Agra:
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra todaycleaned the Yamuna river here in a symbolic gesture as part ofan initiative to create awareness for environmental issues.
Wearing oversized sunglasses and a white kurti, the29-year-old star picked up a mason's fork and cleaned thefloating rubbish from the bank of the Yamuna at the Dussehraghat, with the iconic Taj Mahal in the backdrop.
The event kickstarted the fourth NDTV Greenathoncampaign, of which Priyanka is the brand ambassador.
"This time we began our campaign from Agra becausetourist inflow is maximum here. Taj Mahal is on the bank ofriver Yamuna, which has become a dumping zone of wastematerials now. If we do not protect our environment our futurewill be dark," Priyanka said.
Model-actor Milind Soman and Abhishek Mishra, Minister ofState for Protocol, UP, alongwith local environmentalorganizations and school children joined her in the effort.The whole exercise took about an hour.
Earlier, the actress spent about an hour visiting the TajMahal.
Launched in April 2008, the NDTV-Toyota Green campaign isaimed at creating awareness about environmental issues.
As part of this year's drive Soman will run from Delhi toMumbai, starting on April 19 and ending in Mumbai on May 20,when Greenathon 4 will have its gala annual fund raisingtelethon.
Wearing oversized sunglasses and a white kurti, the29-year-old star picked up a mason's fork and cleaned thefloating rubbish from the bank of the Yamuna at the Dussehraghat, with the iconic Taj Mahal in the backdrop.
The event kickstarted the fourth NDTV Greenathoncampaign, of which Priyanka is the brand ambassador.
"This time we began our campaign from Agra becausetourist inflow is maximum here. Taj Mahal is on the bank ofriver Yamuna, which has become a dumping zone of wastematerials now. If we do not protect our environment our futurewill be dark," Priyanka said.
Model-actor Milind Soman and Abhishek Mishra, Minister ofState for Protocol, UP, alongwith local environmentalorganizations and school children joined her in the effort.The whole exercise took about an hour.
Earlier, the actress spent about an hour visiting the TajMahal.
Launched in April 2008, the NDTV-Toyota Green campaign isaimed at creating awareness about environmental issues.
As part of this year's drive Soman will run from Delhi toMumbai, starting on April 19 and ending in Mumbai on May 20,when Greenathon 4 will have its gala annual fund raisingtelethon.