Bhopal, Aug 18 (PTI) The Madhya Pradesh government today announced a host of measures, including instituting awards, establishing museums, parks and libraries, as a tribute to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the life of Vajpyee, who was born in Gwalior, would be included in the school curriculum from the next academic year and the late prime minister's ashes would be immersed in different rivers of the state.

"Atalji was a multi-faced personality. So the state government has instituted national awards in three categories, with a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh each- for a budding poet, an extraordinary journalist, and a bureaucrat excelling in governance," Chouhan told reporters here.

The Gorkhi School, where Vajpayee studied from Class VI to VIII, would be transformed into a top quality education centre having smart classrooms along with a museum dedicated to the late prime minister, he added.

The chief minister also announced that parks would be built in Vajpayee's memory in Gwalior and Bhopal while the Global Skill Park in Bhopal and the Vidisha Government Medical College would be named after the late icon.

World class libraries would be set up in the name of Vajpayee in the smart cities coming up in Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Sagar and Satna, Chouhan said.

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