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Scroll Magazine: Courts Pushing for New Solutions to the Ganga’s Pollutoin

Along fouled Ganga, fresh resolve to make the river clean again Keith Schneider, Scroll Magazine http://scroll.in/article/710749/Along-fouled-Ganga,-fresh-resolve-to-make-the-river-clean-again Photo Credit: Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Mahesh Chander Mehta, acclaimed by his peers as the dean of India’s tiny environmental bar, practices law from an airy office on the fourth floor of a dimly…
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Hon’ble Shri Narendra Modiji: Toilets First, Temples Later

After GAP Founder, HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji- who has helped to build temples on four continents- coined the phrase, “now is the time we must move from building temples to building toilets,” it has gained in popularity, as one can see from the below article, recently published by the…
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17th November 2014
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GIWA India Launch

On November 10 in New Delhi, prominent leaders from the major faiths in India came together to announce the launch of a globally unprecedented initiative to save millions of Indian children, the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA India). UNICEF India is partnering with GIWA for technical expertise and advice. The…
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11th September 2014
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Pujya Swamiji and Shri Nitin Gadkariji discuss Green Ganga

Pujya Swamiji met with Shri Nitin Gadkari, the Hon’ble Minister for the Government of India of Roads, Transport, Shipping and Highways as well as Rural Development and offered him a sacred Rudraksh tree at his official residence.Shri Gadkariji agreed with Pujya Swamiji’s emphasis on the vital importance of a Water,…
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10th September 2014
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Pujya Swamiji and Prakash Javadekarji discuss Restoring Ganga

Pujya Swamiji met with Shri Prakash Javadekarji, the Hon’ble Minister of Environment and Forests, Information Technology and Broadcasting, and discussed the various technologies that could be utilized to clean up the sacred River Ganga. He shared about boats designed to patrol the banks of rivers, eating up and segregating the…
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10th September 2014
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Pujya Swamiji Gives a Green Blessing to Uma Bhartiji

Pujya Swamiji met with Uma Shri Bhartiji, the Hon’ble Minister of Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India, sharing with her the concrete solutions and technologies that Ganga Action Parivar (GAP) had gathered in the last few years for waste water management, solid waste management, agricultural management, ecological management…
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6th September 2014
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Green Teacher’s Day in Uttarkashi

Pujya Swamiji travelled to Uttarakashi on the occasion of Teacher’s Day and addressed over 2,000 students at the Ganesh Dutt Secondary School. The function celebrated Pujya Swamiji’s much anticipated arrival with a beautiful cultural programme highlighting the recent Nanda Raj Jat Yatra and other folk dances. Pujya Swamiji inspired students,…
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3rd September 2014
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Pujya Swamiji meets with Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singhji

Pujya Swamiji met with Hon’ble Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singhji, this week in Delhi, soon after His return from abroad.He shared with him the many suggestions and solutions that Ganga Action Parivar and the Global Interfaith WASH Allaince had gathered from their family of experts, scholars, scientists, engineers, environmentalists…
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Management Students Take the Green Pledge

Management students from the Quantum Global Campus (Roorkee) came home to Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh) inspired and eager to join the Ganga Action Parivar (GAP), Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) and Divine Shakti Foundation (DSF). All were deeply appreciative of the divine vision and mission of H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji,…
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In the News: India Aims to Make Forlorn City a Model for Revival

Cleaning Up Varanasi Is a Test for Narendra Modi From the New York Times by Stephanie Strom VARANASI, India — The big question on many minds here is: How long will the electricity last? Since Narendra Modi was elected prime minister in May, residents in this forlorn city on the…
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