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A team of top officials from the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on Thursday visited some sites in the National Memorial site complex for the proposed memorial of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
However, no final decision has been taken yet on where the memorial will be built.
The National Memorial is an area along the banks of the Yamuna River that is a memorial complex designated for deceased leaders.
According to reports, the government has shortlisted two locations around the National Memorial – Ekta Sthal or Vijay Ghat – for the former prime minister’s memorial. The ministry has reportedly presented suggestions to the former prime minister’s family.
Meetings have been held between officials of the Home Ministry and the Urban Affairs Ministry to finalize the site for Singh’s memorial.
Ekta Sthal is home to the mausoleum of former President Giani Zail Singh. There is a memorial to Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India, at Vijay Ghat.
Vijay Ghat is located on the main Ring Road near Rajghat (Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial). Ekta Sthal is between Shanti Van (Jawaharlal Nehru’s samadhi) and Vijay Ghat, along Rajghat. The Rashtriya Smriti Sthal lies near Ekta Sthal.
CPWD officials visit National Memorial
Earlier, Central Public Works Department (CPWD) officials also visited the sites around Sanjay Gandhi Memorial, National Memorial and identified some places for the memorial.
He said the government is in touch with the former prime minister’s family and has discussed three or four options for the location of the memorial. Sources said everything will be done in consultation with Singh’s family.
The Center will form a trust before allocating the selected land for the memorial. The government has already expressed its desire to set up a memorial for the family of the former prime minister.
The Center will form a trust before allocating the selected land for the memorial.
Singh, the architect of India’s economic reforms, died of age-related complications on 26 December at the age of 92.
The Center agreed to Congress’s request for a memorial for Singh. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had criticized the government for performing the last rites of Singh at Nigambodh Ghat, calling it disrespectful towards the former Prime Minister.
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