The Kanwad pilgrimage is going to begin on July 9 for which the district administration has pulled up its socks. The construction of shops has started in the Pantdweep area near Har Ki Paidi for selling the various items used by the Kanwadias.
The Public Works Department and the municipal corporation of Haridwar have expedited the preparations for the Mela which witnesses a large number of Kanwadias arriving here to fetch water of the Ganga river. Bridges are being made for the Dak Kanwads (Kanwad on vehicles) which come from far off areas across the country. The PWD is constructing these bridges at a war-footing speed.
Much of the bridge work has been completed near Kankhal, Matri Sadan and Kankhal cremation grounds while the shop construction and shade building work in Pantdweep has just begun.
Speaking to The Pioneer, the assistant chief engineer Mukesh Saini said, “The construction work of temporary bridges on Ganga river is going on and it will be completed before July 5.”
For two days the work at Pantdweep could not be carried out due to water logging post torrential rains in the district. Now the shop consruction was work has picked up. The municipal commissioner Ashok Pandey said that bidding was done to lay the temporary infrastructural work in Pantdweep parking. The company undertaking the project has assured to complete the work of shop construction before July 5, he added.