Varanasi priest named hero by Time magazine
Washington: Time magazine has named
Veer Bhadra Mishra, a Varanasi temple priest and a hydraulics engineer and activist, as
one of its seven heroes for the planet for his herculean efforts to save the Ganga river
from pollution. Mishra is recognised not only as a
priest but also as a world class civil engineer who heads a university civil engineering
department.
"He has moved to launch a vigorous campaign, unable
to bear the sight of corpses and filth floating on his beloved mother Ganga," the
magazine said.
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