‘Rally for Rivers’ received well in Haridwar; Ramdev extends support
There was overwhelming response to the last leg of the Rally for Rivers, a campaign started by founder of Isha…
Statesman News Service | Dehradun | October 1, 2017 5:52 pm
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There was overwhelming response to the last leg of the Rally for Rivers, a campaign started by founder of Isha Foundation, Sadhguru, in Haridwar on Sunday. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev were among those who took part in the event held at VIP ghat. Hundreds of sadhus had turned up at the event.
Chief Minister Trivendra Rawat said, “The world is now concerned about water. We need to save the rivers and our government is making efforts to rejuvenate rivers. Now spiritual leaders have joined and this movement will not stop.”
Covering 16 states and traversing a stretch of over 8,000 km across India, the campaign reached Uttarakhand and will conclude in New Delhi on Monday.
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Baba Ramdev announced providing support to the campaign and said, “We will print the missed call number and message on all Patanjali’s top-selling products.” The Yoga Guru will also be making an appeal to his social media followers to provide support to the movement.
The nationwide campaign was flagged-off on 3 September this year. Sadhguru said, “Our rivers – the most important source of water – are facing a grave crisis. In just one generation, our perennial rivers are turning seasonal. Many smaller rivers have already vanished. If we do not act now to reverse this, the legacy we hand over to the next generation will be one of conflict and
deprivation.”
The Rally has subsequently travelled to Madurai, Kanyakumari, Trivandrum, Tiruchirappalli, Puducherry, Mysuru, Bengaluru, Chennai, Vijaywada, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Kanpur, Lucknow, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Amritsar before
arriving in Haridwar.
The Haridwar event saw big participation of saints. This unique movement is seeing people participating as one, raising beyond their class, caste, religious and cultural differences.
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