L.K. Advani BLOG – In his latest blog posting, Advani quoted H.H. Pujya Swami Chidananda Saraswati of Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh to argue that the pllution in Ganga was a serious matter. “Today most people do not realize that nearly a million people living along the banks of the Ganga die each year due to illnesses caused by its polluted water…,” “A few dozen people dying in bomb blasts in India becomes big news worldwide, and rightly so. But the tragic deaths of many people, who are dependent on the Ganga, goes unnoticed even in India. We must change this,” he said, quoting Pujya Swamiji. “Ganga is languishing in such polluted state that people hesitate to bathe in her waters even in Kashi. This is caused by reckless and ill-planned industrialization and urbanization, made worse by lack of elementary civic facilities in towns and villages along it,” Advani observed.