CENTRE ASSURES PUNJAB ON APPOINTING NEW JALLIANWALA TRUST MEMBERS

NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: The Cen tre on Friday assured the Punjab government that three new members will be appointed on the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust within a week

The trust will thereafter hold a meeting to consider the state government’s proposals and make arrangements for the cen tenary commemoration of the massacre at the historic spot in April 2019.

The assurance came when Punjab tourism and cultura affairs minister Navjot Singh Sidhu met Union tourism minis ter Mahesh Sharma in New Delhi and pleaded for early appointments of trust members

Sidhu said there was need to avoid unnecessary delays in get ting approvals for the Punjab government’s proposals on the centenary.

The trust responsible for maintaining and managing the Jallianwala Bagh — situated adjacent to the Golden Temple in Amritsar — will be able to work only after the three new mem bers are appointed in place of those whose tenure has ended the state minister said.

“We have already submitted a proposal entailing an expendi ture of ₹20 crore for the centen ary commemoration on a grand scale to make the world and the Indian youngsters in particular aware of the supreme sacrifices made by those who freed the country from the British rule,” Sidhu said.

THE TRUST MAINTAINING AND MANAGING THE MONUMENT WILL BE ABLE TO WORK ONLY AFTER 3 NEW MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED