Parents of the late Lt Col Bikramjit Singh break down at the Municipal Corporation function held for honouring martyrs at the Terraced Garden in Sector 33, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Tribune News service

Chandigarh, March 23

UT(Chandigarh) Member Parliament Kirron Kher, and Mayor Arun Sood today laid a wreath at the Martyr’s Pillar at the Terraced Garden in Sector 33 and paid homage to Shaheed-e-Azam S Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev on the martyrdom anniversary and the martyrs from the defence forces, who belonged to Chandigarh and made supreme sacrifices in various wars or in other military operations for safeguarding the unity, integrity and sovereignty of the nation.Various patriotic songs and dances were presented by little girls from the city and a skit “Bhediya” was staged by students of GCG-II, Chandigarh. The chief guest and Mayor honoured the veer naaris from the Army, Chandigarh Police, Fire and Emergency, Department, MC, prominent amongst others who were present on the occasion included Hardeep Singh, Deputy Mayor, Rajesh Gupta, area councillor, Maj DS Sandhu, councillor, Rajiv Gupta, Joint Commissioner, Poonam Sharma, former Mayor, Harjinder Kaur, former Mayor, Pardeep Chhabra, former Mayor, Harphool Chander Kalyan, former Mayor, Gurbax Rawat, former Deputy Mayor and other prominent persons,and senioer officers from the city and the Municipal Corporation, respectively.