Greening of Nankana Sahib & Kartarpur--Pak Minister forms steering committee on EcoSikh’s proposal

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Chandigarh 10^th March:- Top Government officials & Ministers of Pakistan have endorsed a plan proposed by Eco Sikh, a Global Sikh initiative in the area of environment protection, to explore green projects at Kartarpur & Nankana Sahib, the most sacred Sikh shrines in Pakistan. This will be part of the celebration of 550^th birthday of Guru Nanak, Founder of Sikhism, in 2019. Guru Nanak was born in Nankana Sahib and he lived in Kartarpur during his last 17 years. This was disclosed by a media release issued at Chandigarh by Eco Sikh's South Asia Project Manager Ravneet Singh. 

According to the press statement issued, Eco Sikh's President, Dr. Rajwant Singh, visited Nankana Sahib & Kartarpur Sahib, Nairowal, recently with the purpose of exploring what actions would be needed, by the communities & the administrations, to preserve the ecology of these sacred sites.  He was invited by the first Sikh member of Punjab Assembly, Ramesh Singh Arora who facilitated all the official meetings. Dr Singh held a meeting with the Federal Minister of Planning Development & Reform, Ahsan Iqbal of Nairowal, in this the proposal of celebrating the 550^th anniversary of Guru Nanak in a unique way with a focus on Environment was brought forth by Dr Singh.  Ahsan Iqbal reciprocated by forming a steering committee to formulate master plans.