A three day campaign named Save Ganga, Save Dolphin started on 5 October
2012 in Uttar Pradesh. 18 boats were flagged off by the Transport
Minister of the State Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh on this day to have a
check on the population of the dolphins in the Gangetic River System in
the state.
The World Wild Life Fund (WWF) in association with
the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and some of the local volunteers
including 16 NGOs started the campaign in the 2800 kilometer long Ganga
and its tributaries. Save Ganga Save Dolhpin was initiated with an aim
of spreading awareness about the Riverine species the Gangetic Dolphins
and its protection. This campaign was called off on 7 October 2012 by
the Chief Minister of the state Akhilesh Yadav.
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