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Rally for Rivers is a nation wide movement started by Sadhguru to save the perennial rivers which have now become seasonal rivers in India. The rally was supported by more than 162 million people in just 30 days, and hence it is today the largest environmental movement in the world and it is the only movement to get such huge support in the Indian history in just 30 days of time. The campaign produced an actionable policy that offers a comprehensive solution to these challenges without putting economy against ecology. The rally has won national water award in 2018 under the flagship of Isha foundation

Rally for rivers was organised to gain support of people of India, so that the call would reach the central government and appropriate action could be taken. The call by the rally reached the central government and accepted the draft of national river policy prepared by the foundation. The state governments too responded effectively to the call. The rally is done mainly to reduce suicides of farmers, improve their standard of living and also with the concern of future generations to whom water is becoming more and more precious because of depleting water level. The rally is intended to facilitate local farmers to shift from crop based agriculture to tree based farming to improve soil fertility, increasing horticulture fruit tree cultivation and medicinal tree based agriculture so as to improve both farmers' income as well as drought and flood condition.

Introduction
Rally for rivers was started on September 3 2017. The rally was for one month till October 2 2017. Sadhguru with his volunteers traveled through out the nation starting from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and reached in New Delhi. A draft of national river policy was submitted to prime minister Narendra Modi there on October 2nd. 'Anyone and everyone who consumes water is welcome to join the event!' was the call given by Sadhuguru to certify everyone to the rally

Waghari river project
415 Crore Project is approved by Cabinet of Maharashtra for Rally for Rivers for revitalisation of Waghari River in Yavatmal region. "The Maharashtra cabinet approved the pilot project for the revitalization of the Waghari River in Yavatmal on Tuesday 5th March. The Agriculture Department has earmarked Rs. 415 crore for project implementation. The cabinet approval also includes formation of a Special Purpose Vehicle for the project, which will have representation from members of Rally for Rivers and other technical experts" said the Rally for rivers committee. Survey says, in 7 years, 76% farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra due to indebtedness. . And the suicide cases in Yavatmal region has found to be worst where the Waghari river flows.

Cauvery Calling
Cauvery calling is the nationwide movement started under Rally for rivers by Sadhguru. This project mainly focuses on the basin of Kaveri river which flows through the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and UT Pondicherry. Kaveri river has been the lifeline of these two states since centuries. And the river has been worshipped from time unknown. But recently the river has been a matter of dispute for over a decade. this is because the river does not reach the ocean for more than 6 months in a year and its water gets depleted very shortly after the end of monsoon leading farmers of both the states to devastation. Even drinking water too become scarce during this stage of the year leading to the dispute over Kaveri river water. The campaign for the movement started at the end of July 2019. The groundwork of planting trees would start from September 3 of 2019. The campaign is made directly through contacting people in and around villages and cities and also in wide range through social media like twitter, facebook, Instagram, and through youtube and also through their own blog. The event list is all set for the campaign. A number of events will be conducted by the foundation in different regions of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. This project is an action plan of 10 years. The campaign is about giving a missed call to a number (80009 80009) to gain people's support and to contribute 42 rupees per tree. Contribution can be made for a number of trees starting from 1 to millions of trees. Volunteering for the campaign and also for groundwork are welcomed by the foundation. The mission mainly focuses on planting trees near the river basin of Kaveri and turning farmers partially from crop-based agriculture to tree-based plantation. The rally has managed to turn few thousand farmers to tree based agriculture. And there is an even deeper brainchild of Sadhguru, which suggests us to switch to raw foods rather than boiled rice(which is most common in south India) or other cooked foods) This would not only have its positive impact on one's health but also promote farmers switch to tree-based agriculture. The main motive is to plant 242 crores along the basin of Kaveri. And till date 21 million saplings has been donated.

Adherents
The adherents of the Rally for river are from varied fields from politicians to actors, scientists to businessmen, sportsmen to world leaders and many more. And most importantly the layman and even farmers across the nation across the nation are supporting the rally.

Impacts
Sadhguru was invited to United nations on water day on March 22 2018 to talk in water action decade on rally for rivers. Sadhguru says the real success of this campaign is that the ecology is not against ecology