RS 2 CRORE FOR INSTITUTIONS NAMED AFTER UDHAM SINGH
Sunam August 1:
Paying rich tributes to Shaheed Udham Singh, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal announced grants worth Rs 2.10 crore for the institutions named after the martyr in this town, while Punjab Local Government Minister Manoranjan Kalia announced setting up of a fire brigade here.
These announcements were made by both ministers while addressing a state-level function organised to observe the 70th martyrdom day of Udham Singh at the new grain market here. Kalia was the chief guest at the function, while Manpreet presided over the function as a representative of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Due to the absence of the Chief Minister at the function, a large number of chairs in the pandal remained unoccupied.
Manpreet announced a grant of Rs 1 crore for the construction of an auditorium and some rooms in Shaheed Udham Singh Government College, Sunam, a sum of Rs 10 lakh for the maintenance of the Shaheed’s ancestral house and the Shaheed’s samarak at the stadium here. He also announced a grant of Rs 1 crore for the Shaheed Udham Singh Olympic Stadium, Sunam, which would be given during the next financial year, but before the next martyrdom day (July 31, 2010).
Kalia said the state government was taking up the matter with the Union government for bringing the belongings of Shaheed Udham Singh from abroad to India. A museum in memory of the martyr would also be set up here, he added. On the occasion, relatives of Shaheed Udham Singh, namely Inder Singh, Khushi Nand, Dayal Kaur and Inder Kaur, were honoured and presented with shawls. The ministers also laid wreaths at the statue of Shaheed Udham Singh.
Sunam August 1:
Paying rich tributes to Shaheed Udham Singh, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal announced grants worth Rs 2.10 crore for the institutions named after the martyr in this town, while Punjab Local Government Minister Manoranjan Kalia announced setting up of a fire brigade here.
These announcements were made by both ministers while addressing a state-level function organised to observe the 70th martyrdom day of Udham Singh at the new grain market here. Kalia was the chief guest at the function, while Manpreet presided over the function as a representative of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Due to the absence of the Chief Minister at the function, a large number of chairs in the pandal remained unoccupied.
Manpreet announced a grant of Rs 1 crore for the construction of an auditorium and some rooms in Shaheed Udham Singh Government College, Sunam, a sum of Rs 10 lakh for the maintenance of the Shaheed’s ancestral house and the Shaheed’s samarak at the stadium here. He also announced a grant of Rs 1 crore for the Shaheed Udham Singh Olympic Stadium, Sunam, which would be given during the next financial year, but before the next martyrdom day (July 31, 2010).
Kalia said the state government was taking up the matter with the Union government for bringing the belongings of Shaheed Udham Singh from abroad to India. A museum in memory of the martyr would also be set up here, he added. On the occasion, relatives of Shaheed Udham Singh, namely Inder Singh, Khushi Nand, Dayal Kaur and Inder Kaur, were honoured and presented with shawls. The ministers also laid wreaths at the statue of Shaheed Udham Singh.
