of martyrs inscribed on it, a library, an auditorium having capacity of 250 seats and four audio-video halls with seating capacity for about 50 persons each would be constructed in this Memorial. Apart from this, an open air theatre having capacity of 750 persons would also be constructed in which three dimensional pictures would be displayed.
Several other facilities would also be made available in the Memorial. These included facility of helipad, food court, coffee shop, ATM, dispensary, waiting room and parking, added the Minister.