Issue of stopping flow of dirty water in Budha Dariya

Ludhiana, February 14, 2025: Work is going on on war footing in three villages under Seechewal model to stop dirty water of eight villages falling into Budha Dariya during the Kar Seva started to purify Budha Dariya again. Rajya Sabha member and environmentalist Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal visited these villages and reviewed the ongoing works. The construction work of three wells being built under Seechewal model in village Bhukhri Khurd is 70 percent complete. Similarly, work is about to be completed in Lakhowal village.

Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal said that cleaning the pond in Bhukhri Khurd remains a big challenge. The pond of this village is on the banks of Budh river. It took about a week to remove the dung from the dairies in this pond. He told that two machines are running continuously day and night to remove the dung. Now the work of wells being built under the Seechewal model is about to be completed and soon the dirty water of this village will be treated and used for agriculture. Similarly, a separate team is engaged in building a pond under the Seechewal model in Lakhowal village. The work of digging and building a pond is going on in village Budhhewal.

It is worth mentioning that during the ongoing Kar Seva of Budhha Dariya, work is going on at a fast pace at four places. Two excavator machines have been deployed to remove silt from Budhha Dariya near the pumping station near Gurdwara Gaughat and 225 MLD treatment plant on Jamalpur Road. Due to the deposition of 8 to 10 feet of silt, the river was flowing in the opposite direction. With the operation of these two excavator machines, a large amount of silt has been removed from the Dariya. Due to which the flow of the Dariya has started moving in the right direction. Similarly, the bathing ghat being built on Jamalpur Road is also being finalized. Stones have also been ordered to build more bathing ghats.

Box Item: Sant Seechewal gives a grant of Rs 22 lakh for vacuum and water tankers

Dirty water from eight villages located in the upper region of Budha Dariya is flowing into the river. As part of the arrangements being made to stop this, a grant of Rs 15 lakh has been released to provide vacuum tankers of 6,000 liters to four villages. These vacuum tankers will be used to pick up faeces from dairies and take it to the fields. Similarly, a grant of Rs 7 lakh 31 thousand has been released to two villages for new tankers of 5000 liters of drinking water.

Local Bodies Minister to visit Budha Dariya on February 17

Local Government Minister Dr. Ravjot Singh will visit Budha Dariya on Monday, 17 February 2025. MP Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal has started Kar Seva from 2 February 2024 to stop the toxic and dirty water flowing in Budha Dariya. During the first phase of Kar Seva, plants were planted on the banks of Budha Dariya. The second phase of Kar Seva was started on 22 December 2024, during which a campaign was launched to stop the discharge of water from dairies, factories and urban drains. Dr. Ravjot Singh has visited Budha Dariya many times before this.