The world-class Jang-e-Azadi Memorial, coming up at Kartarpur near Jalandhar, would be dedicated to the nation on November 6, this year.
The first phase of the memorial would be inaugurated by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during a splendid function, to be organized by the state government. The decision was taken during the seventh meeting of the Jang-e-Azadi Memorial Foundation presided over by Badal on Monday.
Meanwhile, the Foundation member secretary and Ajit Group of Newspapers’s managing editor Dr Barjinder Singh Hamdard apprised the Chief Minister and other members present in the meet about the progress made so far in different facets of the upcoming memorial.
He informed that almost 70 percent of the civil work has already been completed and the remaining was going on war footing.
Dr Hamdard also informed that a film, produced and directed by noted film director and screenwriter Shyam Benegal, highlighting the enormous contribution of Punjabis in the national freedom struggle, has been completed.
He also told the Chief Minister that a consultant firm for interior and spatial design of museum galleries had been hired and entire work for its execution would be handed over to a Mumbai-based firm which is likely to be completed by September 30.
“Similarly, the work related to laser show has also been allotted to a renowned multi-media firm,” he sai