Amarinder pays respects at 'Shaheedi Jor Mela'

Fatehgarh Sahib, Dec 26: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced the creation of a new sub-tehsil at Chanarthal to comprise 55 villages of Fatehgarh Sahib sub-division and proposed the naming of the new national highway from Patiala to Panyali as Mata Gujri Marg.

The Chief Minister, who was here for the historic annual Shaheedi Jor Mela to commemorate the `Supreme Sacrifice’ of Sri Guru Gobind Singh’s sons and his mother, also laid the foundation stone of a new bus stand, constructed by Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC), in Sirhind.
It was in Fatehgarh Sahib that the Dashmesh Pita’s Sahibzadas, Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh, and mother Mata Gujri ji, lost their lives to Mughal tyranny.
Addressing media, the Chief Minister also announced that the way had been paved for the implementation of the lining of the Sirhind Choe in Fatehgarh Sahib town, at an already sanctioned cost of Rs. 5.71 crore. The government had resolved a minor issue with the Ministry of Railways to set the implementation process in motion.
Capt Singh said his government had prepared a special plan for the development of historical tourism sites, as well as beautification, in the Fatehgarh Sahib-Sirhind area.
For the new national highway from Patiala to Panyali (on Ropar-Phagwara road) via Sirhind- Fatehgarh Sahib-Bassi Pathana-Morinda, the Chief Minister said the proposal had already been submitted to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
The Chief Minister, who was accompanied by Cabinet Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, MLA Kuljit Nagra and MLA Mohali Balbir Sidhu, refused to answer any political questions from the mediapersons, saying he had only come to pay his respects in the memory of the chotte sahibzadas and the mother of the 10th Guru.
Capt Singh, who partook prasad and langar, was presented a Siropa by head granthi Bhai Harpal Singh at the gurdwara. The Chief Minister thanked the Head Granthi for the blessings as he bowed in obeisance at the sanctum sanctorum. UNI