Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann Honours Martyr Colonel Manpreet Singh by Naming New Chandigarh Road and Park After Him

Key facts

• Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann named a 200-foot-wide road from Mullanpur Chowk to the T-Point in New Chandigarh as 'Shaheed Colonel Manpreet Singh Marg' and dedicated a park in his memory.
• Colonel Manpreet Singh was killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on September 13, 2023, while serving as Commanding Officer of the 19 Rashtriya Rifles Regiment.
• The Government of India posthumously conferred the Kirti Chakra, the country's second-highest peacetime gallantry award, on Colonel Singh on August 15, 2024.
• Born in 1982 in Bharonjian near Mullanpur in Mohali district, Colonel Singh was a chartered accountant and a third-generation soldier; he joined the Indian Military Academy after clearing the Combined Defence Services examination.
• Mann announced that the first batch of Agniveers completing their tenure will be adjusted in police, bank security and as forest guards, and that ₹1 crore financial assistance is given to families of soldiers who die in the line of duty.