Congress has taken various decisions to please around 22 lakh members of the Bhagat community members in the state on the occasion of Kabir Jayanti- birth anniversary of Sant Kabirdas - the famous poet, saint and social reformer of India.
On June 24 (Kabir Das Jayanthi), aside from naming a chair after Sant Kabir in Amritsar, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh announced two projects for Jalandhar: a Bhagat Kabir Bhawan on 120-foot road on six kanal commercial land of the PUDA at a cost of Rs10 crore, and an exclusive women's sports park in Bhargo Camp, where the Bhagat community is heavily concentrated.
Capt Amarinder's speech was live streamed across four Kabir Temples in the city, including those set up at Bhargo Camp, Tilak Nagar, Basti Bawa Khel, and Ishwar Nagar, all of which are in the Jalandhar (West) constituency. Today, the Bhagat community had gathered in all of these temples for prayers. All arrangements were made with the approval of MLA Sushil Rinku.
Rinku said Bhagat Kabir Bhawan would have a 13,000 sq ft covered area and have a seating capacity of 500 persons. “The site is just 100 metres away from Babrik Chowk. The land has already been approved by the PUDA for the project after a meeting of the Empowered Committee. Even the work will be executed by the PUDA,” he said.
Rinku said, “Jalandhar women are engaged in making sports goods from homes. They weave volleyball nets, stitch footballs, strings of badminton rackets, cricket bats, among others, but they have never played these games. They are reluctant to go to public parks for physical exercises. We will develop a sports park exclusively for women and equip it with sports items for playing tennis, badminton, football, volleyball and a gym so that they can enjoy sports and maintain fitness. Most likely, this project will be handed over to the MC. I will ensure that the work gets started within our tenure.”
