Una, February 27 - Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri on Thursday attended the annual Sant Sammelan of Shivratri at Dera Baba Garib Das Ji Maharaj Kangar. On this occasion, the Deputy Chief Minister was honored by the Dera Baba Garib Das Temple Committee.
During this, the Deputy Chief Minister said in his address that the state government is committed to providing better facilities to the people in the religious places of the state. He told that in Sanatan Dharma, people have deep faith and belief in the religious places. He told that the temples in Haroli are being beautified and renovated to give them a grand look so that it can become a center of attraction for the local devotees as well as tourists coming from outside. During this, the Deputy Chief Minister also inaugurated the newly constructed entrance gate of Dera Baba Garib Das Ji Maharaj.
Mr Agnihotri said that remarkable work is being done towards the construction of temples in Haroli assembly constituency. He informed that Rs 50 lakh has been released for Sant Guru Ravidas Mandir Bhadsali, Rs 15 lakh for Dhanpur, Rs 15 lakh for Panjawar, Rs 15 lakh for Waliwal, Rs 25 lakh each for Laldi and Saloh, Rs 15 lakh for Shri Siddh Charano Mandir Badheda.
He said that Rs 25 lakh each has been released for the construction of huts at Baba Siddh Jalandhari, Sant Baba Dangu Beatan, Radha Krishna Mandir Kotla Kalan, Ravi Das Mandir in Dulahad, Banaude Mahadev Mandir Chatada and Beatan. Rs 10 lakh has been sanctioned for the construction of hut in Saloh and the construction of the inn of Sant Guru Ravidas Mandir in Haroli. Along with this, Rs 5 crore has been released for Sheetla Mata Mandir Isapur and Rs 8 crore for the road of Damamian Mandir.
Announcement of Rs 10 lakh each for the beautification of Shiv Mandir Singa, Dera Baba Garib Das Mandir and Rs 1 crore for sports ground Singa
The Deputy Chief Minister announced Rs 10 lakh each for the beautification of Shiv Mandir Singa and Dera Baba Garib Das Mandir Kangar. While one crore rupees were announced for the construction of a sports ground in Singa. He said that a Patwar Khana will also be prepared soon in Singa so that the local people do not face any inconvenience for revenue related works.
Earlier, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri attended the annual Bhandara of Mahashivratri festival at Shiv Mandir Singa. During this, the Deputy Chief Minister was also honored by the members of Shiv Mandir Committee Singa.
On this occasion, senior district Congress leader Ranjeet Rana, Vinod Vittu, Shiv Mandir Singa Committee head Jagdish Rana, Panchayat head Gurudev Singh, Deputy head Bharat Bhushan and others were present.