Activist GD Agrawal dies on 112th day of fast to clean Ganga

Environmentalist GD Agrawal, who was on 'fast unto death' since June 22 to urge the government to clean river Ganga, passed away aged 86 due to heart attack at AIIMS Rishikesh on Thursday. A former professor at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Agrawal was demanding the government to stop construction of all hydroelectric projects along the tributaries of the Ganga.