<p>Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand dated 13/01/2021. The matter related to the proposed holding of the Kumbh Mela from February 27 - April 27, 2021, for two months.</p> <p>The High Court said that
The Maha Kumbh in Allahabad has perhaps no parallel in terms of the sheer size of the congregation. In less than two months over 100 million people are expected to come to this city, at the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna. But even as they celebrate the rivers it seems they don’t see the rivers, but only the ritual. This mela is about how the Hindu religion — and I believe all religions — is based on a deep understanding of and respect for nature’s strength. But we now worship without reason. So people can take a dip in the polluted river but still believe that the dirt, the filth and the plastic that swims around them will not defile the river’s properties. Our strength has become our weakness.
ALLAHABAD: Chairman of the All India Anti Terrorist Front (AIATF) and former chief of Indian Youth Congress Maninderjeet Singh Bitta observed there was urgent need for comprehensive work to free the Ganga of pollution and that there should be no politicisation of the issue. He had come to Sangam to participate in the ongoing Maha Kumbh. There is need for formation of a high level committee comprising experts, environmentalists and selected seers and saints who can make suggestion for making the river pollution free.
Mumbai: The first verdict from international health experts stationed at the Kumbh Mela to record diseases among pilgrims has been positive. The team, comprising mainly medical doctors from Harvard University
ALLAHABAD: Ganga is not just a river but it has acquired the status of a goddess and regarded as the cradle of Indian civilisation, said vice-chancellor of Maharshi Visvavidyalaya, West Indies, Swami Brahmaswaroopji Maharaj while visiting the Ganga gallery in the Mela area on Thursday. The VC said the river is getting polluted day by day because of industrial waste. Many industries are situated along the rivers across the world but those rivers are not as polluted as the Ganga. "After visiting the exhibition I have understood the root cause of pollution in the Ganga," said Swami Brahmaswaroopji.
ALLAHABAD: Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna on Wednesday said that the holy Ganga should be freed of pollution right from Himalayas to Ganga Sagar. "Although the level of pollution in Ganga is
Despite the tall claims of the UP government of providing pollution-free water at Sangam, Allahabad, devotees at Kumbh continue to take their holy dip in polluted water. The latest report of UP Pollution
ALLAHABAD: Although seers and pilgrims coming to MahaKumbh, or otherwise too, have time and again raised their voice against the falling level of water in the holy Ganga, the actual area of concern is
SANGAM: Angry over Ganga water turning black and red over the past 48 hours, Shankaracharyas, seers and Dandi swamis, with all the akaharas in tow, expressed on Tuesday said the state government was hurting their faith and sentiments. Taking an oath at Harishchandra ghat to make the river clean and pure, the Shankarachrya, mahants, mahamandleshwars and seers announced to block eminent roads leading to Sangam on Wednesday.
ALLAHABAD/LUCKNOW: Swami Chidanand Saraswati of the Parmarth Niketan Ashram has earned sanitary distinction for the campaign he is running during the ongoing Maha Kumbh to provide clean toilets in religious
ALLAHABAD: Head of Jai Ram Ashram, Haridwar, BrahmaswaroopBrahmachari inaugurated the camp of YashKrishiTaknikiEvamVigyan Kendra in Sector 1 of KumbhMela. Many saints, scholars and social activists were present at the inauguration. Swami Brahmaswaroop said, "Protection of environment and conservation of the Ganga should be the first duty of every Indian. Institutions working in the field of science and technology should undertake efforts to preserve the natural resources and protect the environment from pollution."
