In yet another attempt to unravel the mystery of ‘mythological’ river Saraswati, the Haryana government has decided to carry out explorations for locating aquifers of the river inside its territory.
Several experts have in the past dubbed Saraswati as the ‘lost river’ of the Harappan civilisation. Past excavations have, however, proved inconclusive regarding the existence of the river.
However, it is the myths associated with several areas of Haryana where the Saraswati presumably once flowed which have inspired the government to carry out fresh excavations, according to the state irrigation minister, Ajay Singh Yadav.
“We want to explore the area to locate the river for religious sentiments involved with it,” the minister said here after chairing a meeting of experts from ONGC and ISRO.
According to Hindu mythology, the Saraswati, dubbed as a Rig Vedic river, flowed in a subterranean channel joining the Ganges and Yamuna at the holy Triveni in Allahabad. The Mahabharata mentions that the river dried up in a desert.
The ONGC is set to start the exploration to locate the river bed in the Kalayat area in Kaithal district.
