The Haryana Government has decided to celebrate three-day Sarasvati Mahotsav on the occasion of Basant Panchmi in three districts namely Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra and Kaithal in the State.
Beside this, an exhibition on Sarasvati Heritage will also be displayed at Kurukshetra on Geeta Jayanti from December 17 to 21.
These decisions were taken in the first General Body meeting of Haryana Saraswati Heritage Development Board held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar lal on Tuesday.
The Chief Minister said that this year, three-day exhibition on Sarasvati Heritage will be organised in all districts during Geeta Jayanti celebrations.
About the excavation work of Sarasvati river, Manohar lal said that in the first phase, excavation work of Sarasvati River from its origin point to Kurukshetra in three districts would be completed soon and directions have been issued to complete the work at war footing.
The Chief Minister said that budget amounting to `3 crore has been made available to the Board during the current financial year which would be spent on setting up of office, construction of palaeo-channel, digging of bore wells, carbon dating and other works.