Governor inaugurates 1st Amrit Sarovar of Chandigarh at Kaimbwala
Chandigarh, August 15:- To give a boost to water conservation and environment in city, Sh. Banwarilal Purohit, the Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today inaugurated 1st Amrit Sarovar of Chandigarh at village Kaimbwala in the presence of Smt. Sarbjit Kaur Dhillon, Mayor, Sh. Dharm Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh.
Before inaugurating the Amrit Sarovar, the Administrator hoisted the National flag at the Amrit Sarovar. He dedicated the Sarovar to the local residents of Kaimbwala after performing a ritualistic puja of ‘Varun Devta’.
While addressing the gathering, Smt. Sarbjit Kaur Dhillon, Mayor, Chandigarh said that the Prime Minister of India Sh. Narendra Modi launched a mission to conserve water for the future which is known as ‘Amrit Sarovar Mission’ which will be completed by 15th August, 2023. For celebrating the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, ‘Amrit Sarovar’ aims to develop and rejuvenate 75 water bodies in each district of India. Under this mission, 50,000 water bodies of size of above an Acre will be created and as part of this mission, Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has rejuvenated this beautiful Sarovar at village Kaimbwala.
She said that the Sarovar will not only help in protecting environment and conserving water but will also be an attraction for people of the nearby areas. Besides fountain and lighting and other sitting arrangements has also been made available there. She said participation and cooperation of people and promptness of the local residents and Municipal Corporation has played an important role in rejuvenate the Sarovar in a very short time.
She said that earlier, people used to dig ponds themselves. But for a long time, people did not pay attention to the cleanliness of the ponds, due to which those became polluted. With the passage of time, waste coming out of various sources started flowing into these ponds. The water of the ponds started overflowing but the Municipal Corporation has taken the initiative to resolve this problem and rejuvenated various ponds in the city into beautiful Sarovars.
Sharing information about the Amrit Sarovar at Kaimbwala, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner stated that every Amrit Sarovar will be approximate one acre with 10,000 cubic meters of water holding capacity. The focal point of the mission is people’s participation.
She said that the Municipal Corporation has started the work of rejuvenation of 3 other ponds including at village Sarangpur, village Khudda Ali Sher and into beautiful Sarovars under the “Amrit Sarovar Mission” and will be dedicated to the public very soon. She said that recharge mechanism has also been developed separately for each Sarovar, which will fill the pond upto a fixed level. These sarovars will help in raising the ground water level and also avoid flooding in the villages, she added.
Sh. Nitin Kumar Yadav, IAS, Home Secretary, Sh. Vijay Namdeorao Jade, IAS, Finance Secretary, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, MCC, Sh. Dalip Sharma, Senior Deputy Mayor, Sh. Anup Gupta, Deputy Mayor, Smt. Jaswinder Kaur, area councilor, other councilors of MCC and local residents were also present during the programme.
