PM Modi to inaugurate renovated Jallianwala Bagh complex today - See pics here

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate newly-renovated Jallianwala Bagh complex in Amritsar on Saturday evening in a virtual event. The monument was earlier going to to be inaugurated on April 13 to mark 102 years of the massacre but was postponed due to COVID-related restrictions. Let's take a sneak peak into the revamped monument

The event will showcase the multiple development initiatives taken by the government to upgrade the complex, and highlight the historical value of events that unfolded in Punjab in that period through projection mapping and 3D representation, as well as art installations.

The entry and exit points have been repositioned, and a lotus pond has been built around the main memorial. Four new galleries have been created through adaptive reuse of underutilised buildings in the complex, say officials from the Ministry of Culture. 

Several new and modern amenities have been added like illumination of strategic spots; landscaping with native plantation; installation of audio nodes.

A sound and light show has been set up to display the events that happened on April 13, 1919. 

PM Modi, who is also the chairperson of the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Trust, will dedicate the memorial to the public in the presence of other trust members including Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, Governor VP Singh Badnore, and parliamentarians from the region. Chief Ministers of Haryana, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are also expected to attend.