Karnal, Jan. 24 -- Chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said that the sacred Saraswati river binds not only Haryana, but the entire country in a sacred bond of cultural unity and the state government is working to revive the river by constructing sarovars and reservoirs.

The CM said that the government is working on a plan to develop major pilgrimage sites associated with the Saraswati as tirtha. He was speaking at the closing ceremony of Saraswati Mahotsav 2026, organised by the Haryana Saraswati Heritage Development Board on the auspicious occasion of Basant Panchami, at Pehowa Saraswati Teerth in Kurukshetra.

Earlier, Saini also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 26 projects worth Rs.63.86 crore for the revival of the...