Seers and sages join the fight to save Ganga - Just a suggestion!

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Dear Members ,

 

I was reading this mail  from Sankara Menonji article and  thought how could

external parties also could help in matter . Shakthi  Sadhana Group could also

obtain vote from the website users for this good cause and share them to the

organization which they could forward to their goverment as well !

 

Just an idea thought is a worthy cause that we could help .................

 

Disregard it if it not an important suggestion dear readers.

 

Jai Maa.

 

--- On Wed, 7/2/08, sankara menon <kochu1tz wrote:

 

sankara menon <kochu1tz

Re: Seers and sages join the fight to save Ganga

 

Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 12:18 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self help is the best hellp. Now that all these powerful people have come

together, they should ask Government for help and tell them whether there is

help or not, we are going ahead. I am sure that the millions of followers of

these worthies will pitch in with man and material.

 

--- On Wed, 7/2/08, msbauju <msbauju > wrote:

 

msbauju <msbauju >

Seers and sages join the fight to save Ganga

 

Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 4:41 AM

 

Seers and sages join the fight to save Ganga

June 29th, 2008

ICT by IANS

New Delhi

 

The river Ganga, along whose banks the Indian civilisation

evolved, has found new allies to purge it of the accumulated

filth and breathe new life into its shrinking course. [....] [A

group] of spiritual seers from across the country are the

latest to join the ranks of the river crusaders who are waging

a battle against the industry and development lobbies across

the country and reluctant state machineries to save India's

dying rivers.

 

The group, the Ganga Raksha Manch, was set up by

spiritual heads in Hardwar to press the government to

declare the endangered river a national heritage.

 

The Ganga Raksha Manch comprises spiritual leaders like

Yoga guru Ramdev, Sri Sri Ravishankar of the Art of

Living, Murari Bapu, Asaram Bapu, Ramesh Bhai Ojha and

the heads of the Shankaracharya hermitages across the

country.

 

It also has representatives from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad,

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, All-India Akhara Parishad,

Gayatri Parivar Shantikunj, Sant Nirankari Samagam, Arya

Samaj, Shri Jain Acharya Muni hermitage and Ramakrishna

Mission.

 

Ramdev is the convenor of the organisation. Besides, the

umbrella has also brought in researchers, environmentalists

and scientists in its fold to deal with the technicalities of

conservation. The campaign will be spread across five states

of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and

Bengal.

 

The 2,500-km river is a sacred stream, associated with

Indian mythology and ancient civilisations down the ages.

In most parts of the country, it is worshipped as an avatar of

the mother goddess - " Ganga Maiyya " .

 

According to the seer, the save Ganga mission is part of the

clean India campaign, which the spiritual groups across the

country have been advocating for a long time.

 

" We want the government to declare the Ganga as a national

heritage because it is already identified as a world heritage

by the UNESCO. But the government is yet to accord it

heritage status. The river is choking in filth.

 

" Effluents from all the cities and industries drain into the

river unchecked and it affects the lives of nearly 500 million

people living along its banks. Almost one crore people still

bathe in the river every day. The river is almost like a dirty

sewage channel. A heritage status would ensure adequate

protection, " the spiritualist said.

 

According to Ramdev, the Ganga Raksha Manch has

divided the river into seven zones from Gangotri, the glacier

from where the river originates, to Ganga Sagar, where the

river drains into the sea, to implement the plan. " We will

personally mobilise people living in the cities and villages

along the river from July to press heritage status for the

river.

 

" Besides, we are also opposing the proposed Ganga Express

highway and are demanding penalty for those who pollute

the river. If the government refuses to concede our demands,

then we will launch a mass movement from September 18, "

the seer said. The agitation, slated to take off from Kanpur

(where the pollution level is one of the highest), will be

peaceful, Ramdev assured.

 

A recent study by the Uttarakhand Environment

Conservation and Pollution Board says the level of pollution

in the river has reached alarming proportions. The coliform

(bacteria) level in the water, which should be below 50 fecal

colonies for drinking purposes, 500 colonies for bathing and

5,000 colonies for agricultural use, has reached 5,500 in

Hardwar alone.

 

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