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Not far from millions of Kumbh Mela pilgrims, two Hindu monks are on a hunger strike to save Ganga The monks are protesting sand mining and the construction of dams and barrages on the river and its tributaries. Devotees on the banks of Ganga during the Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar. | Prakash Singh / AFP Millions of Hindu pilgrims have taken a dip in the holy Ganga in the past month, and millions more are expected in Haridwar, Uttarakhand for the next big dates of the Kumbh Mela festival – April 12, April 14 and April 27. Yet out of sight of the pilgrims, two Hindu monks are on hunger strike in an attempt to protect the holy, but increasingly threatened, river. ....
Express News Service DEHRADUN: Chapped lips, sore throat and dimming light due to lack of water since March 7 are making 27-year-old Brahmachari Atmbodhananda from Matri Sadan of Haridwar look like a frail figure. His body may have started to give signals to give up but his will to save Maa Ganga remains indomitable. I am ready to give up my life for Maa Ganga. We, saints, cannot sit back and watch while illegal mining, dam construction and pollution destroyed Maam Ganga and other divine rivers of Devbhoomi Uttrakhand, says Atmbodhananda. A computer science graduate from Kerala, he had undertaken 194 days of agitation in phases earlier to save the holy river. He started his fast on February 23 and stopped consuming water on March 7. ....