New Delhi: Clean India activist Prof GD Agarwal alias Swami Gyanswarup Sanand died in Rishikesh due to a heart attack. He was on a hunger fast for the last 111 days. He sat on his fast on June 22 to protest against the government’s inaction in taking measures to make the Ganga free of pollution. Also Read - Fashion Designer Sharbari Datta Found Dead in The Washroom of Her Kolkata Residence

Agarwal was forcibly shifted to the AIIMS hospital from his ashram after his health deteriorated on Wednesday. According to News18 report, Sanand in his note had mentioned that he has accepted potassium orally administrated to him at AIIMS. Also Read - Vadivel Balaji's Death: Actor Was Under Severe Depression Due to COVID-19 Lockdown - Friend Reveals All

Uttarakhand: GD Agarwal, who was on an indefinite fast in Haridwar since June 22 in a bid to urge the govt to clean river Ganga, passed away in AIIMS Rishikesh today due to a heart attack. Also Read - 'Wasn't Completely Naked': French Woman Arrested For Shooting Nude Video at Rishikesh's Laxman Jhula, Apologises — ANI (@ANI) October 11, 2018

He had also served as a member of the Indian Central Pollution Control Board. Agarwal sat on numerous protests to stop construction of projects on Ganga. Agarwal was demanding the government to take steps to stop construction of hydroelectric projects along the river’s tributaries.

He was born in 1932 in Shanil and was a retired professor of environmental engineering from IIT Kanpur.