The burial site at Embassy Park in Lusaka where the late President Levy Mwanawasa will be buried on Wednesday is ready, the Times of Zambia reported on Tuesday.
Minister of Works and Supply Kapembwa Simbao was quoted as saying that works have progressed well and on schedule.
A Chinese firm has carried out the works according to government plans, the official said, adding that most of the works have been completed on Monday and that final touches would be done on Tuesday.
President Mwanawasa's body will on Tuesday be taken to the Supreme Court for a valedictory service before being taken to State House where it will lie in state ahead of Wednesday's burial at about 11:00 a.m. local time, according to the newspaper.
And the number of African heads of State who have confirmed attending Dr Mwanawasa's burial has risen to 15, according to Simbao.
Zambia's Presidential by-election will be held within 90 days from the death of President Levy Mwanawasa on Aug.19 in France, according to Zambia's constitution.
Mwanawasa died on Aug. 19 at Percy Military Hospital in Paris. He had battled poor health for many years before he suffered a stroke in late June in Egypt, where he was to attend an African Union summit. He was initially treated in Egypt and later flown to France.
In April 2006, he suffered a minor stroke four months before the general elections, in which he won his second Presidential term.