Village to honour girl for helping change its name

Chandigarh | Tuesday | 17th January, 2017

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I am thankful to the village panchayat for deciding to extend support to my family.The development of village is a collective responsibility and we should take it seriously. "The village panchayat had been making efforts to get the name changed for the last 27 years, but it could not do much due to administrative hassles. Recently, the Haryana government finally renamed the village and forwarded the proposal to the Union home ministry for final approval. ROHTAK: A panchayat in Haryana will reward Harpreet Kaur, 14, with a 100 square yard plot for helping the village get rid of an unwanted name, as a token of appreciation. The village in Ratia block of Fatehabad district was renamed as Ajit Nagar, from Ganda, after Harpreet, a Class VIII student, wrote to the Prime Minister in 2015 for changing its name..