India
Last hand written press release of the saint environmentalist before breathing his last.
Just before leaving for his eternal home after being forcibly dragged to the All India Institute to Rishikesh due to the detrioration in his health condition after undergoing 112 day fast for safeguarding the pious Ganges demanding immediate ban on mining and big hydro power projects along the banks of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi, a former IITian and Phd and a saint environmentalist Professor GD Aggrawal aka Swamy Swarup Sanand has prespared a last press release in his own hand writing despite having not taken even a morsel of food for more than three months and in a badly sagging health in physically lean and thin position. A highly confident saint full of commitment and determination has issued the last press release of his life from AIIMS on OCT 11, 2018 at 6.45 A.M. The details of word to word hand written hand out is as below: Yesterday, ( October 10, 2018) at around 1 P. M. Haridwar Administration forcibly lifted me from Matri Sadan ( Ashram) and got me addmiyted to AIIMS Rishikesh. The doctors at AIIMS were very supportive of my cause and my tapasya for conservation and rejuvenation of mother Gangaji. However as a professional institution for medical treatment, they said they have only three options: ( 1) force feeding oral or nasal (2) forced IV (3) No hospitalisation. Detailed tests and investigations revealed critical shortage of Potassium in my blood ( only 1.7 against the minimum requirement of 3.5) and initial set up of dehydration. On pursuasion I had agreed to accept potassium being administered to me both orally and 500 ml/ day IV. I heartily thank AIIMS for their support to my cause and Tapasya.
Signed by Professor GD Aggrawal aka Swamy Swarup Sanand
Thereafter his condition deteriorated and was declared dead after suffering cardiac arrest.
Disgusting indeed. Had the government of the day really wanted to save his life he could have been force fed several days before but the fact of the matter is the concerned minister of environment, water resources or Ganga rejuvenation ministries including the secretary environment etc including the state chief minister had no time to think of this saint environmentalist who laid down his precious life for a cause holding no office or responsibilty to save the pious Ganges. It’s shame on the part of these shameless heartless administrators and politicians who have no time for such saintly reformers and environmentalists who ave no vested interest except to relentlessly struggle to save our planet, its environment n rivers.
Niharika Ghia
October 12, 2018 at 7:25 PM
He had penned down his thoughts quite clearly. May his soul rest in peace