In a bid to save Jharkhand’s lifeline, Damodar River, Food and Civic Supplies Minister Saryu Roy and noted Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) Yugantar Bharti alongwith Damodar Kshetra Vikas Trust jointly inaugurated Damodar Mahotsav 2019 on Wednesday.
The festival celebrated at more than 30 places on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra, on Wednesday (June 12) including the origin point of the river at Chulhapani in Lohardaga to its last end in Jharkhand, Panchet Dam, Dhanbad.
Saryu Roy was present at the Damodar Festival in Bokaro to participate in Aarti programme at the bank of the river. Apart from them, several public representatives, MPs, MLAs and other dignitaries were present during the Damodar Festival in at different places.
During the festival different types of programmes including river worship, Damodar Aarti, seminar and other programme will be organisd to spread awareness among masses. Working president Anshul Saran of the Damodar Bachao Andolan informed that on the coasts of the river there are coal mines, coal washers, coke oven plants, chemical factories, liquor factories, steel industries, thermal power plants and many small industries.
Saran said that under the Water Awareness Campaign 2019, the Damodar Festival is being celebrated as a major programme. “Damodar River, which passes through Chulhapani of Boda hill in Lohardaga passes through Chandwa, Khalari, Piparwar, Sayal, Patratu, Ramgarh, Razrappa, Jariidih Bazar, Bermo, Fusro, Chandrapura, Sudamdih, Panchaita, where it enters Bengal. Damodar meets in the Ganges before falling into the Bay of Bengal,” he added.
“Many towns and localities have been flourished on the coast. Industrialisation has been wildly grown on the banks of Damodar.
On the coast there are coal mines, coal washers, coke oven plants, chemical factories, liquor factories, steel industries, thermal power plants and many small industries,” said Sararn.
“Damodar Festival is celebrated on the banks of Damodar river every year since 2004. Since then, the institution is continuously working on important rivers of Jharkhand especially Damodar, Swarnrekha and other water bodies.