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Yamuna Satyagraha completes 100 days

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Vigil over floodplains to continue, announces “Waterman”

Book released urging Delhiites to take care of the Yamuna like their own homes

NEW DELHI: As the ongoing struggle to save the Yamuna entered its 100th day on Diwali-eve, “Waterman” Rajinder Singh, who has been leading the Yamuna Satyagraha here in the Capital, announced that the vigil over the floodplains would continue and a permanent camp would be set up till the Delhi Government alters its plans.

Mr. Rajinder Singh said the satyagraha would continue “relentlessly” till the Government shifts the site of the Commonwealth Games Village from the river’s floodplains.

Volunteers of the Yamuna Satyagraha will also lead a march from Yamunotri to Delhi from Sunday. “The Yamuntori closes for the winter months after Sunday. Our volunteers will fetch water from there and immerse it here as a symbol of purification of the river,” said Diwan Singh of the Yamuna Satyagraha.

A book titled “100 days of Yamuna Satyagraha” was also released by Mr. Singh, who urged Delhiites to make efforts to keep the Yamuna clean.

“The people of Delhi should strive to keep the river clean. The way they take care of their surroundings and their homes, they should take care of the Yamuna,” he said.

A public awareness campaign “Jago Dilli Jago”, launched by the Citizens’ Front for Water Democracy led by environmentalist Vandana Shiva, has also concluded.

The campaign collected over 2.5 lakh signatures from across the city that will now be submitted to the Government.

The campaign, which was flagged off by former Primer Minister V. P. Singh, covered 1,150 km and collected signatures on a piece of white cloth as a referendum.

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