HAMARI VARUNA abhiyan is going to start a Varuna parikrama yatra for the awareness about river Varuna and its problems. this yatra will be held in 2nd week of june 2008 from Sarai Mohana (varanasi) the confluence place of ganga and varuna to Melham(allahabad) the origine place of Varuna. Suryabhan Singh, our sub-convener will lead this moovement with 10 more padyatries. The padyatree will make the units of HAMARI VARUNA abhiyan in every villages. Suryabhan is telling about this yatra " We will start from saraimohana and take the right side of river Varuna, they will organise nukkad sabha(street meetings) in every tolas and mohallas ,which are situated at the Varuna's bank. We will try to aware the local and native public about ground water problems, polluton problems ,environmental development by pumphlates, meetings , reports and film shows. The one objective of yatra is also to study and research about the herbal and medicated plants which were found at varuna's bank. "
The yatra is dreamproject of Dr Vyomesh Chitravansh, our convener. He has documented about river Varuna when he was student of Udai pratap College Varanasi, the famous autonomous institution . At that time he and Suryabhan has completed the tour around Varuna for the knowledge of its history and geogaraphy. In fact ,the rootcause was that tour, which attracted Dr Chitravansh about Varuna. After that, he collected all the matterials and thoughts about this river and got it that the Varuna river was prehistorical river which is described in hindu mythological books and purans. he met the native old and aged people of this area and search out the problems. It was interesting that the Varuna was lifeline untill only before 20 years , it was use for drinking water ,cattles and medicines, it maintained the ground water lavel of Varanasi, Bhadohi and Jounpur. but in these 20 years, Varuna is destroying due to pollution , Govt. policies and encroachment. So it is creating some problems for adjescent areas. Now Varanasi is facing big problem of ground water steta and ground water pollution. Varuna was being filled by garbages and chemical wastage. It is in position to die and she is ailing.
We are hopeful that this yatra will create a awareness about varuna and the village units of Hamari Varuna will create a solutions.
