Madhya Pradesh will hold ‘Nandi Mahotsav’ in February; CM Shivraj announces

Bhopal, October 14: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Nadi Mahotsava will be held in Bandrabhan in the state in February. International and national environmentalists working for environment and river conservation and Nadi Sevak will participate in it.

He said that the work carried out under the Narmada Seva Mission will be reviewed every month. Action plan should be made to protect and maintain saplings planted on both banks of Narmada under the mission.

“Report of the works and results obtained under Narmada Seva Mission will be tabled in Vidhan Sabha. Villages located on both the sides of Narmada river should be made open defection free (ODF),” Singh added.

“Portable changing rooms should be set up at banks of the river. Public awareness campaign should be launched for preventing burning of crops’ residue (Narvai) in villages located Narmada banks. Farmers in these villages should be encouraged for planting saplings of fruit bearing trees.”

It was informed that the water quality in the samples collected every month from 31 locations for checking water quality in the Narmada river by Pollution Control Board has been found of A-grade quality. In order to prevent illegal sand mining from Narmada river, 1465 cases have been registered in 16 districts of the Narmada region by mining department and 76 vehicles have been confiscated for illegal mineral transportation.