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Ganga crusader GD Agarwal dies after 111-day fast, PM pays tribute

G D Agarwal, a former professor at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur and a man who devoted his life to the cause of saving river Ganga, died today. Agarwal was on a fast-unto-death. He died on the 111th day of fasting. Agarwal began his fast on June 22 to protest the government’s alleged inaction in taking measures to make the Ganga free of pollution and free-flowing. Agarwal died […]