Amid heavy rains, J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday inaugurated the Balidan Stambh (Sacrificial Pillar) at Pratap Park in Srinagar.
The Lt Governor was accompanied by other senior officials.
They paid tributes to martyrs in whose honour the Balidam Stambh has been built.
After the inauguration, he left for the main Independence Day function at Bakshi Stadium.
The total cost of the project was Rs 4.8 Cr.
Home Minister Amit Shah in June last year laid the foundation stone of ‘Balidan Stambh’ in Srinagar’s Pratap Park.
The ‘Balidan Stambh’ is 60 meters high in the shape of a soldier’s gun.
The names of 4877 martyrs are inscribed on 52 pillars around the country. Some of the pillars are dedicated to 543 soldiers who were martyred in the Kargil War.
Of these martyrs, 71 were from different districts of Jammu and Kashmir.