IEP Chandigarh, June 13
Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ashwini Kumar Choubey met the Home and Health Minister Anil Vij at his residence today at Ambala. Home and Health Minister Anil Vij welcomed the Minister of State by giving a bouquet. After this, Minister of State for Food and Public Distribution Ashwini Kumar Choubey along with Home and Health Minister Anil Vij visited the Shaheed Smarak related to the revolution of 1857 being built on 22 acres on the Ambala-Delhi National Highway. Union Minister of State Ashwini Kumar Choubey, after visiting the Shaheed Smarak, congratulated Haryana’s Home and Health Minister Anil Vij for making this Shaheed Smarak and praised Anil Vij. This Smarak world’s captivating image is about to be established. In the coming days, the Prime Minister of the country will inaugurate it on the invitation of Home and Health Minister Anil Vij. He said that the Shaheed Smarak to be built here is a message to the world and the complete depiction of the revolution of 1857 will be shown here. The construction of this Shaheed Smarak here will send a strong message across the world, he added. He said that it is a matter of happiness for everyone to have this Shaheed Smarak in the Amrit times of independence. He said that the history related to the revolution of 1857 would be seen in this Shaheed Smarak. Praising Home and Health Minister Anil Vij on the occasion, he said that this Shaheed Smarak is being built according to his vision. This heritage will not only be for Ambala but for the whole country and the world. He also said that this Shaheed Smarak, built with the special efforts of Home and Health Minister Anil Vij, will be an immortal impression. People from all over the world will come here for tourism. He also said that bread and lotus were sent during the 1857 revolution (at that time of independence), after the construction of this memorial, such a beautiful sight will be seen.Home Minister Anil Vij gave information regarding the Shaheed SmarakEarlier, Home and Health Minister Anil Vij gave detailed information about the Shaheed Smarak to the Union Minister of State. He said that the first spark of 1857 revolution had arisen from Ambala. In the memory of the unsung heroes of the freedom struggle, work is being done to build a Shaheed Smarak here. He also said that here the details and history of the freedom struggle will be shown in three phases. In the first phase, the contribution of Ambala in the freedom struggle will be shown. The contribution of Haryana in the second phase and India’s contribution in the third phase will be shown. Along with this, there will also be a helipad facility and Tourists from the country and abroad will come here to see this Shaheed Smarak, he said. On this occasion, he also directed the officials of the Public Works Department to speed up the works related to civil works so that the work of interior work/art work could be started. He also said that he will soon re-examine the Shaheed Smarak and check the reality of the work being done related to the Shaheed Smarak.On this occasion, SDM Ambala Cantonment Satindra Siwach, BJP District President Rajesh Bataura, Divisional President Ajay Parashar, Ashish Gulati, Abhikant Vats, Krishna Rana, Executive Engineer Rajkumar along with concerned officers were present.
