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No Backing Down: Scientist’s Ganges River Fast Reaches Day 43
Posted by Dan Morrison of National Geographic News Correspondent in Water Currents on March 22, 2012
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Negotiations in New Delhi to end the 43-day hunger strike of a noted environmental scientist have stalled on the basic issue of trust: According to G.D. Agrawal’s supporters, the government of India has agreed to suspend work on four hydroelectric projects on the upper reaches of the Ganges River, but refuses to commit its pledge to writing.
