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Yamuna
campaign: Marching ascetics reach Taj city
Thursday March 24, 2011 03:18:49 PM,
IANS
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Agra:
The movement for the restoration of the Yamuna river has picked up
steam as the marching ascetics and activists campaigning for it have
reached the Taj city on way to Delhi.
The Braj Mandal sants and ascetics, who began the yatra from the
Sangam in Allahabad March 2, have been mobilising support in the
smaller towns and villages on the way. The marchers reached here
Wednesday night and will reach Delhi April 15.
Bhanu Pratap Singh, president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, said all
sections of society are supporting the campaign inspired by Ramesh
Baba of Barsana. Many NGOs and citizens groups have also extended
their support.
The activists have threatened to open all the gates of the Okhla,
Wazirabad and other barrages. "Water should be allowed to flow
uninterrupted and should not be held up anywhere, only the overflow
or surplus water can be stored," said Singh.
The marchers cover around 25 km daily and stop at some village for
the night. A large number of women too have joined the march.
"People in Agra will give a fitting response and support the cause
that has always been dear to them. Not only for the health of the
humans but for conservation of monuments that fetch millions of
dollars annually, the river needs to be saved," Braj Mandal Heritage
Conservation Society president Surendra Sharma told IANS.
D.K. Joshi, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring
committee, said: "For too long the government agencies and corrupt
officials have played with our natural assets, the streams and the
water bodies. Time has come for the people to wake up before it is
too late."
"In the past three decades, close to Rs.5,000 crore have been spent
in the Taj Trapezium Zone, and the results are there for everyone to
see," he said.
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