Saving our environment, saving us Updated: Updated: April 17, 2021 01:32 IST Arun Krishnamurthy launched an initiative in 2007 to clean lakes, and it has grown into a movement Share Article AAA Man with a plan: Arun Krishnamurthy embarked on a journey to clean lakes in his early 20s.
Arun Krishnamurthy launched an initiative in 2007 to clean lakes, and it has grown into a movement His passion for the environment started in childhood at Mudichur, a locality surrounded by waterbodies. The natural environment around his house and its slow degradation motivated him to volunteer for conservation. Arun Krishnamurthy, founder of Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI), embarked on a journey to clean up the lakes in his early 20s. A single man’s initiative, launched in 2007, has grown into a movement that has helped to restore waterbodies in 15 States and diversified to address other environmental issues.