Jammu, March 6 -- Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday directed administrative secretaries to organise various commemoration activities across the union territory as part of 'Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav', a central government programme to mark 75 years of India's independence, an official communique issued here today said.

Chairing a high-level meeting on preparations for the programme at the civil secretariat here, Sinha also asked the officials to ensure that birthplaces of freedom fighters and martyrs are selected for curtain-raiser events on March 12.

Birth places of freedom fighters and martyrs viz Brigadier Rajinder Singh (Village Bagoona, Samba), Maqbool Sherwani (Baramulla Town) were selected for mega curtain-...