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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.

With swelling of rain-fed Padma and Someshwari rivers in Chapainawabganj and Netrakona districts, hundreds of people have become homeless in a couple of days. Vast areas of cropland and a number of establishments including educational institutions are facing threats due to the erosion. Erosion has taken a serious turn along the banks of Someshwari River in bordering Durgapur upazila in Netrakona district due to sudden swelling of the river during the last three days due to torrential rain and rolling down of water from hilly areas in India.

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Retired IIT Kanpur professor G D Agarwal is currently on a hunger strike against the proposed construction of more dams on the Bhagirathi-Ganga. Sunday Times reports on his struggle