Family agrees to Manmohan memorial site

NEW DELHI: Former PM Manmohan Singh's family has accepted the plot earmarked for his memorial at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal. With this, decks have been cleared for the memorial for Singh. A senior housing and urban affairs ministry official confirmed that they have received a letter from Singh's family and the process to allot the land will start soon.

Sources said Singh's three daughters, their husbands and a former Union FM had visited the proposed memorial site. The plot measuring around 900 square metre is adjacent to the site earmarked for former President Pranab Mukherjee's memorial. Officials said next in the process would be the transfer of land in the name of a trust to be set up in Singh's memory. The family has to propose and finalise the names of members of the trust, which is likely to be set up soon. Once the trust is formed, the govt will transfer a one-time grant of Rs 25 lakh for building the memorial.  , considered the architect of India's economic reforms, died on Dec 26 last year at the age of 92 following age-related complications.