{"id":214527,"date":"2025-08-29T10:34:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=216383"},"modified":"2025-08-30T10:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:11:08","slug":"216383-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/216383-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The construction of Aazadi ki ladai ka pehla Shaheed Smarak will be completed in October, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may inaugurate it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qtranxs-available-languages-message qtranxs-available-languages-message-pa\">\u0a2e\u0a3e\u0a2b\u0a3c \u0a15\u0a30\u0a28\u0a3e, \u0a07\u0a39 \u0a16\u0a2c\u0a30 \u0a24\u0a41\u0a39\u0a3e\u0a21\u0a40 \u0a2c\u0a47\u0a28\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a2d\u0a3e\u0a38\u0a3c\u0a3e \u0a35\u0a3f\u0a71\u0a1a \u0a09\u0a2a\u0a32\u0a2c\u0a27 \u0a28\u0a39\u0a40\u0a02 \u0a39\u0a48\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/en\/\">\u0a15\u0a3f\u0a30\u0a2a\u0a3e \u0a15\u0a30\u0a15\u0a47 \u0a07\u0a71\u0a25\u0a47 \u0a26\u0a47\u0a16\u0a4b\u0964<\/a><\/p><p><\/p>\n<h5 dir=\"auto\"><strong>A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Energy and Transport Minister Anil Vij with Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi and other officers regarding the construction of the Shaheed Smarak in Ambala Cantonment<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 dir=\"auto\"><strong>Energy Minister Anil Vij directed officials to complete the construction of the memorial at the earliest<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 dir=\"auto\"><strong>The Memorial, being built at a cost of Rs.600 crore in Ambala Cantonment<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Chandigarh, August 29, 2025<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Haryana\u2019s Energy, Transport, and Labour Minister, Sh. Anil Vij, today inspected and held a review meeting with Chief Secretary Sh. Anurag Rastogi and other senior officers regarding the construction of the Aazadi ki ladai ka pehla Shaheed Smarak dedicated to the First War of Independence of 1857 in Ambala Cantonment.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Energy Minister Anil Vij instructed officers to complete the construction of the Smarak as soon as possible so that its inauguration could take place at the earliest.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">After the meeting, Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi said, regarding the possibility of Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the Smarak, that there is a likelihood the Prime Minister may do so, but the final confirmation can only come from the Prime Minister\u2019s Office. \u201cWhen the time comes, we will make a humble request, and if the PMO decides, then the Prime Minister will indeed inaugurate the Smarak,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Chief Secretary stated that the government\u2019s effort is to develop this project as one of Haryana\u2019s major projects. He said that the Smarak should gain nationwide and international recognition so that tourists from across India and abroad come to see it. Updating on the progress, he said the Smarak is in its final stage of construction and efforts are being made to complete it soon. The target is to complete it within two months so that it can be inaugurated on November , 2026. Sh. Rastogi added that the Smarak is being built at a cost of about Rs. 600 crore. He further said that this Smarak is unique in itself, as despite traveling extensively across India, he has not seen any other project like it.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Various points discussed in the meeting<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Earlier, in the meeting chaired by Energy Minister Anil Vij with Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi and other officers, several aspects related to construction were discussed in detail. Topics included historical elements to be displayed in the Smarak, audio-video presentations, engraving the names of martyrs in golden letters, completing the work of 23 galleries under construction, projector shows in the open-air theatre, making the Smarak financially self-sufficient, and building a sky caf\u00e9 on top of the memorial tower.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Four-member committee formed to expedite construction<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It was decided in the meeting that a four-member committee would be formed to accelerate the construction of the Shaheed Smarak. The committee will hold review meetings every Friday at 2 p.m. at the site. The committee will include the DC of Ambala, the Engineer-in-Chief of PWD, the Director of the smarak, and a representative of the construction agency.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Before the meeting, Energy Minister Anil Vij, Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary of PWD Anurag Aggarwal, Commissioner &amp; Secretary of Information and Public Relations Department Amit Aggarwal, Director General K.M. Pandurang, Engineer-in-Chief of PWD Anil Kumar Dahiya and Deputy Commissioner of Ambala Ajay Tomar planted a Rudraksha sapling in the memorial premises.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0a2e\u0a3e\u0a2b\u0a3c \u0a15\u0a30\u0a28\u0a3e, \u0a07\u0a39 \u0a16\u0a2c\u0a30 \u0a24\u0a41\u0a39\u0a3e\u0a21\u0a40 \u0a2c\u0a47\u0a28\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a2d\u0a3e\u0a38\u0a3c\u0a3e \u0a35\u0a3f\u0a71\u0a1a \u0a09\u0a2a\u0a32\u0a2c\u0a27 \u0a28\u0a39\u0a40\u0a02 \u0a39\u0a48\u0964 \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a30\u0a2a\u0a3e \u0a15\u0a30\u0a15\u0a47 \u0a07\u0a71\u0a25\u0a47 \u0a26\u0a47\u0a16\u0a4b\u0964 A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Energy and Transport Minister Anil Vij with Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi and other officers regarding the construction of the Shaheed Smarak in Ambala Cantonment Energy Minister Anil Vij directed officials to complete [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":214530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,182,122,4],"tags":[7107,117780,496,111882,34414,113717,75213,369],"class_list":{"0":"post-214527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chandigarh","8":"category-haryana","9":"category-news","10":"category-politics","11":"tag-ambala","12":"tag-and-labour-minister","13":"tag-chief-secretary","14":"tag-haryanas-energy","15":"tag-sh-anil-vij","16":"tag-sh-anurag-rastogi","17":"tag-shaheed-smarak","18":"tag-transport"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}