Overview

• On Bhagat Singh’s birth anniversary, Bhagwant Singh Mann paid floral tribute at Khatkar Kalan and unveiled a 100-feet-high tricolour at the museum.
• He said the Rs 51.70 crore heritage complex will be handed over to the state in the coming months as construction continues.
• Planned features include a grand thematic gate, a 350-metre heritage street linking the museum to the ancestral house, sculptures with 2D/3D wall art, and a 700-seat auditorium.
• Preservation and technology components span restoration of the ancestral home, a model of the Lyallpur house with village recreation, a digital courtroom-trial experience, and a modernised, digitised library.
• Additional amenities will comprise a tourist facilitation centre, cottages, a musical fountain, landscaping and parking, with Mann also noting recent tributes such as a 30-foot airport statue and government office portraits.