City Mayor Sarbjit Kaur on Saturday dedicated the third rejuvenated ‘Amrit Sarovar’ of Chandigarh at village Khudda Alisher as part of the ‘Amrit Sarovar Mission’ aimed at the conservation of water.

Anindita Mitra, Commissioner, was also present.

The Mayor said that the Municipal Corporation under this mission planned to rejuvenate 3 abandoned Water Bodies at Village Kaimbwala, Sarangpur and Khuda Alisher. The water body at village Kaimbwala had already rejuvenated and dedicated to public and the water body at village Sarangpur was inaugurated in October, 2022.  The Mayor said that the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has further planned to rejuvenate 4th Water Body at  Dadumajra Village and the work will be completed before 15th August 2023. The Municipal Corporation will also hoist the flag next year on the water body at Sarovar in Dadumajra Village on 15th August 2023.

She said that this water body is spread over an area of about 1.15 Acres and has a capacity of holding water of 10000Cum. This water body was completely abandoned and a lot of vegetation/jungle was grown up when it was transferred to Municipal Corporation Chandigarh in 2019.  The MCC has spent around Rs.30 Lakh rejuvenating this water body. The walls of the water body, Lights, a Hut for residents, Benches, Pathway around the water body have been provided for the public. This water body will also raise the depleted ground water level and avoid flooding in the village in addition to conserving the water. This will act as a mini Lake for the residents of the village.