Hero of Environment- Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal

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About the Book This book highlights the unique work of Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal who accomplished the miracle of the rejuvenation of Kali Bein at Sultanpur Lodhi in Punjab through Kar Sewa or voluntary service making it a holy river of sparkling clean water in the real sense. The people recognized the spiritual strength and multi- dimensional genius of Sant Seechewal who offered a model which caught the attention of not only the state and the national leaders but also the environ- mentalists all over the world. No wonder, the world famous magazine TIME admired his work as a specimen of Environ- mental Heroism in its September 2008 issue. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India, described the Seechewal Model as 'one of the nine great technolo- gical achievements of the country. The work of Sant Seechewal has been widely recognised in India and abroad. He was presented with Padmashri Award by the President of India on 30 March, 2017. Despite many awards and honours, Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal is quite an unassuming person who keeps a simple and humble profile and continues to work incessantly for the protection of environment, preservation of water sources, and spiritual growth of the masses.

About the Author Dr. S.N.Sewak (b. 1936) is double M.A. in Punjabi and English with a Ph.D. in English from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He has a good knowledge of several other languages - Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Persian and Arabic. He had an illustrious career in teaching in India and abroad. He retired as Professor of English and Head from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana in 1996. He is the author of about twenty books in Punjabi, ten in English, and five in Hindi and Shahmukhi. Deeply interested in culture and nature, he has personally interacted with Sant Seechewal many a time and has studied his unique work closely before writing this book in collaboration with the co-author.

Dr. Kulwinder Kaur Minhas (b. 1964) is double M.A. in Punjabi and English with Ph.D. in Punjabi from Panjab University, Chandigarh. She is the author of seventeen books in Punjabi and English. She has already written a book in Punjabi on the subject-Karamyogi Sant Balbir Singh Ji Seechewal - in 2011.

She is a well-known social worker and an educationist who gave up her teaching career to serve the slum children at Ludhiana where she is running a charitable school for them. She is deeply religious and has spent several months at Nirmal Kutiya Secchewal studying the unique work of the saint with a difference.

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