<Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> Ganga Mahasabha will conduct awareness campaigns at all places in the five states through which the Ganga crosses . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3">--Swami Jitendranand Saraswati to TOI </Td> </Tr> <P> Swami Jitendranand Saraswati alias Acharya Jitendra is National General Secretary of Ganga Mahasabha . He is working for Ganga since 2000. He is a well known Social Activist (Environmentalist) in India . It was his effort to convince Mr. Lal Krishna Advani in 2008 to compel the Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri to abandon all state hydro - dam projects on the Ganga and persuade Professor Guru Das Agrawal G.D. Agrawal to give up his fast within 24 hours . In 2010 Again Acharya Jitendra played a crucial role to stop the Loharinag Pala Hydel Project--On The Ganga . As K.N. Govindacharya said he worked behind the scenes for three years, interfacing with people and like Baba Ramdev and Acharya Jitendra, environmentalists and politicians of all hues . He even approached senior Congress leaders for their support . When a favourable atmosphere was created, he met Pranab Mukherjee, leading a delegation of the Ganga Mahasabha . He then spoke to senior Vishva Hindu Parishad leader Ashok Singhal and the Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajnath Singh, who persuaded CM Ramesh Pokhriyal to write to the PM, asking him to scrap the Loharinag Pala project . </P> <P> In early 2011, a Hindu seer named Swami Nigamananda Saraswati fasted unto death, protesting against illegal mining happening in the district of Haridwar (in Uttarakhand) resulting in pollution . Following his death in June 2011, his Ashram leader Swami Shivananda fasted for 11 days starting on 25 November 2011, taking his movement forward . Finally, the Uttarakhand government released an order to ban illegal mining all over Haridwar district . According to administration officials, quarrying in the Ganges would now be studied by a special committee which would assess its environmental impacts the river and its nearby areas . </P>

Step taken by the government to clean ganga