Economic
Times: New Delhi: Tuesday, 23 June 2015.
In a bid to
contribute to saving river Yamuna, a group of seven students studing in class
XI has launched the "Dying River campaign", aimed at spreading
awareness about the river and the urgency of saving it.
The Dying
River campaign is an effort to sensitise people to the current situation. As a
part of the initiative, the group has also invited articles on Yamuna river.
Online petitions may be filed and a documentary is also being thought of as a
part of the campaign.
The group is
in the process of filing an RTI in order to get access to government documents
related to the river, industries and existing laws associated with it.
"The next step is to write a letter to the Chief Minister of Delhi and
subsequently, the Prime Minister, for saving the Yamuna is not responsibility
of just Delhi but a collective effort of the entire northern region of
India," the group says.
Based on the
information that it will receive about the existing laws, the group may file a
PIL to amend certain laws and try to make the implementation of these laws
stricter.
"After
working on the political aspect of the campaign, we will shift the focus onto
the social aspect. We will spread awareness among the people through street
plays, community talks and are in the process of composing our own song. We
need to make communities living around the Yamuna aware of the situation and
the public of Delhi about the drastic effects of their actions," the
group's website states.
According to
the Dying River campaign's website, the idea of starting such a campaign after
a Yamuna Yatra, a twelve day journey organised by Swechha India, tracing the
course of the Yamuna from its source to the plains.
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