War memorial at Mandi’s Indira Market

Mandi, October 19

Ex-servicemen chairperson Brigadier Khushal Thakur (Retd) said the proposed Kargil War memorial would to be constructed at Indira Market, Mandi. The project has been hanging fire since long. He said on Thursday, a delegation of ex servicemen met Deputy Commissioner Rugved Thakur to discuss the issue.

He said earlier, the war memorial was proposed to be constructed at Kargil Park in Mandi town, but due to some reasons it could not executed. Now, the district administration had decided to construct it at Indira Market. “The apathy of the state government has led to the inordinate delay in the construction of the Kargil War memorial,” he added.

He said the thought of constructing war memorial at Kargil Park had come up post Kargil War by the then state government as there were 12 martyrs from Mandi district alone. The objective of the war memorial was aimed to honour the martyrs who laid down their life for the country.

Union Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda had announced a grant of Rs 50 lakh for the war memorial, while Mandi MP Ramswaroop Sharma had announced Rs 20 lakh, but the project did not see the light of day. — TNS