Page 26 - Mann Ki Baat - English, August 2022

Shaheed Bhagat Singh Amrit Sarovar:

Source of Employment & Pride for the Locals

To preserve and renovate beautification work will start, we
ancient water resources, Mission will again be employed in our
Amrit Sarovar has been launched own village and we will be able
as part of 'Azadi ka Amirt to use the money for our kids.” A
Mahotsav'. In this sequence, the member of Self-Help Group, Smt.
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Amrit Prabha Charhar, mentioned that
Sarovar has been developed many women got a chance to
in the Niwari village of Lalitpur contribute to the construction of
District, Uttar Pradesh. This Amrit the Amrit Sarovar and generate
Sarovar is spread over four acres livelihoods for their families.
of land. The tree plantation on the Shri Rajeev Bajpai, the Gram
lakeside increases the beauty of Pradhan of Niwari said, “The
the site and today, people from construction of Amrit Sarovar in
far off places are coming here the village is a step that nobody
to see the 35-feet high tricoulor had ever thought could be
near the Amrit Sarovar. taken. The project has generated
Our Doordarshan team employment for many people in
talked to the stakeholders of the the region.” He added that all the
Niwari village. workers who worked to make this
Shri Rameshwar Purohit, Amrit Sarovar and the villagers
who is a resident of Niwari village were invited to the event in
and a MGNREGA worker, said, which they unfurled the 35-feet
“The Shaheed Bhagat Singh high National Flag. The wave of
Amrit Sarovar has benefited pride and happiness among the
as a lot as we earned money people was worth witnessing.
without migrating to the city. Talking about the future plans
In the coming times when the for the Amrit Sarovar, Shri Bajpai
said, “The upcoming
beautification work
on the Sarovar
will provide water
to farmers for
irrigation activities
and the time is not
far when Shaheed
Bhagat Singh
Amrit Sarovar will
become a tourist
attraction for
people around.”

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