The flame of Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti will continue to lit in honor of the brave soldiers of Chhattisgarh and the country
Raipur 29 January 2022/ Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel has announced the construction of Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti in the capital Raipur in honor of the martyrs.
Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti will be constructed in the premises of 4th Battalion, Chhattisgarh Armed Forces Mana, Raipur. The flame of Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti will continue to be lit in honor of the martyrs. Bhoomipujan of Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti will be held on February 03 at the hands of MP Mr. Rahul Gandhi.
The Chief Minister has said that the Congress party has a history of sacrifices and had many great leaders who sacrificed their everything for the service nation. The party knows how to honor sacrifices. Our history has been a witness that any society which does not honor its martyrs, does not preserve the memories of their sacrifices, insults their signs, that society is destroyed.
In the year 1972, the first female Prime Minister of India Smt. Indira Gandhi lit the Amar Jawan Jyoti in New Delhi in honor of the martyred brave soldiers of the country. However, the central government has merged the Amar Jawan Jyoti flame with the one at the National War Memorial. The eternal flame of Amar Jawan Jyoti at the India Gate was visible to the visitors and instilled in them a sense of pride and gratitude towards the martyrs of the country, said the chief minister.
Expressing his dissatisfaction over the centre’s move of shifting Amar Jawan Jyoti, Mr. Baghel said that it had hurted his sentiments, but now the flame of Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti will be lit in the honor of the martyrs in Raipur as well.
“We will honor the martyrdom of the sons of Chhattisgarh who sacrificed their lives for the country by joining uniformed services, as well as the bravehearts of the country who sacrificed their lives in Chhattisgarh through ‘Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti’,” the Chief Minister said.
A wall with names of Martyrs, memorial tower and VVIP platform will also be set up at Amar Jawan Jyoti in Chhattisgarh. The wall will be constructed with brown marble with the names of Martyrs engraved on the same. This crescent shaped wall will be about 25 feet high having a length of about 100 feet, and the thickness of this wall will be 3 feet. The memorial tower will be set up of sandstone, brown white marble granite in front of a crescent-shaped wall. A memento will be made on its top. Rifle and helmet will be in the form of insignia on the base in front of the memorial tower. The flame of Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti will be lit in front of this symbol which will be ignited 24 hours by fuel supply through underground pipelines.
A fort-like two-storey building will be constructed just in front of the memorial tower, the length of the base of which will be 150 feet and the width will be 90 feet. The height of this building will be 40 feet. A picture exhibition of martyrs will be kept on the first floor of this building and an arms exhibition will be kept on the second floor. Well equipped Mess and residential rooms will be constructed in this unit for the stay of the families of the martyrs attending the State Level Police Commemoration Day to be organized every year on 21st October.
The Chief Minister has expressed hope that soon Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti will be established as a place of pride for the country.
