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New Delhi: Founder of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni addressing the Save Ganga and Save Himalayas rally held from Gandhi Darsan, Rajghat to India Gate on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti said that Ganga symbolizes all rivers and water bodies; Giriraj Himalaya symbolizes all mountains, forests and wildlife; Gandhi symbolizes a culture of Truth and non-violence, i.e. a culture of pursuit of ethical perfection as the ultimate goal of life and pursuit of selfless ethical life of universal love as its means.
We must take short-term and long-term time-bound course of actions to save the Ganga and the Giriraj Himalayas in the context of the present extremely eco-hostile, inherently unsustainable, out-and-out consumerist global market culture of unlimited desires.
Measures should be taken so that An adequate flow of natural fresh water flow on the Ganga bed and the Yamuna bed throughout the stretch of the rivers throughout the year not only to protect and preserve their ecology but also to meet the basic water needs of the habitations on their banks.Bhai Satpal Singh Khalsa and Shri Vivek Muni Ji said that we must not allow our development activities, essentially to satisfy our greed for wealth and lust for luxuries, in the name of development for the common people, to deprive the masses the various invaluable services they have been getting since ages from the Ganga and her tributaries and their source the Himalayas. Founder and Convener of Save Ganga Movement Smt. Rama Rauta welcoming the speakers and participants said that in the long-term, we must make serious efforts to solve the problems of eco-hostile industrialization, urbanization and population-growth, which constitute the root of our problem of environmental degradation in general and the slow death of our rivers. She said treated or untreated sewage and industrial waste must not be discharged into the rivers, and sewage must be converted into valuable manure for organic farming .
On the occasion Marathon Runner Sunita Godara with large number of children took part.

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