IAS officer Ravindra Kumar conquers Mt. Everest again

Ravindra Kumar, an IAS Officer of Uttar Pradesh Cadre who had already conquered Mt. Everest in 2013, has scaled it again on May 23, 2019 at 4.20 am early morning.He is the first and only IAS Officer of India, who has climbed Mt. Everest. Presently being posted in Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation , he focused mainly on water sector and climbed Everest to give a call to people of India from the top of the world towards urgent need of controlling Water pollution, saving Rivers and other sources of waters and ensuring availability of Clean Water to All. He named his expedition as “Swachh Ganga Swachh Bharat Everest Abhiyaan 2019” and carried Ganga Jal to the highest peak of the world and offered there to attract attention of people of India because River Ganga provides water to almost 50 crore people of India and so, Ganga Jal can be taken as symbol representing all water sectors of India.