Ujjain : State government has started the measures of peacekeeping with the Sadhus and saints and on Wednesday the newly appointed District In-charge Minister Bhupendra Singh performed the same exercise.
The government has adopted the measure after the constructional and other developmental works are running behind the schedule and the sadhus sants have started to arrive in the city, regarding the Simhastha Fair. Most of the sadhus and sants have repeatedly been complaining over the delay in the works. Minister Singh reached the city in afternoon and had the lunch with top BJP leaders at the house of BJP city chief Iqbal Singh Gandhi, from where he reached the Dewas Road located Circuit House and met with the Central Simhastha Fair Organising Committee Chairman Makhan Singh. MLAs Mohan Yadav, Anil Firoziya and Satish Malviya, Mayor Meena Jonwal, Municipal Speaker Sonu Gehlot and administrative officials including Collector Kavindra Kiyawat, Mela Officer Avinash Lavania and SP MS Verma were among those present.
The Minister visited along with the officials visited the 13 Akhadas and met with the representatives of all the respective Akhadas. However, the minister, who is endowed with the huge responsibility of the Simhastha fair, did not have enough time and soon the visit just became a custom and was curtailed to road visit at the Atal Akhada. The minister asked the same question at all the Akhadas the same question, “Maharaj ji kaam kaisa chal raha hai”. Over which the representatives replied the work is slow and we fear the work will be completed in time. The minister also felicitated the representatives of each of the Akhada will shawl and coconut. At Shambhu Panch Agni Akhada the local Mahant told the minister to restart the proposal of the Freeganj railway over bridge as it will ease the traffic on the road. In the reply the officials and minister gave a nod and slipped way out, as the bridge construction was cancelled due to political contention.
Further the convoy moved to the Vaishnav Akhadas in the Khak Chowk area, where the ashrams of three Vaishnav Akhadas, including Nirmohi, Nirvani and Digambar Akhada told the officials informed about the need of new toilets and construction of approach roads. At Nirvani Akhada the representatives rued that an approach road of 750 meters to from Sandipani Ashram to Agar road has been left out due to political vendetta. The representative even said the officials had sent the proposal for the road but the, government denied it. He said the government should release the necessary funds for the works at Akhadas. Further the convoy moved to the Niranjani, Bada Udasin, Naya Udasin, Anand, Atal, Avahan, Nirmal, Anand and Atal Akahdas. The same ritual of felicitating the representatives was carried out by the minister at all the places, where he carefully listened to the pleas and assured action.
