| Light, sound to jazz up Jallianwala Bagh |
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| Written by Varinder Walia, Tribune News Service, Amritsar | |
| Friday, 14 September 2007 | |
 Finally, the central government has agreed to install son-et lumiere (light and sound) on the pattern of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, before April 13 to mark the 90th anniversary of the tragedy of Jallianwala Bagh.The son-et lumiere was proposed by Maninderjit Singh Bitta, the then Indian National Youth Congress president to Narasimha Rao, the then Prime Minister. Rao had sent a jatha of 300 Youth Congress leaders to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for a survey of the impressive light and sound programme installed there. A report was submitted by Bitta to Rao, who was also chairman of the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Trust. Meanwhile, following the demolition of three shops adjoining the Jallianwala Bagh that led to apprehension among city residents that it might lead to a change in the original character of the historic place, the district administration has said the old passage from which General O’Dyer had entered with his men and resorted to unprovoked firing on innocent Indians would be preserved. Kahan Singh Pannu, DC, said a beautiful tourist centre would be constructed at the site of the demolished shops. He clarified that the site would not be used for parking. |
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