JAMMU Jul 9: Two days Bi-annual Ancient Bawa Bhair Mela concluded at its Devasthaan in block Nagrota on Thursday with enthusiasm and religious fervor. This Mela was organised by the Bawa Bhairdev Sathan Trust in collaboration with various religious organizations. Earlier Mela was inaugurated by Former Dy. Commissioner B.S.Jamwal in the presence of NMC President Subash Shastri,D.B.P.S chairman Former Additional Advocate General P.C.Sharma, Trust President Balwant Singh, General Secretary BBDST Ramesh Sharma, ex.sarpanch Kirpal Singh,Om Prakash Sharma, Subash Sharma, Girdhari Lal, Advocate Chander Mohan Sharma, Ritiz khajuria, Gurdas Sharma and representatives of various religious, social organisations and prominent personalities of the region.
Puja Archana was also performed by the pilgrims along with chela of Bawa ji Joginder Singh on the occasion chanting with Vedic Mantras.
A large number of devotees from different parts of the country participated in the Mela and sought the blessings of Bawa Bhairdevta ji. Bawa ji Chelas performed ceremonial yatar at the shrine.
Several pilgrims have expressed concern over the non availabilities of clean drinking water apart from pathetic conditions of both roads leading to this five thousand years old Bawa Bhairdev Shrine.
Though the trust and the large number of devotees from various parts of the Country who took part in the said Mela have appealed to the Prime Minister’s, Housing and urban Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, JKUT LG Manhoj Sinha, Chief Minister, Dy. Chief Minister and Local MLA’s to personally intervene in to the matter and direct the authorities to sanction the proposal for construction of Road from Village Anthem to shrine under PMGSY without any further delay.
They further alleged that despite preparation of DPR for road construction from Village Anthem to shrine.
The project was again sabotaged by vested interest. R. S. Chema and others devotees from Punjab criticized the JKUT Adminstration of half hearted approach towards the demands for up-gradation of facilities to the devotees.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Trust Construction Committee Retired Dy Commissioner B.S Jamwal and others members of the committee have urged upon the JKUT LG, Chief Minister to immediately restore the steel foot bridge on Tawi River at Katal Batal Nagrota which was washed away in the last year floods leaving the shrine disconnected and expressed deep concern over the extensive loss of nearby infrastructure and said that without intervention devotees would face severe urgent difficulties during the forthcoming Kartik Purnima three days Mela.