Activists, artists join hands to save Buddha Nullah

LUDHIANA: Environmentalists activists artists industrialists and personalities from different walks of life today joined hands to save Buddha Nullah from pollution

Updated At : 04:03 PM Jan 28, 2019 IST

Namdhari chief Satguru Uday Singh with social activist Jaswant Zafar and others during a function “Aan Milo Daryao” on the banks of Buddha Nullah on Sunday. Photo: himanshu Mahajan

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, January 27

Environmentalists, activists, artists, industrialists and personalities from different walks of life today joined hands to save Buddha Nullah from pollution. Thousands of people from parts of Punjab gathered on the banks of the nullah and took a pledge to clean the nullah, once known as Buddha Darya. The occasion was “Aan Milo Daryao” programme organised near Sewerage Treatment Plant on Tajpur Road.

A large number of eminent persons appealed to the government and common people to come forward and join hands to clean the nullah.

While the melodious music was playing on the background, the participants took the pledge that they would make concrete efforts to clean the nullah, which once used to be a clean water body.

Satguru Udai Singh of the Namdhari sect, environmentalist Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal, renowned poet Surjit Patar, Jaswant Singh Zafar, singer Harbhajan Mann, violin maestro Ustad Johar Ali Khan, former Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, SP Singh, representatives of various non-government organisations, teachers and students of many schools took part in the event.

Works of artists and schoolchildren were also exhibited during the occasion. Nukkar nataks, stage plays and songs were also presented on the occasion to spread awareness among the masses on this sensitive issue.

Speaking during the occasion, Seechewal said it was the duty of every individual to come forward and make efforts to clean our water bodies. “Nature is God and it is our moral duty to protect our nature. We shall all join hands and make every possible effort to protect our natural resources,” said Seechewal.

The organisers of the event said they had been getting a positive response from the public, administration and industrialists to their cause to clean the nullah. “It is our dream to make Buddha Nullah clean and we have been continuously working in this direction. We have been in regular touch with the owners of dying units, dairy owners and other industrialists on this issue. Besides, our teams have also been working in educational institutes to create maximum awareness,” said Jatinderpal Singh, one of the organisers.

President of CICU Upkar Singh, FICO president Gurmit Kular and municipal councillors were also present during the programme.