Varanasi, Haridwar Allahabad and other parts of North India
Caused by
Pollution and damming of Ganges river in India.
Methods
Gandhian nonviolence movement
Status
On hold
Lead figures
Non centralised leadership
Prof. G. D. Agrawal Smt. Rama Rauta Acharya Jeetendra
Save Ganga Movement is a widespread Gandhian non-violent movement supported by saints and popular social activists across the Indian States Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in support of a free Ganga. The movement is supported by Ganga Seva Abhiyanam, Pune-based National Women's Organisation (NWO) besides those of many other like-minded organisations and with the moral support from many religious leaders, spiritual and political, scientists, environmentalists, writers and social activists.[1][2][3]Ganga Calling – Save Ganga is another such campaign supported by Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action (ICELA).[4]
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