Balbir Singh Seechewal
Balbir Singh Seechewal | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Balwinder Singh Bhunder |
| Constituency | List of Rajya Sabha members from Punjab |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1962 Seechewal, Jalandhar district, Punjab, India |
| Party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Occupation | River conservationist |
Balbir Singh Seechewal (born 2 February 1962) is an Indian environmentalist and politician. He is a Nirmala Sikh and has been particularly recognised for his role in organising a cleanup campaign of the Kali Bein rivulet, an important site in Sikh history. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha for Punjab, representing the Aam Aadmi Party.[1]
Life
He was born in a Sikh, agricultural family in Seechewal in Jalandhar district in Punjab, India to Chanan Singh and Chanan Kaur.[2]
Kali Bein cleanup
The Kali Bein rivulet is an important site in the history of Sikhism, being the place where the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, had a mystical revelation leading to his founding of the religion. In the modern day, the river was one of many in Punjab polluted by agricultural runoff, sewage, and water hyacinth. Leading up to the year 2000 there were government attempts to clean up the river, but the campaign came to much larger public attention thanks to Seechewal's cleanup in 2000. [3][4]
Awards and honors
Balbir Singh Seechewal (left) receiving Padma Shri award from the President of India Pranab Mukherjee (right) on 30 March 2017.[5]
- Hero of Environment by Time magazine
References
- ^ "MPs – Government of Punjab, India". Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ "Environmentalist Baba Seechewal gets Padma Shri". The Indian Express. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ Prill, Susan E. (April–August 2015). "SIKHI AND SUSTAINABILITY: SIKH APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY". Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory. 11 (1/2) – via The Wikipedia Library.
- ^ SINGH, MADHUR (24 September 2008). "Heroes of the Environment 2008 - TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ "'Eco Baba' Seechewal wins Padma Shri". Hindustan Times. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
External links
- Heroes of the Environment 2008
- Nirmal Kuteya Ek Onkar Charitable Trust set up by Seechwal