Citizens to take part in 'Rally for Rivers' awareness event

Scores of people are expected to take part in awareness events here tomorrow and in other cities ahead of campaign 'Rally for Rivers', to commence on Sunday, organisers said today.
"Lakhs of people will stand for from 8 am to 11 am on the streets in various cities holding placards, urging people to support the rally by giving a missed call to 80009 80009. Each missed call will be a vote of their support for rejuvenating our rivers," volunteers of Isha Foundation told reporters here.
'Rally for Rivers' is a nation-wide campaign of Isha Foundation to save rivers in the country and would see founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev himself ride about 7,000 km from Kanyakumari, covering 16 states to create awareness on the issue, they said.

The rally will be flagged off on September 3 and culminate in Delhi on October 2.
Along the way, there will be 23 major events and series of awareness campaigns.
"The rally, aimed to create awareness on the need to protect our rivers, will enter Hyderabad on September 14," they said.
An expert committee of environmental scientists and lawmakers are in the process of drawing up a draft policy recommendation, which suggests that a simple yet effective means to replenish rivers is to create a kilometre-wide tree cover on riversides and half a kilometre for tributaries.
A volunteer, Pradad Atmakur said that they are in talks with Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments and an action plan is being prepared over the matter.