SHIMLA: In Mandi district a park was created in the memory Kargil martyrs but the way names of martyrs have been inscribed on the wall of a store room has left Kargil War hero pained. To complete the formality of creating a war memorial, a plaque naming the martyrs of Mandi district has been fixed on the wall of store room used to store gardening implements. Even 15 years after Kargil war nothing has changed and no effort has been made to renovate the memorial by state governments.
Not happy with this, Brigadier Khushal Thakur (retd), who was the commanding officer of 18 Grenadiers that had captured Tololing and Tiger Hill during Kargil war, said this shows the apathy and insensibility of political leaders and respective governments towards martyres and defence forces.
He said the park created as a Kargil memorial at Seri Maidan in Mandi, though is ideally located, but it was never planned to be a memorial as such. "Infact it was meant for water fountain. The idea of naming it as Kargil Park was an afterthought and post hustle after Kargil War by the then government since there were twelve martyrs from Mandi district. That is why the place gives no semblance of a memorial and it lacks basic thought of sanctity, ambiance and infrastructure to look like as a memorial," he added.
Thakur said to make it more dishonourable a plaque naming the martyrs of Mandi district on the wall of a store room has been fixed. He said Himachal Pradesh is a state which has a rich history and tradition of sending great soldiers to defence forces of India and who have given the supreme sacrifice of their lives for the nation besides winning many gallantry awards.
"Out of four Param Vir Chakras, two have been won by Himachalis one by Capt Vikram Batra and other by Rifleman Sanjay Kumar and this should make Himachal proud of its soldiers. The least a country and states can do for such martyrs to honour and respect them as well as to inspire and motivate future generations, is to build suitable War Memorials at appropriate locations," he added.
Thakur suggested that at present major changes may not be feasible but some functional changes definitely can be accommodated to give it a more dignified look as a memorial with minimum changes and minimum financial cost for which the services of an architect and engineers can be taken. He also requested the state government and the administration for urgent consideration and to carry out necessary renovation and modifications on priority to the present "Kargil Memorial."
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