Water sports launched in Himachal’s Gobind Sagar Lake to boost tourism
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inaugurated water sports activities in Gobind Sagar Lake in Mandi Bharari at Bilaspur on Tuesday.
Martyr memorials will be constructed in every district in the state with peoples’ involvement to salute the contributions of martyrs from Himachal Pradesh, who laid down their lives while safeguarding interests of the nation.
The Chief Minister along with his cabinet colleagues gave a brick (Eint) for this purpose to Sanjeev Rana, Convener of the campaign at Shimla.
Paying tributes to the martyrs, the CM said that peace and progress of a nation was possible only when the boundaries of the country were secured at the hands of brave soldiers of the nation.
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He said the history is replete with sacrifices of brave soldiers from ‘Devbhoomi’ HP. He said the government will support the campaign and every help will be provided for this noble cause.
Convener of the campaign, Sanjeev Rana said that objective of construction of Martyrs’ memorials was to aware the coming generations of sacrifices made by these brave persons.
He said first martyr memorial in HP will be constructed at Bilaspur with people involvement.
Contribution for the memorial in the form of one brick and construction material will be accepted. No cash will be taken for this campaign. Volunteers will go house to house to connect with common man for the campaign.
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