Amit Agnihotri June 29: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has joined hands with the Sadhu community to launch nationwide agitation if the Centre doesn't intervene in saving the river Ganga. "We are giving three months to the Centre and the five states, through which the Ganga passes, to take concrete action to save the holy river. Otherwise, I will launch a country wide agitation for it," said Baba Ramdev.

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Yoga guru Swami Ramdev will now play a key role in the campaign to save the Ganga river, which is being spearheaded by the Ganga Raksha Manch. The Yoga guru and other sadhus participating in the campaign to save the Ganga will use the mala (garland) and the bhala (trident) to convince people to join in. "With the mala, we will welcome people to contribute and do shramdaan in the campaign and with the bhala we will impress upon them the cultural, religious and national significance of the Ganga river," a spokesman of the Ganga Raksha Manch told this correspondent on Friday.