Haryana govt to celebrate Saraswati Mahotsav in Feb 2017

Haryana government today said it will coordinate with the states where the course of the sacred Saraswati river has been traced for its revival and plans to celebrate Saraswati Mahotsav in February next year.
During the second meeting of Haryana Saraswati Heritage Development Board here, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said modalities like digging, cleaning and discharging of water into Saraswati river would be completed by the end of this month so that the river which was earlier lost could again flow from Adibadri, the place of origin of the vedic era river.
The river would be revived by releasing water at Uncha Chandana village, an official release said.

Out of the total 50-km-long stretch of the river, cleaning on 40-km stretch has already been done and remaining would be completed at the earliest.
Apart from this, 20 bridges would also be constructed on this stretch out of which work of 18 bridges has already been allotted.
Also, a system would be evolved to completely prevent flow of untreated water into the Saraswati river.
There is also a proposal to construct a dam and reservoir at Adibadri to ensure that water could flow in Saraswati throughout the year, the release said.