The statue of martyr Lt Sachin Khindria is in a state of neglect, in Jalandhar. Photo: Sarabjit Singh
Rachna Khaira
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, January 7
Taking cognisance of a news report, ‘Statues in memory of bravehearts
gathering dust’, published in these columns on Wednesday pertaining to
the dilapidated condition of war heroes’ statues in the city, the Army
authorities today approached the Municipal Corporation Jalandhar (MCJ)
and asked them to maintain the dignity of statues of their bravehearts
in the city, who had laid their lives to protect the sovereignty of the
nation.
While informing this, Municipal Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khehra said
the Army authorities called him in the morning and asked him about the
mechanism under which these memorials were being taken care of in the
city.
“Though we do not have any policy or mechanism to construct or maintain
such memorials, I assured them that we will try to maintain the sanctity
of such places. However, a mere cleaning of such memorials by the MC
staff everyday will not serve the purpose. Rather, residents of local
areas have to come forward to maintain the same,” Khehra said.
He said though many people and social welfare organisations come forward
and construct such memorials after every war or terrorist attack like
the one at the Pathankot Air Force station recently, later they fail to
maintain these and pass on the responsibility to the MC.
While holding families of such war heroes also responsible for the
dilapidated condition of these statues, Mayor Sunil Jyoti said though
family members of several martyrs cross the memorial places everyday,
they never bother to visit the spot and pay homage to their children’s
sacrifice.
“Except one or two families, none of the families even hold any event on
the occasion of birth or death anniversaries of their kin. If they
can’t hold the memories of their son after many years, how can they
expect society to remember and keep on paying homage to their sons,”
asks Mayor Sunil Jyoti.
He added that besides asking various NGOs in the city to take care of
martyrs’ statues, the MC would also get in touch with the District
Defence Welfare Office for the maintenance of such statues.
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