http://krsna.tribe.net/thread/fa03479c-c7b8-4527-a2a6-6fbac3157fc4?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://krsna.tribe.net/thread/fa03479c-c7b8-4527-a2a6-6fbac3157fc4#e9c0d126-fd00-4d44-ac36-b1876c717550 I signed it. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:35:50 GMT http://krsna.tribe.net/thread/fa03479c-c7b8-4527-a2a6-6fbac3157fc4#e9c0d126-fd00-4d44-ac36-b1876c717550 Boyelektric 2009-04-07T00:35:50Z http://krsna.tribe.net/thread/fa03479c-c7b8-4527-a2a6-6fbac3157fc4#55e57d29-86ad-4cd9-8fb8-55506a381c23 Saints ki jaya! Gandhi ki jaya! Brij ki jaya! Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:54:43 GMT http://krsna.tribe.net/thread/fa03479c-c7b8-4527-a2a6-6fbac3157fc4#55e57d29-86ad-4cd9-8fb8-55506a381c23 $item.owner.firstName 2009-03-30T20:54:43Z http://krsna.tribe.net/thread/fa03479c-c7b8-4527-a2a6-6fbac3157fc4#8912948a-e15d-4f34-b376-1202eb7be74c please sign the petition at www.safevrindavan.com its really sad whats been going on there Aug 11, VRINDAVAN, INDIA (SUN) — Over the last year, there has been an increase in the expression of contentious sentiments around mining and development activities which are having a negative impact on the ecology and environments of Vrindavan and Mathura. Last week, local saints and sadhus there organized a "Saint convention" to get concerned parties together for discussion, organization, and mobilization in reaction to the government's lack of attention to the issue. Indiscriminate mining in the Brij Chaurasi area, adjacent to Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, is causing untold damage and threat to the local ecology. Spiritual leaders from various hermitages in the Vrindavan area are now banding together to take a stand against future ecological damage to these most holy environs. In the green rolling hills of the northern belt of Vrindaban, home to our dearmost Lord Sri Krsna, a serious campaign is unfolding to save the land from future disastrous mining. Both the Brij and Mathura regions of Uttar Pradesh and the dense forests of Bharatpur in Rajasthan are quickly deteriorating due to local sandstone mining. Bharatpur, in the eastern quarter of Rajasthan, is bounded in the north and northeast with the Gurgaon district of Haryana, and on the east is bounded with Mathura and Agra. Local spiritual leaders are now threatening to begin an activist campaign. According to Lalo Bihari, "We had organised a Saint convention to discuss the ongoing problem of Brij, in which the trees and mountains are being destroyed. We want Rajasthan government to take action". After visiting Bharatpur district last month, environmental activitist Maneka Gandhi, a former Environment Minister, said she would appeal to the Central Government to ban further mining in this area. Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:44:56 GMT http://krsna.tribe.net/thread/fa03479c-c7b8-4527-a2a6-6fbac3157fc4#8912948a-e15d-4f34-b376-1202eb7be74c Lars 2009-03-05T02:44:56Z