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Article: 250 religious heads flag off save Ganga campaign in Delhi
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- August 17, 2008
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New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- A group of 250 spiritual heads representing most of the religious sects and Hindu organisations across India Sunday launched the "Save the Ganga campaign" in the capital.
The campaign, "Awiral Ganga, Nirmal Ganga: From Gangotri to Ganga Sagar", aims to clean up the river right from its source in the Himalayas to where it drains into the Bay of Bengal at Ganga Sagar in West Bengal by reducing pollution and demanding national heritage status for the river.
The agenda of the umbrella organisation Ganga Raksha Manch includes penalising polluters, preventing drainage of industrial and domestic effluents ...
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