Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Amit Shah from the renowned religious tourist spot of Dongergarh, on occasion of launch of “Atal Vikas Yatra” also launched the collection of soil for memorial of late Atal Behari Vajpayee on Wednesday.
He collected soil from the Maa Bamleshwari temple premises and handed it over to the “Atal Dooth” (Atal Messenger).
Chief Minister Raman Singh during unveiling the ‘Atal Vision Document’ for ‘Nava Chhattisgarh 2025’ for which ‘Atal Vikas Yatra’ had said that Atal Nagar (Naya Raipur) would have five acres spread ‘Atal Smarak’ (Atal Memorial) which would be a landmark for the Atal Nagar. For construction of memorial, soil from each village would be collected. The Atal Memorial would have statue of late Atal Behari Vajpayee along with it would have a museum and library.
Chief Minister Raman Singh, Panchayat and Rural development Ajay Chandrakar, Rajya Sabha MP Saroj Pandey, MP Abhishek Singh, MLA Sarojani Banjare, former Speaker and BJP state president Dharamlal Kaushik among others were present.