Master plan for development of all 'Tiraths' in Kurukshetra

by Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH, JUNE 28

  Haryana will prepare a master plan for the development of all the Tiraths situated in the holy city of Kurukshetra where Lord Krishna delivered the celestial message of Gita to Arjuna.   

          A decision to this effect was taken in the 79^th meeting of Kurukshetra Development Board (KDB) held under the Chairmanship of Governor Mr. Jagannath Pahadia here today. Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Finance Minister, Mr Harmohinder Singh Chattha and Member of Parliament, Mr Naveen Jindal also attended the meeting.

The other important decisions taken in the meeting included starting the facility of battery driven vehicles at all the Tiraths for the convenience of the pilgrims and handing over the work to upkeep the Tiraths situated in the villages to the Gram Panchayts.  It was also decided that Municipal Council, Pehowa would maintain Saraswati Tirath in Pehowa.

          It was decided that a sum of Rs. one crore would be separately earmarked in the budget of the Board for the world famous annual Geeta Jayanti Utasav. The meeting also decided to install a grand statue of Lord Krishna in the premises of Brahma Sarovar in the next two years. A sum of Rs. six crore would be incurred on it out of which Rs. one crore has been approved by the Tourism Department. Mr. Hooda gave his consent for contributing the remaining Rs five crore.

          Mr. Pahadia said that Kurukshetra has a separate identity of its own in the map of the world. Due to the efforts of the State Government during the last few years, extensive work has been undertaken to rejuvenate and develop pilgrimages situated over an area of 48 kosas in Kurukshetra. The development of religious places of   Som Tirath, Pandu Pindara, Kapil Muni Tirath, Kalayat, Rinmochan Tirat etc has already been completed.

          While appreciating the Chief Minister for his interest in  the development of Kurukshetra, Mr. Pahadia said that due to his generous assistance, rejuvenation and development of all pilgrimages of Kurukshetra have become possible. He also expressed his gratitude to Mr. Hooda for providing a sum of Rs. eight crore to the KDB for the development of pilgrimages. He said that all those pilgrimages have been taken on priority which has been decided by the Chief Minister to be rejuvenated.

          In the meeting Finance Minister Mr. Harmohinder Singh Chatha urged to give special attention on the development of pilgrimages in Pehowa. Mr. Hooda assured that there would be no scarcity of fund for the development of Kurukshetra.

          Mr. Hooda gave his consent to the demand of MLA Kurukshetra Mr. Ashok Arora for extending the drain to be constructed from Sultanpur road to Sanhit Sarovar to Basti. This drain would be constructed by the end of this year. Mr. Arora also demanded the construction of theme park in the Mela area. Member of Parliament Mr. Naveen Jindal also supported the demand. Mr. Hooda said that this park would be constructed and directed the concerned officers to identity land for the same.    Annual financial statement of the KDB for the year 2011-12 was also approved in the meeting.

          Earlier, a two minute silence was observed in the memory of those who have lost their lives during devastation in Uttarkhand.

          Vice Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra Lt. Gen. Dr. DDS Sandhu, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Mr. Samir Mathur, Secretary, Governor and Member Secretary Kurukshetra Development Board Mr. Mahender Kumar, Deputy Commissioner Kurukshetra Mr. Mandeep Singh Brar and other senior officers were also present in the meeting.