Dear ISV Devotees
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Do you know that there is No Yamuna river in Braj, Vrindavan, Mathura, Gokul, Agra and Prayag now? Your 30 second attention can make a difference.
Quick Facts and Stats:
• There is not one drop of Natural Fresh River Water in River Yamuna in Delhi & Beyond.
• Almost 97% of Original River Waters are taken away from River Yamuna, only a few kilometers from its birthplace - Yamnotri.
• What flows in Mathura – Vrindavan is simply filthy and heavily polluted sewage from Shahdra Drain of Delhi, polluted Hindon and other smaller wastewater drains.
• No amount of treatment can bring the qualities of Fresh natural water in a river. The river needs dilution capacity – minimum ecological flow at all costs. Any river does.
• Despite of Supreme Courts approved High Powered Committee's directives, the minimum adequate flow of Natural Fresh Waters is not being allowed to flow in River Yamuna.
• Millions of religious/spiritual tourist visits the temple towns on River Yamuna every year. It is a shame that they are duped into bathing and drinking the filthiest of waters as none of them realize that it is only poisonous sewage. Their spiritual emotions and faith are being hoodwinked.
A devotee named Brajraj Sharan, who is a Brijabasi from Barsana is in the US promoting the Save Yamuna effort. He is a gentle and dedicated Vaishnava, and very friendly and supportive of ISKCON.
We are fortunate that he has agreed to come to ISV on Wed for a short seminar for 30 min stating from 7:30 pm till 8 pm. Kindly come and also invite others who can help this campiagn in signing the petition.
You can contribute on this campaign by
a) Sign the Petition http://www.saveyamuna.org/sign-yamuna-petition
b) Spread the word to your friends, facebook , devotees, environmentalists groups and friends.
Get more details on below website and contribute to the cause:
Brief Background/ Update on the Campaign
Brajraj Prabhu has made presentations to the GBC in Mayapura this year about the horrible mistreatment of the Yamuna.
To date Brajraja's group have marched with thousands of protesters, met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, the Environmental Ministers of India and several states, and many other influential people. All have said something should be done.
But, only short term adjustments are made (like letting a small percentage of the re-directed water flow naturally for a few weeks until public attention dies down). No long term solutions have been undertaken. Even the Supreme Court of India ruled the river must be let to flow freely---but they have no power to make it happen. (For more information you can go to SavetheYamuna.org)
Just 3 weeks ago, a family bathed in the Yamuna in Vrindavana (and drank some water) and began to spit up blood. They were rushed to the hospital but two of them died within hours!
ISKCON is one of many organizations that is behind his effort to get the Indian govt to clean up the river. It could be done rather easily, but there are money, power, and corruption issues involved.
Lets do our part in this Save Yamuna Campaign
Thanks for your time.
Your humble servant
Damodara Vamsidhari Das (Deepak Chandani)
Damodara Vamsidhari Das (Deepak Chandani)
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