Baba’s environment echoes fill villages

The Tribune , Saturday, April 04, 2009
Correspondent : Tribune News Service
The “save environment” movement, launched by environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal, was taken to the fields along a polluted Chitti Bein today. The Baba, during the second phase of the awareness march, visited over 12 villages, starting from Kot Khurd village.

Highlighting the plight of the people living along the polluted water bodies, the Baba chanted slogans like “Jan jan jagauna hai; vatavaran bachauna hai” on the loudspeakers fitted on his vehicle.

Villagers, especially women folk, reciprocated the Baba with folded hands at each village from where his cavalcade passed. Villagers also offered fruits and other eatables to Baba’s followers.

A team from Punjab University took water samples from every village and sent those to Chandigarh for testing.

Talking to The Tribune at a gurdwara in Jasmer village, the Baba claimed the villagers residing along the polluted water bodies, including Chitti Bein, Kali Bein, were living miserable lives. Water and air pollution has affected the health of human and their cattle. The underground water has been polluted up to 250-300 feet.

Meanwhile, Baba said after the completion of the third phase of his march in Rajasthan, he would rope in Ludhiana residents to clean Buddha Nullah.

Local advocates today formed a five-member panel comprising Viney Goel, Navtej Singh Minhas, Bharti Sharma, Shukhjit Singh Jolly, KC Malhotra and Rajinder Singh to fight public cases relating to pollution free of cost.

 
SOURCE : Saturday, April 04, 2009
 


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