Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has been taking personal interest to celebrate the occasion in big way in May 2005. He has decided to visit the city on February 9 to lay the foundation stones of different projects.

Mr B.R. Banga, Deputy Commissioner, said that in memory of 40 Muktas, a Mukt-e-Minar, would be erected at a piece of land worth more than Rs 4 crores, which had been donated by the Baba Mukand Singh Sodhi Trust. He added that four gates would be set up on all the four main roads which crossed the city and these gates would be named after those Sikhs, who had made sacrifices in different battles.

He said the memorial minar would be 65 feet high and would be constructed near the local mini secretariat. About Rs 50 lakhs would be spent on it and it would be designed in the shape of Khanda (two edged sword). He added that a memorial in connection with Mai Bhago, who established links of the Muktas with Guru Gobind Singh, would also be set up near the minar. A stadium in the name of Bhai Maha Singh would also be set up in a local college.

He pointed out that district administration had been making efforts to shift meat and cigarette shops located in the holy city.