Balbir Singh Seechewal
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Balbir Singh Seechewal | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 4 July 2022 | |
Preceded by | Balwinder Singh Bhunder |
Constituency | Punjab, India |
Personal details | |
Born | Seechewal, Jalandhar district, Punjab, India | 2 February 1962
Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
Occupation | River conservationist |
Balbir Singh Seechewal (born 2 February 1962) is a
In his latest project in early 2009, taking up the cudgels to save Buddha Nullah, Seechewal has initiated a campaign for generating awareness amongst different sections of the society to solve the problem of desilting the water body following the failure of the Punjab Pollution Control Board's (PPCB) and industries in complying with the High Court's orders in this regard.
He cleaned and restored
He is a Rajya Sabha member from Punjab. Aam Aadmi Party has selected him for his contributions on environment.[5][6]
Life
He was born in a
He was twice a sarpanch of Seechewal.
Awards and honors
Balbir Singh Seechewal (left) receiving Padma Shri award from the President of India Pranab Mukherjee (right) on 30 March 2017.[8]
- Hero of Environment by Time magazine
References
- ^ Singh, Madhur (24 September 2008). "Balbir Singh Seechewal – Heroes of the Environment 2008". Time. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Punjab's green crusader: Punjab's green crusader Balbir Singh Seechewal gets Padma Shri | Chandigarh News". The Times of India. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ Poulomi Das (11 April 2016). "Meet Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal, the baba who single-handedly cleaned a 160-km long river in Punjab | Business Insider India". Businessinsider.in. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Seechewal model for clean Ganga". Tribuneindia.com. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Balbir Singh Seechewal, Vikramjit Singh Sahney are AAP nominees for Rajya Sabha polls". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ "Balbir Singh Seechewal, Vikramjit Singh Sahney to be AAP candidates for Rajya Sabha from Punjab". 28 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Environmentalist Baba Seechewal gets Padma Shri". The Indian Express. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "'Eco Baba' Seechewal wins Padma Shri". Hindustan Times. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
External links
- Heroes of the Environment 2008
- Nirmal Kuteya Ek Onkar Charitable Trust set up by Seechwal