Our Correspondent,Hamirpur, January 1

Captain Mridul Sharma sacrificed his life for the nation and the district administration could not even pay tributes to the martyr, said Leader of the Opposition PK Dhumal.He said despite repeated requests made to the administration by Colonel JK Sharma, father of the martyr, nothing had been done to renovate the memorial, only 200 m away from the Secretariat.Dhumal said Capt Mridul Sharma died fighting the militants in Jammu and Kashmir on the intervening night of December 31, 2003, and January 1, 2004.Earlier, Dhumal paid homage to the martyr.