Haryana's Saraswati heritage board to develop 5 riverfronts

Tribune News Service

Kurukshetra, July 18

The Haryana Saraswati Heritage Development Board has come out with a plan to develop five riverfronts on the Saraswati river.

The proposed riverfronts will be at Pipli and Pehowa in Kurukshetra district, Bilaspur in Yamunanagar district, and on the Panchkula-Yamunanagar highway near Dosarka village, and the Kaithal-Guhla road.

Dhuman Singh Kirmach, vice-president of the board, told The Tribune: “The riverfront at Pipli will be developed on the pattern of the Sabarmati riverfront. The Chandigarh College of Architecture will prepare its design. A team of three assistant professors from the college and officials of the Irrigation and Forest Department have visited the site. It is expected to submit the design soon.”

As for the riverfronts at the other four locations, the board has written to Deputy Commissioners of the districts concerned for demarcating the river area.