New Delhi: Almost twenty years after its Ayodhya movement, the RSS and its affiliates are once again planning a mass movement, bringing all their off-shoots together to build momentum before the next general elections.
The strategy was finalised in a clandestine meeting at a Dharmashala in Delhi last month, attended by the BJP top brass including President Nitin Gadkari and senior members from the RSS and the VHP.
It was decided that under an apolitical banner, the Save the Ganga campaign will be launched later this year.
Uma Bharti has been chosen to start a yatra from Gangasagar to Gangotri and try to mobilise people under the banner of a society or a trust called Ganga Samagra. The aim is to reach out to the people on either side of the course of the Ganga and also revive it as a symbol of Hindu mobilisation....
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09:49 AM, Aug 13, 2012
What is worse is that Rs 900 crore of the Ganga Action Plan have simply gone down the drain. It's also the place where the Ganga is at it's dirtiest. ...
05:03 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Kanpur: At the historic city of Kanpur, a thriving leather industry is central to the crisis facing the Ganga. Rakesh Jaiswal, an eco-crusader, tells us why. "This is the failure of the Ganga Action Plan," says Jaiswal. "The government is responsible since animal wastes from over 200 tanneries nearby are flown straight into the river, when it should in fact reach the treatment plant here." The stench at the tanneries...
02:07 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Shivpuri: The Chipko movement, 40 years ago, was India's first green movement and one of India's first green heroes was Chandi Prasad Bhatt. On World Environment Day, CNN-IBN on a special journey down the Ganga, met Chandi Prasad and found that a new green movement was now needed to save India's most sacred river. In the 1970s, across Uttaranchal, rural women gave a cry to 'hug the trees' in protest...
01:20 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Experts point out climate change and flowing of sewage into the Ganga is affecting the river adversely. ...
12:07 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Garhwal: Even as a government commissioned Green Report recommends the scrapping of 34 dams on the Ganga's tributaries, the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi, construction continues on 300 dams. Over 300 dams are planned on its various tributaries to generate electricity for a power-hungry nation. The Dhari Devi temple faces an uneasy future. The 330 megawatt Alaknanda dam may submerge the 17th century temple. At the temple town of Srinagar, the women...
11:39 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Activists and experts talk about what is harming the Ganga, India's sacred river. ...
10:20 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Haridwar: On World Environment Day, CNN-IBN focuses on 'Saving the Ganga', a 45-day campaign that highlights how the sacred river is dying despite thousands of crores of rupees being spent to save it. At the temple town of Haridwar lies the Samadhi of Swami Nigamananda, a man who gave up his life to save the Ganga. Nigamananda was on a 100-day fast, fighting a lone battle against stone crushers and...
09:35 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Varanasi: On the World Environment Day, CNN-IBN focuses on 'Saving the Ganga', a 45-day campaign that highlights how the sacred river is dying despite thousands of crores of rupees being spent to save it. CNN-IBN's special report shows how dams and pollution are killing the river in every state it passes through. CNN-IBN reached the ancient city of Varanasi, and found why the river is the most polluted there despite...
07:46 AM, Jun 05, 2012
It's the final frontier, our 2000 kms journey from source to sea has now come to an end. Our Environment Editor travels to Sunderbans to meet the scientists who are counting tigers in what is considered to be the most dangerous place on planet earth. Bahar Dutt on the last leg of her Ganga journey. ...
04:59 PM, May 19, 2012
The Sunderbans: The Ganga ends its journey in the Bay of Bengal, forming one of the largest delta in the world. Here, the nature is at its pristine best. Despite the difficult terrain, scientists are now using modern technology to count tigers. An odd-looking camera trap, with a sensor inside it, is used to click pictures of the big cat. For this, the scientists must select an ideal spot, where...
11:30 AM, May 18, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
05:30 PM, May 12, 2012
Jajmau: A cocktail of chemicals is being dumped into the river Ganga in Kanpur. What is even worse is that Rs 900 crore of the Ganga Action Plan have simply gone down the drain. In the historic city of Kanpur, a thriving leather industry is central to the crisis facing the Ganga. Rakesh Jaiswal, an eco-crusader, explains, "This is a failure of the Ganga Action Plan. The water that should...
10:53 AM, May 11, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
05:38 PM, May 05, 2012
Varanasi: For thousands of years, people have been thronging the ghats of the ancient city of Varanasi to offer prayers. It is here that the circle of life and death is completed. Cruising down the river Ganga, one reaches the ancient city of Varanasi... and one NGO has shown that all is not well with the river here. Once a week, volunteers from the Sankatmochan Foundation give the holy waters...
08:59 AM, May 04, 2012
Haridwar: At the temple town of Haridwar lies the Samadhi of Swami Nigamanand, a man who gave up his life to save the Ganga after being on a 100-day fast. He fought a lone battle against stone crushers and illegal mining mafia operating on the river. And at his Samadhi, now sits another holy man. "I consider Ganga my mother. And I cannot see my mother in such poor condition...
07:59 AM, May 03, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
10:23 PM, Apr 28, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
10:23 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Shivpuri: The Chipko movement, 40 years ago, was India's first green movement and one of our first green heroes is Chandi Prasad Bhatt. In the 1970s across Uttaranchal, rural women gave a cry to 'hug the trees' in protest against a government plan to chop the ancient trees. One of the activists from the region Chandi said, "Chipko meant "Hug the trees". When the government sent the woodcutters, we would...
07:27 AM, Apr 27, 2012
