Upavaasa
Prof. G D Agarwal's Upavaasa Satyagraha for conservation of Bhageerathi river
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June 23, 2008 - 13:51
The first Member-Secretary of the Government of India's Central Pollution Control Board, former head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at IIT Kanpur, a PhD from University of California, Berkeley. But Dr. G. D. Agarwal seems to be better known as the simple man, "The Scientist and Rishi".
He is now on an aajeeva upavaasa satyagraha (fast-unto-death) to save Bhageerathi from destruction in the name of development.
The first Member-Secretary of the Government of India's Central Pollution Control Board, former head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at IIT Kanpur, a PhD from University of California, Berkeley. But Dr. G. D. Agarwal seems to be better known as the simple man, "The Scientist and Rishi".
He is now on an aajeeva upavaasa satyagraha (fast-unto-death) to save Bhageerathi from destruction in the name of development.