UNDERGROUND OASIS - RIVER SARASVATI

[Brig Narinder Dhand]

Dear Friends,

1.  I will like to add to what Veteran Raghavan has written

in his mail reproduced below on artesan wells in the heart

of Thar Desert.

2.  I read a book few months back called The Lost Rivers of India.

River Saraswati was a majestic river of North India with

its tributaries leaving hills with Satluz in North West and part of River

Yamuna of today in South East.  It flowed covering areas of Thanesar

(Kurukashetra), Pehowa , Hanuman Garh and then entered

now Pakistan at Fort Abbas and turned South as

Hakra River running parallel to and East of Sindh River and

emptied into sea making delta where Rann is today. The sands

and stones collected  from Rann have been proved to have

their origin in Himalayas. There are many forts on its banks

and lot many water tanks/reservoirs enroute at places the

names of which end with word  “... sar”  like Lunkaransar,

 

3.    That was over 2000 years back. Credit goes to a British Army Officer

who trekked the course of the river on horse back. On his suggestion

Westeran Yamuna Canal of today was made on the alignment of

one of the dried up tributary of Sarasvati River By the Britishers.

 

 

4.  A survey was carried out after independence by ASI to

trace the path of dry river, The book has many maps and photos.

Some I am embedding in this mail. This subject had been in news

and on TV few months back. Mrs Uma Bharti had also initiated

debate on the subject some times back. I am attaching the

excerpts from the TOI for your reading.

 

 

5.  Due to titanic changes over the period, the water shed in

Himalayas changed which altered the course of many tributaries.

River Satluz made a U turn near Ropar (Roop Nagar, Punjab) and

went towards Ludhiana instead, as can be seen on google maps.

It then met River Beas near Firozpur and finally emptied into Sindh.

River Ghaghar coming from Chandigarh side could not remain

perennial and dried up some where near Hissar. It gets flooded in

rains only. Its course beyond Haryana is the place where River

Sarasvati once blessed these lands.

 

6. Do read the book, its interesting.  NOIDAITES ! The book is

available in AVCC Library.

 

 

 

7.  For all these finds in Haryana near Jagadhri (Yamuna Nagar)

and Rajasthan and piles of River bed stones dug out at Lunkaransar

and other places in Rajasthan, can we say now that River Saraswati

surely went under ground and still flows, as mentioned and believed

in our Mythology.

 

its worth being  Proud of our heritage.

 

ब्रिगेडियर नरेन्द्र ढंड (वेटेरन)
Brigadier Narinder Dhand (Veteran)
NOIDA -(NCR) - 201303
BLOG SITE - http://signals-parivaar.blogspot.in

 

 

ONE OF MY EARLIER MAILS..ON THE SUBJECT.

 

 

From: Brig NK DHAND, Veteran

Sent: Thursday, 07 May, 2015 3:10 PM

To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;

Subject: Saraswati no more a myth, water strikes at 7-feet depth

 

Dear Friends

 

  Those who have read the book “Lost River Of India” would have

known the The Mighty Saraswati River was flowing in North india from

Himalyas with tributaries eminating between Nangal in Punjab and

Dehradun In Uttarkhand. Thanesar, Pehowa, Hanuman Garh, Fort Abbas

were located on its Banks. It then moved east of Sind River and emptied

into Rann Of Kuchh.

 

Read The News item from The Tribune

 

Saraswati no more a myth, water strikes at 7-feet depth

Deputy Commissioner SS Phulia and District Development and Panchayat Officer Gagandeep Singh undertake digging work at Mughalwali village on Tuesday. A tribune Photograph

Shiv Kumar Sharma

Yamunanagar, May 5

It was a joyous moment for the team working on reviving the Saraswati River in Yamunanagar district as they found strong water current on reaching a depth of seven-feet today.

This has raised hopes for the entire project, which was receiving criticism from various planks who termed it an RSS ambition.

Assembly Speaker Kanwar Pal Gurjar had inaugurated the excavation work of ‘Saraswati Revival Project’ at Rullaheri village in Yamunanagar district on April 21.

After inauguration, the District Development and Panchayat Department had undertaken digging work in two-and-a-half-km area. Water struck at nine points when the creek of river was being dug at Mughalwali village on Tuesday.

“The water is potable, fresh in taste and sweet,” said Deputy Commissioner SS Phulia, after a visit to the Mughalwali village.

The delighted people of the village offered prayers to Goddess Saraswati and distributed sweets amongst themselves and workers involved in the digging work.

District Development and Panchayat Officer Gagandeep Singh, who is coordinating the Saraswati Revival Project, said the river length in Yamunanagar district would be 55 km.

Earlier, plan was to dig the river till seven feet deep. However, now, they were planning to dig it till 10 feet deep for good natural flow of water. The river would pass through 43 villages of the district.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has already announced Rs 50 crore for this project.

The credit to bring the Saraswati River on ground goes to 88-year-old RSS veteran Darshan Lal Jain. He had formed Saraswati Nidi Sodh Sansthan in 1999 and since then, has been struggling for its revival.

“Some people thought it to be a mythological fantasy but water found at 7-feet -deep in its creek has proved that the Saraswati River is flowing below the earth,” said Darshan Lal Jain.

The river originates from Adi Badri in Yamunanagar. It is believed that the river passes underground through Kurukshetra, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa districts before entering Rajasthan and Gujrat.

The DC said the project would prove to be a milestone in the development of this area as it would promote eco-tourism, pilgrimage tourism, water conservation and improve ecological balance.

 

Brigadier Narinder Dhand (Veteran)
NOIDA -(NCR) - 201303
Visit Veteran's Own Web Site at
http://signals-parivaar.blogspot.in

 

Truth unravelled

• The team working on reviving the Saraswati River in Yamunanagar district found strong water current on reaching a depth of seven-feet
• Water struck at nine points when the creek of the river was being dug at Mughalwali village
• Assembly Speaker Kanwar Pal Gurjar had inaugurated the excavation work of 'Saraswati Revival Project' at Rullaheri village on April 21
• The river length in Yamunanagar would be 55 km and would pass through 43 villages.
• It is believed that the river passes underground through Kurukshetra, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa districts before entering Rajasthan and Gujrat.
• The project would promote eco-tourism, pilgrimage tourism, water conservation and improve ecological balance

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RAGHVAN’S MAIL

 

 

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Re: UNDERGROUND OASIS

Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:51 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Cdr Chandra Shekhar" cdrcshekhar

Could it be artisan well?

Chandra Shekhar
Sent from my iPhone

> On 26-Apr-2016, at 20:20, YR Raghavan ragha...@yahoo.com [indianveterans] <indianv...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Farmers find 'springs&#39; in Thar desert
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> TNN | Apr 26, 2016, 08.03 AM IST
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> Jaisalmer: Seven years ago, farmer Arshad Ali started digging a tube well in Charanwala village in the Nachana area of Jaisalmer district, about 50 km from the border with Pakistan. At the depth of 560 feet, he struck water - so forcefully did it flow out that it was impossible to stop it. Today, his fields remain flooded and he has been draining water into nearby fields too.
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> Ali says his experience is not unique. Across a 60sq km area in the district, water seems to be flowing in abundance, he said. The pressure of the flow has not diminished with time. Pipes would burst if attempts were made to control the flow. A similar gush of water flowed into the fields of Ismail Khan, who also lives in the same area.
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> At least 10 tube wells have been dug in the area, and water has been gushing out with great force. At Poonam Nagar in Jaisalmer, villagers have decided to build a temple at the spot. However, at a time when 33 crore people in the country reel under drought and water is enormously scarce in many parts, the government has done little to test or harness the water gushing out of such 'springs&#39;.
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> A year ago, former Jaisalmer district collector Giriraj Singh Kushwaha had requested the state government to plan for utilisation of this water.
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> In October 2005, the ONGC Board had approved Rs1.7 crore for a pilot study to uncover the course of the Saraswati, the "mighty river" mentioned in the Rig Veda. By 2007, the ONGC had dug some wells and water was found in parts of Jaisalmer, at a depth of over 550 metres, the deepest level at which wells had been dug in this region.
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> While many historians and scientists contest claims that Saraswati was ever more than a mythical river, there are those who claim the sacred texts are corroborated by imagery from ISRO satellites.
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> WISH YOU THE BEST
> YR.Raghavan
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