This IIT Kanpur professor died after 111-day fast to save the Ganga

IIT Kanpur professor GD Agarwal died after a 111-day fast to save the Ganga. The environmentalist dedicated his life to keeping the river free-flowing and pollution-free. Between 2009 and 2018, he used hunger strikes to urge authorities to act. He fought hard to ban hydroelectric projects on the river's tributaries.