Historic river bed of Kali Bein
With People For People....
Today, the historic river bed of Kali
Bein, a tributary of the Beas River which flows through Punjab, is teeming with
life and is a delight to watch. But
it wasn't always like this. The river was once filled with filth and
garbage. Till one man, Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal, took it upon himself
to clean up the river. In
2000, Seechewal popularly known as 'Eco Baba', along with a large number of
volunteers, decided to take things into his own hands. Not only did they clean. it up and rejuvenate
some parts of the river which had been dry for many years, but the team also
worked hard to beautify the banks by planting trees.With restoration of its
water flow, thousands of hectares of land have been reclaimed from
water-logging in Tehsil Dasuya of Hoshiarpur District, from desertification in
Kapurthala district, and from floods in the
Mand area of confluence of Beas and Satluj
rivers. Seechewal, along with his team, also made sure that the people
around the area were made aware of the ill effects of dumping waste in the
river. Sant Seechewal's works don't stop there. He has also been involved in
setting up schools, technical centres and degree colleges, and also works
toward
eradicating poverty,
ignorance, superstition, and atrocities against women. A crusader for
environment, Sant Seechewal has established plant nurseries at Seechewal and
Sultanpur Lodhi where one lakh plants are distributed annually free of cost
among the people as prasad of the Guru.
'ਤੇ ਬਦਲ ਗਿਆ ਸੱਭ ਕੁਝ ਲੋਕ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਨਾਲ..
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