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Badal approves budget of Rs 74 cr for 'Virasat-e-Khalsa'

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Jan 25 2013 | 5:33 AM IST

He was presiding over the meeting of Anandpur Sahib Foundation Trust here today.

Badal also directed the finance department to release Rs 44.52 crore to mitigate the shortfall of the estimated budget for the project.

Expressing the need to imbibe the great Sikh ideology and rich cultural values of the community in the minds of the young generation, Badal asked them chalk out a comprehensive plan to initiate cultural activities like organising plays every weekend at various memorials sites.

Badal also directed the cultural affairs department to hold regular meetings of the Trust, according to an official release here.

He Chief Minister also reviewed the detailed design of the Phase II of Virasat-e-Khalsa, which was already approved by the Concept Committee comprising eminent Sikh scholars and historians.

  

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First Published: Oct 02 2012 | 5:15 PM IST

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