The book ‘The Tradition of Saints Making Sarifices for the Ganga’ by Dr Sandeep Pandey was launched on 15th August 2020. The purpose of this book is to make people aware of the tremendous sacrifices being made by saints associated with Matri Sadan, Haridwar for the sake of the Ganga and to acknowledge their contributions.
Anand Vardhan Singh holds a live session with Swami Shivanand Saraswati and other Saints of Matri Sadan Haridwar on the cleanliness of River Ganga.
Such a large-scale project should have required a comprehensive and rigorous environmental impact assessment (EIA), including public consultations and hearings, before being given the green light. However, the government surreptitiously side-stepped this requirement by dividing the 900 kilometre stretch of road into 53 segments, each of less than a 100 km.
Sadhvi Padmawati is in the Intensive Care Unit in a critical condition having lost her voice. Brahmachari Atmabodhanand was discharged from AIIMS on 5 March and Uttarakhand police/administration refused to take responsibility of him.
यह कितनी अजीब बात है कि एक हिंदुत्ववादी सरकार के शासन काल में गंगा के संरक्षण के मुद्दे पर साधु अपनी जान की बाजी लगाए हुए हैं और सरकार ही नहीं समाज भी इतना संवेदनशील नहीं कि उनके साथ सहानुभूति भी दिखा सके।
Sadhvi Padmavati, age 23, who has been fasting for over 45 days as part of a campaign to protect the Ganga river from environmental destruction, was arrested in the middle of the night and mentally and verbally abused by the police on 30th January 2020.
We urge your august office to take urgent cognizance of our representation and direct the government of Telangana to immediately stop the ongoing landfill.
