Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday inaugurated a newly-developed garden near Shaheed Narayan Water Reservoir (Kodar Dam) in village Kodar of Mahasamund district.
Developed over an area of three acres near National Highway (NH-53), this beautiful garden has been named after Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh. This garden will become centre of attraction for tourists visiting the archeological city-Sirpur situated nearby, officials stated.
Presiding over the inaugural programme, State Agriculture and Water Resources Minister Brijmohan Agrawal gave detailed information about Kodar Water Reservoir.
Water Resources Department officials informed that Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Garden has been developed on the land of Kodar Water Reservoir, keeping in mind the comfort and convenience of tourists.
The garden has comfortable chairs, rides for children, and also a canteen. It has been developed at the cost of `50 lakh, sanctioned from BRGF, on initiative of District Administration Mahasamund. In days to come, boating facility will also be arranged in Kodar Reservoir, so that the garden could be developed as an ideal picnic spot.
In this programme, MP of Mahasamund lok Sabha constituency Chandulal Sahu, Women and Child Development Department Parliamentary Secretary Roopkumari Choudhary, MlA Mahasamund Dr Vimal Chopra, State Rural and Other Backward Classes Development Authority Deputy Chairman and Khallari MlA Chunnilal Sahu, CREDA Chairman Pawan Patel, Janpad Mahasamund President Dharamdas Mahilang, Ex-State Minister Poonam Chandrakar, Secretary Water Resource Department Dr Bl Tiwari, Mahasamund Collector Umesh Kumar Agrawal, SP Neha Champawat, and other public representatives, senior officials and other prominent citizens were also present.