Shaheed-e-Azam’s statue at airport to be unveiled on Sept 28
A 30-ft-high statue of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh will be unveiled at the Mohali airport on his birth anniversary on September 28.
The gunmetal statue, in an iconic Bhagat Singh pose, has been installed near the entry of the international airport and is visible from a distance, evoking curosity among the visitors here.
The 6.42-crore project, christened Nishan-E-Inquilab plaza, also includes horticulture, electrical, and civil works by providing red stone pavement, black granite platform, flower pocket, grassing, and lighting.
The median of the entry and the exit road of the airport, measuring 266 ft, is being given final flourishes before the inauguration these days. Besides, two video walls will come up at the site.
Officials said the statue was installed on August 2 and all the work would be completed by September 20. GMADA and the Department of Information and Public Relations are undertaking the development project.
The airport was christened as Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh, on September 25, 2022.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann will dedicate the statue to people on September 28.
“Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh’s statue will also remind the supreme sacrifice made by him to commuters from Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and other states,” he had said recently.
- Height of statue: 30 ft
- Cost of project: Rs 6.42 cr
