Batala: Shiv Kumar Batalvi, who won the Sahitya Academy Award and is also known as the John Keats of Punjab, has penned down the best of Punjabi literature. However, a section of the residents here has made his memorial into a garbage dump and the authorities concerned have a turned a blind eye to the same.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/shiv-batalvi-memorial-turns-garbage-dump
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/tribune-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solid-waste
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/garbage
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/society-and-history
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/batala
