A view of the gallery based on the Kuka movement at the renovated memorial of Bhagat Singh at Khatkar Kalan in Nawanshahr. Photo Sarabjit Singh

Tribune News Service

Khatkar Kalan, March 22

Capt Amarinder Singh will formally dedicate the newly-constructed Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Museum and Memorial to the nation at the martyr’s ancestral village Khatkar Kalan on the occasion of the martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru on Friday.Union Minister of State for Cultural Affairs Dr Mahesh Sharma will also be present at the function.It has also been decided that from tomorrow, the day will also be celebrated as Youth Empowerment Day in Punjab. The Punjab CM intends to initiate a crusade against drug abuse by launching Drug Abuse Prevention Officer, a campaign at the state-level by administering pledge to all participants on this day.Now, for the entry to the newly-built museum and memorial has been shifted from the main Jalandhar-Chandigarh highway to Khatkar Kalan village road where beautiful greenery welcomes the visitors. Director Cultural and Tourism Affairs Shivdular Singh Dhillon said Rs 18 crore had been spent on the construction of the museum and memorial. He claimed that the department would take concrete steps for the expansion of the museum.On this occasion, CM’s Political Secretary Capt Sandeep Sandhu and Special Principal Secretary Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar, SSP Satinder Singh, Dr Harpreet Kainth and others visited the museum. A programme will be shown on video conferencing in all districts.