big bridge being constructed around Keshi ghat Yamuna River

January 5, 2010

I don't normally get involved in political protests, but I feel thatthis is something that our acaryas and every saintly person would get

involved in. I recently got the following text from HH Bhakti CharuMaharaja. Please read through it, sign the petition and encourageothers to support this cause. There is also a Facebook page you can

join: " Stop the Yamuna Bridge " All glories to Sri Vrindavan Dham. All glories to Yamuna mayi! JayaSri Radhey Shyam!-- Vaishnava kripa prarthi, Madhavananda das

---------- Forwarded message ----------bcs <bcs2009/12/27Please Support

BCS Istagosthi <BCS.IstagosthiI received the following appeal just now. Please support this noble

causeand motivate others also to do the same.Yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada,Bhakti Charu Swami----------

The central government of India is

building a big bridge around KeshiGhat. It is against the will of all the local residents in Vrindavan.The new bridge threatens Vrindavan's heritage ghat. The governor ofthestate of Utthar pradesh is doing this without consulting anyone and

not revealing the plans to anyone. This project is an ecologicaldisaster, unethical and anti-aesthetic.The bridge brings a freeway in front of the sanctuary. Hundreds ofactivists are against this and we will have a civic uprising with the

presence of respectful leaders, citizens and schools students. SeveralVaisnava Missions and representants of the World Vaisnava Associationwill march to the Yamuna and make a public protest. This ceremony is

called bridge breaking

ceremony. It is about breaking symbolically apart of the bridge. Also the press was invited so the protest can beseen in the national press . More than 500 kids of the Sandipani MuniSchool of Vrindavan are joining the pacific march with dancing art. We

only see economic interests of some politicians behind this bridge.Please join the protest with your signature.At the outset, it is necessary to mention that our campaign is inaccordance with our fundamental duty as citizens by virtue of Article

51 A (g) of the Constitution of India, which enjoins " every citizenof India to protect and improve the natural environment includingforests, lakes, rivers and wild life and to

have compassion for livingcreatures " .Please, foreign and Indian devotees, join the signature campaign tostop the construction of an unnecessary bridge.Sign the petition here:http://www.petitiononline.com/NObridge/petition-sign.html

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