AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab—During a seminar at Gurdwara Satlani Sahib of Hoshiarnagar (20 Kilometres from Sri Amritsar Sahib), SGPC member Rajinder Singh Mehta said that the SGPC was going to expand the area of organic farming for langar (free community kitchen) of sanctum sanctorum Sri Harmandir Sahib. It is notable here that the Apex Sikh body Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhik Committee is currently ploughing 13 acres land for organic farming in Satlani Sahib village.
Hailing the SGPC’s decision, the Director of Agriculture Department of India Dr. Krishna Chandra said that the SGPC’s move will encourage the farmers of Punjab to avoid use of chemicals for farming. He added that the Union government was ready to cooperate with the SGPC by providing training for organic farming to SGPC employees in Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh).
“As Satlani Sahib village has become a model for farmers in this respect, more seminars will be held in future and arrangements will be made to bring more farmers here,” he added.
SGPC had started organic farming for ‘langar’ of sanctum sanctorum Sri Harmandir Sahib three years ago. Vegetables grown in organic way in these fields are used in the free community kitchen of central Sikh shrine. The free community kitchen of central Sikh shrine Sri Harmandir Sahib serves ‘langar’ to more than 100,000 devotees daily irrespective of their religion, caste, creed, nationality or ethnicity.
SGPC should ensure that our Gurudwaras should have few things attached with it.
1) Schools,colleges
2) Medical facilities.
3) Space Telescopes
4) Forests with animals.
5) Water stream
6) War safety shelters,
7) Airports,Railway station and bus stands