As I pointed out in previous articles most of India’s major
rivers are polluted to such an extent that, they may no longer be able to
support cities and villages located on banks. Many rivers are holy to Hindu’s,
they consider them as mothers. Unfortunately, mother’s status didn’t help them
from escaping from extreme pollution; disappearance of river bed because of
sand mining; loss of catchment areas to illegal processions; loss of huge quantities
of water(beyond sustainable limit) etc.
Saryu’s case is not different. Legendry river of Ramayana
fame is suffering heavily under human intervention.
There is a big cry from one community for building a new
temple; to reconstruct a mosque (or for maintaining the status quo) from
another one. However there isn’t much concern for protecting Saryu, the river
which sustained life in Ayodya and still providing drinking water for thousands
living on her banks. After all Saryu may not raise religious fever in people’s
mind or generate votes much like temple-mosque problems do. But should that
stop common people like us from saving Saryu?
Sajeev.
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