Demanding a complete ban on mining around the banks of River Ganga, Swami Sivananda Saraswati today started his indefinite fast at his ashram here.
"I have no other way to stop the activity and save the river other than sacrifice myself for the cause," he said.
Attacking the Uttarakhand government, he said that the government is trying to extend the Kumbh area to 100 kilometers from Haridwar to Devaprayag.
