Ganga Exhibition A Research Extension And Environmental Awareness Programme
The Ganga Yamuna Jal Pradushan Nivaran Pradarshani is a research extension and environmental awareness programme to "create large scale awareness and knowledge generation" about prevention, conservation and management of river Ganga. The exhibition enlightened the people about the significance of Ganga and effects of pollution to the Living & non-living community.
The Ganga Exhibition is being organised under the banner of U. P. Research Association, University of Allahabad, Allahabad founded by Dr. D. N. Shukla, Professor and Ex-Head, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad since 1981 to date (last 39 years) on the bank of River Ganga near Sangam at Prayag (Allahabad).
It is first environmental awareness programme (since 1981 to date) which emphasis problems of Ganga and motivate local people to save pious status of river Ganga. It is one of the largest environmental awareness programme in all over the world, run for last 39 years for three long months continuously in world’s largest fair Kumbha/Ardh Kumbh/Magh Mela in India. More than 40 crore people have visited the exhibition for the last 39 years from India and abroad.