Question- On September, 2017, from which of the following places the ‘Rally for Rivers’ campaign was flagged off by Union Minister for Environment, Harsh Vardhan?
(a) Trichy
(b) Coimbatore
(c) Mysore
(d) Kanyakumari
Answer- (b)
Related facts:
- On September 27, 2017, the ‘Rally for Rivers’ campaign launched by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha Foundation, concluded in Jaipur.
- Rajasthan’s Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was the chief guest at the closing ceremony
- The River Campaign Rally was flagged off from Coimbatore on September 3rd, 2017, by Union Minister for Environment, Harsh Vardhan.
- Passing through Kanyakumari, Madurai, Thiruvananthapuram, Trichy, Puducherry, Mysore, Bangalore, Chennai, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal and Lucknow rally ended in Jaipur.
- It is worth mentioning that on September 1, 2017, “Rally for River- public awareness program” was organized in more than 60 cities across the country.
Reference:
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rally-for-rivers-campaign-reaches-rajasthan-117092801190_1.html
http://isha.sadhguru.org/rally-for-rivers/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%8F-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA/?lang=hi
http://tahlkanews.com/mukhya-samachar/rivers-will-be-added-to-protect-rajasthan-from-water-crisis–400554
can you help me by telling that why exactly did rally for rivers start?
Like the reasons why it start and what did the campaign attempt to bring a change ?