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"Ganga Warrior"..a true son of Maa Ganga..Prof .G.D.Agarwal.... He never claimed that "maa Ganga ne mujhe bulaya hai," he did it as his responsibility as a true son.Six times,in six years,2008,2009,2010,2012,2013 and 2018; a fast-unto-death led him to what doctors at Aiims Rishikesh reported, a cardiac arrest.A patient of Coronary artery disease but a man of extraordinary courage,will-power,and commitment Ganga protection activist,Ex-IIT Prof and first member secretary of Central Pollution Control Board, Prof G.D.Agarwal(sant Gyan swaroop Sanand at matari sadan ashram) breathed his last at the age of 87 at Aiims Rishikesh.With the news of his demise,a sense of loss was immediately felt across the country.But his death has raiesd serious questions about the will-power of the Govt.of India to actually acheive what it calls"Aviral and Nirmal Ganga".We remember popular slogan by prime minister when he declared his candidature from Varanasi Lok Sabha se