Team Ganga Avahan reached a small village near Kannauj, UP, but met with a small predicament: They were lost on an island in the middle of the river. The support team’s raft drifted away along the way.
The saving grace?
“It’s a beautiful place,” says Wg Cdr Paramvir, the man leading the team on this expedition.
Team Ganga Avahan reached Narola, Uttar Pradesh, but were met with challenges in the form of severe heat, shallow water level and crocodiles.
The water was so shallow in certain parts of the Ganga between Bijnore and Narola that the swimmers had to walk along the raft.
The swimmers even grew their beards to protect their faces from the harsh sunlight.
“But spirits are high,” said team leader Wg Cdr Paramvir Singh.
Here’s just one of the many obstacles being faced by Team Ganga Avahan.
Certain stretches of the Ganga were very shallow due to low rainfall. The team had to drag their raft across the river.
Wg Cdr Paramvir had to negotiate fast water currents and rocky river bed in the first two days of the swim. He ended up bruising himself in one of the patches.
Evening arti being offered at Rishikesh at the end of Day 1.
2,800 km.
35 days.
Three men.
One mission.
To swim the entire stretch of River Ganga from Devprayag in Uttarakhand to Ganganagar in West Bengal. Expedition “Ganga Avahan”, led by Wg Cdr Paramvir Singh, will attempt to swim down the entire stretch of River Ganga.
The air warriors want to spread awareness about swachh bharat abhiyan through this mission.
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