Mattaur
Mattaur, also known as Kamagata Maru Nagar is a village in Mohali, India between the 70 and 71 sectors of Mohali.
Mattaur | |
|---|---|
town | |
 Mattaur village in 2015) | |
| Country |  |
| State | Punjab |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Mattaur is sometimes called the "Milky Village" or "Dairy Village," because there are Buffalo farmed in the area.
History
Kamagata Maru Nagar hosted the All-India Congress session in 1975. Among other Congress stalwarts, Mrs Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister, had attended the session. Mrs Gandhi had announced conversion of this historical village into a model gram. But till date it not made.
The agriculture land of this village acquired for development of Chandigarh, so number of the farmers migrated to other states like Haryana, UP and other districts of Punjab.
Infrastructure
Mattaur has a fairly good sewage system, and it does not display water or electricity problems, but the village needs to improve its infrastructure.[1] Garbage dumps are not well maintained. Roads are not well maintained. The town does not have a reliable supply of potable water.
The village has one government school for its residents, which has three rooms. Teachers hold classes outside, as there is no space in the school. Many town residents send their children to private schools.
"Our long-pending demand to raise the boundary wall remains to be seen to date. We have been going the whole hog to convince the PUDA authorities to erect the wall but to no avail. Scores of our meetings with PUDA bigwigs have yielded no tangible outcome. We feel cheated," says Mr Amrik Singh, a former sarpanch. The village has a public park.
Today Mattaur is most developed village. Its location is very much utmost. Mattaur has got beautiful buildings and park. Ivy hospital, Saint Xavier school, police station are just at its doorstep.