Proclamation (Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day)

“...I, Bill de

Blasio,

Mayor of the city of New York,

do hereby proclaim Thursday, April 14, 2016, t he city of New York as:

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day...”

Mayor

Bill de Blasio A Brief Profile Bill de Blasio is an American politician who has served as the 109th Mayor of New York from 2010 to 2013. He ran for Mayor promising to end ‘stop and frisk’ and bitter relations between the New York Police Department and many New Yorkers, especially African Americans. His tenure has seen a spike in anti-police protests and disaffection with law enforcement. He was born Warren Wilhelm Jr. on May 8, 1961, in New York City. His father, a World War II veteran who struggled with alcoholism, left the family when Bill was 7 years old. Bill was raised by his mother in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and consequently, took his mother’s maiden name, de Blasio, in 2002.

De Blasio was schooled at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. He received his undergraduate degree from New York University, where he was a student activist who protested against tuition hikes. De Blasio received his master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

In 1989, Bill de Blasio entered politics to work on David Dinkin’s mayoral campaign. After Dinkins won and became the first African-American Mayor of New York, de Blasio worked in his administration. He led Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign in New York, and went on to work in the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development under Andrew Cuomo. He then managed Hillary Clinton’s 2000 campaign for the U.S. Senate, although he was allegedly pushed out of the campaign toward the end of the race in favour of a more aggressive style.

In 2001, de Blasio joined the New York City Council, where he represented Brooklyn’s 39th district. In 2009, he won the public advocate position, making him the second-highest elected official in the city.

In 2013, de Blasio ran for the mayorship of New York City. A liberal Democrat, de Blasio’s campaign portrayed New York as a “tale of two cities”—one rich and prosperous, the other poor and neglected—under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. His platform advocated for taxing the rich to finance pre-kindergarten programmes. On November 5, 2013, de Blasio beat Republican Joe Lhota to become New York City’s 109th Mayor—as well as the first democratic Mayor New York has seen in 20 years. His victory was heralded as a “landslide.”

De Blasio is married to an African-American writer Chirlane McCray.

The couple has two children together, Chiara and Dante, who were 18 and 16, respectively, when their father was named Mayor. Dante gained public attention for appearing in one of his father’s campaign commercials sporting an afro; the ad was credited with invigorating the campaign.

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Bill de Blasio joined the New York City Council, where he represented Brooklyn’s 39th district. In 2009, he won the public advocate position, making him the second-highest elected official in the city.

In 2013, de Blasio ran for the mayorship of New York City. A liberal Democrat, de Blasio’s campaign portrayed New York as a “tale of two cities”—one rich and prosperous, the other poor and neglected— under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “.....I, Bill de Blasio, Mayor of the city of New York, do hereby proclaim Thursday, April 14, 2016, the city of New York as: Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day...” 3

Mayor

Bill de Blasio A Brief Profile Bill de Blasio is an American politician who has served as the 109th Mayor of New York from 2010 to 2013. He ran for Mayor promising to end ‘stop and frisk’ and bitter relations between the New York Police Department and many New Yorkers, especially African Americans. His tenure has seen a spike in anti-police protests and disaffection with law enforcement. He was born Warren Wilhelm Jr. on May 8, 1961, in New York City. His father, a World War II veteran who struggled with alcoholism, left the family when Bill was 7 years old. Bill was raised by his mother in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and consequently, took his mother’s maiden name, de Blasio, in 2002.

De Blasio was schooled at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. He received his undergraduate degree from New York University, where he was a student activist who protested against tuition hikes. De Blasio received his master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

In 1989, Bill de Blasio entered politics to work on David Dinkin’s mayoral campaign. After Dinkins won and became the first African-American Mayor of New York, de Blasio worked in his administration. He led Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign in New York, and went on to work in the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development under Andrew Cuomo. He then managed Hillary Clinton’s 2000 campaign for the U.S. Senate, although he was allegedly pushed out of the campaign toward the end of the race in favour of a more aggressive style.

In 2001, de Blasio joined the New York City Council, where he represented Brooklyn’s 39th district. In 2009, he won the public advocate position, making him the second-highest elected official in the city.

In 2013, de Blasio ran for the mayorship of New York City. A liberal Democrat, de Blasio’s campaign portrayed New York as a “tale of two cities”—one rich and prosperous, the other poor and neglected—under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. His platform advocated for taxing the rich to finance pre-kindergarten programmes. On November 5, 2013, de Blasio beat Republican Joe Lhota to become New York City’s 109th Mayor—as well as the first democratic Mayor New York has seen in 20 years. His victory was heralded as a “landslide.”

De Blasio is married to an African-American writer Chirlane McCray.

The couple has two children together, Chiara and Dante, who were 18 and 16, respectively, when their father was named Mayor. Dante gained public attention for appearing in one of his father’s campaign commercials sporting an afro; the ad was credited with invigorating the campaign.

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Bill de Blasio joined the New York City Council, where he represented Brooklyn’s 39th district. In 2009, he won the public advocate position, making him the second-highest elected official in the city.

In 2013, de Blasio ran for the mayorship of New York City. A liberal Democrat, de Blasio’s campaign portrayed New York as a “tale of two cities”—one rich and prosperous, the other poor and neglected— under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “.....I, Bill de Blasio, Mayor of the city of New York, do hereby proclaim Thursday, April 14, 2016, the city of New York as: Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day...” 3

Address by

Mayor Hon'ble Mr. Bill de Blasio during the Proclamation event at New York on 14th April, 2016

WHEREAS: OUR GLOBAL CITY IS HOME TO A THRIVING INDIA-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND OUR TIES TO INDIA RUN DEEP. NEW YORK IS PROUD TO BE A PLACE OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEFS HAVE A REAL CHANCE AT A BETTER LIFE. OUR DIVERSE RESIDENTS SHARE IN THE COMMITMENT OF SOUTH ASIANS 4 BETTER NEW YORK AND INDIA’S DR. BINDESHWAR PATHAK TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND LIFT UP THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US. WHEREAS: SINCE FOUNDING THE SULABH INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATION IN 1970, DR. PATHAK HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN ADVOCATING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA. BY CAMPAIGNING FOR SOCIAL REFORMS AND DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLYSOUND SANITATION TECHNOLOGIES. THIS VISIONARY HUMANITARIAN HAS IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MILLIONS AND INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT. I COMMEND DR. PATHAK FOR HIS OUTSTANDING WORK TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND HYGIENE, PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING, PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND GIVE DIGNITY AND HOPE TO IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE IN INDIA AND FAR BEYOND. WHEREAS: ON THE JOYOUS OCCASION OF VAISAKHI, A TIME OF GENEROSITY AND NEW BEGINNINGS, I AM PLEASED TO JOIN PAM KWATRA , ERIC KUMAR, AND ALL THE SUPPORTERS OF SOUTH ASIANS 4 NEW YORK IN RECOGNIZING THE DISTINGUISHED CAREER AND OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF DR. PATHAK. HIS LIFELONG DEDICATION TO CHAMPIONING HUMAN RIGHTS HAS HELPED BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND DISENFRANCHISEMENT THROUGHOUT INDIA. AS MY ADMINISTRATION WORKS TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE CITY, I APPLAUD DR. PATHAK FOR HIS SHARED COMMITMENT TO FORGING A BRIGHTER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE JUST FUTURE FOR ALL. NOW THEREFORE, I, BILL DE BLASIO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2016 IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AS: “DR. BINDESHWAR PATHAK DAY”

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Address by

Mayor Hon'ble Mr. Bill de Blasio during the Proclamation event at New York on 14th April, 2016

WHEREAS: OUR GLOBAL CITY IS HOME TO A THRIVING INDIA-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND OUR TIES TO INDIA RUN DEEP. NEW YORK IS PROUD TO BE A PLACE OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEFS HAVE A REAL CHANCE AT A BETTER LIFE. OUR DIVERSE RESIDENTS SHARE IN THE COMMITMENT OF SOUTH ASIANS 4 BETTER NEW YORK AND INDIA’S DR. BINDESHWAR PATHAK TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND LIFT UP THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US. WHEREAS: SINCE FOUNDING THE SULABH INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATION IN 1970, DR. PATHAK HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN ADVOCATING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA. BY CAMPAIGNING FOR SOCIAL REFORMS AND DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLYSOUND SANITATION TECHNOLOGIES. THIS VISIONARY HUMANITARIAN HAS IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MILLIONS AND INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT. I COMMEND DR. PATHAK FOR HIS OUTSTANDING WORK TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND HYGIENE, PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING, PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND GIVE DIGNITY AND HOPE TO IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE IN INDIA AND FAR BEYOND. WHEREAS: ON THE JOYOUS OCCASION OF VAISAKHI, A TIME OF GENEROSITY AND NEW BEGINNINGS, I AM PLEASED TO JOIN PAM KWATRA , ERIC KUMAR, AND ALL THE SUPPORTERS OF SOUTH ASIANS 4 NEW YORK IN RECOGNIZING THE DISTINGUISHED CAREER AND OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF DR. PATHAK. HIS LIFELONG DEDICATION TO CHAMPIONING HUMAN RIGHTS HAS HELPED BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND DISENFRANCHISEMENT THROUGHOUT INDIA. AS MY ADMINISTRATION WORKS TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE CITY, I APPLAUD DR. PATHAK FOR HIS SHARED COMMITMENT TO FORGING A BRIGHTER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE JUST FUTURE FOR ALL. NOW THEREFORE, I, BILL DE BLASIO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2016 IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AS: “DR. BINDESHWAR PATHAK DAY”

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Address by Mayor of New York City

Hon'ble Mr. Bill de Blasio Thank you so much Eric. I want to thank you Eric for we worked together for years and anyone who has worked with him knows how extraordinary his commitment is toward all South Asian communities in the city. Now I want to make sure what I say is right. Pamella always in the city is there to correct my pronunciation “Happy Baishakhi”. Was it correct? Good. very good!!

I had admired all the South Asian communities in the city and the crucial role they play in making your city great. I also have tremendous opportunity to get to know each one of these communities in their own way, celebrating their own culture, their own history and the Sikh community has been for me a revelation, coming close to this community, having many friends from that community, and getting to know more about the Sikh Culture and history and understating the challenges faced by discrimination, and the unfairness that this community has overcome, time and again.

So it is special joy to celebrate, for such a worthy community has given and done so much to your city and to America. I say thank to them. Now, there are tremendous commonalities in terms of values and what I believe and talk about is creating one New York City with great honors of people seeing together in fairness and equality that brings back and confirms deeply with long-held beliefs of the Sikh community that believes in commonalities of all humanity – one of the things that animates the greatness of this community.

Here in New York I understand that we have a special responsibility towards the world that has so many divisions and so many challenges. We still stand as we do, with diversity of culture of everything honoured and recognized a place where immigration is not attacked, as is happening in so many parts of the world. But here in your city immigration is embraced, it is appreciated and upheld and it is what makes us great and I have to tell you that tonight is a wonderful event, celebrating so many good things and I have to thank my dear friend Pam Kwatra who for years have been guiding us and for a long time. Pam Kwatra is a force of nature who wants something to be done for the community. I congratulate Pam. I thank the entire team of South Asia for making a better New York.

I would like to thank Consulate General of Nepal and Phil Scanlan, Chairman of the New York Global Leaders Dialogue. I would like to thank my Commissioner for community efforts. Now there are many things I can do as a Mayor and one of the things I appreciate the most that we can honour someone who really has moved the world further and someone who has inspired myself to be a change agent, I take energy, More thanks to every people for their inspiration, that I received from for being a successful change agent in very very difficult circumstances. A thing we can 6

Mayor of New York City, Hon'ble Mr. Bill de Blasio honouring Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak with the Proclamation and declaring April 14, 2016 as "Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day", for being a "pioneer" in advocating for human rights in India by campaigning for social reforms and developing innovative and environmentally-sound sanitation technologies.

agree that Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak has been a great example of someone who saw great injustice, saw something that too many people believed was impractical and believe that something could change, had the creativity and the energy and the drive and hope to make a change and that for me is a kind of thing that inspire a true visionary applied it took the visionary to those oppressed the most. You know in this country we have the vaguest idea – the dream of the community called untouchables have gone through. We hear the word and think we can picture, how much difficulty they have been through and I don’t think we can possibly encounter it to the fullest extent. But one thing we do know one group of people is treated differentially and less than everyone else.

Imagine what it is for anyone particularly a child growing up, feeling growing chin down and feeling that something has to be changed for them. Now Dr. Pathak, I have to say that, by looking at a situation and looking at arguably at one of the most problematic issue that this class of people in most inhumanized situation, literally confined to clean the latrines of everyone else used. You realized within that community the key to change and saw the pain and problems and you turned them into something that became positive. Through your work and through your organization, Sulabh International, you have changed the reality so profoundly by creating new technologies that is better, that is for public health, better for environment and inactive social justice on human itself and that has fundamentally changed the realities of the communities. You have been honoured many times before and you deserved those honours. You were honoured with the economist Global Diversity List, received over 60 awards, including the New York Global Humanitarian Award just yesterday. So you have momentum Doctor. So now I take it’s my turn to appreciate you and award you in a befitting way. I have the honour of speaking on behalf of 8.5 million New Yorkers and saying that we appreciate the humanitarians, we appreciate visionaries.

And certain New Yorkers can all understand what it meant to reach out those who have been left out behind for so many years and that is part of their family history too. If one nation or another and they carry their history with them. I want to formally recognize your achievements and when I formally do that something it appeared, thank you very much, which looks like a certificate which is in Eric’s hand. Just a second before I pass it to the Doctor so I am going to formally do that.

I am going to formally name today, Thursday April 14th, 2016 “Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day” in the city of New York.

Thank you once again.

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Address by Mayor of New York City

Hon'ble Mr. Bill de Blasio Thank you so much Eric. I want to thank you Eric for we worked together for years and anyone who has worked with him knows how extraordinary his commitment is toward all South Asian communities in the city. Now I want to make sure what I say is right. Pamella always in the city is there to correct my pronunciation “Happy Baishakhi”. Was it correct? Good. very good!!

I had admired all the South Asian communities in the city and the crucial role they play in making your city great. I also have tremendous opportunity to get to know each one of these communities in their own way, celebrating their own culture, their own history and the Sikh community has been for me a revelation, coming close to this community, having many friends from that community, and getting to know more about the Sikh Culture and history and understating the challenges faced by discrimination, and the unfairness that this community has overcome, time and again.

So it is special joy to celebrate, for such a worthy community has given and done so much to your city and to America. I say thank to them. Now, there are tremendous commonalities in terms of values and what I believe and talk about is creating one New York City with great honors of people seeing together in fairness and equality that brings back and confirms deeply with long-held beliefs of the Sikh community that believes in commonalities of all humanity – one of the things that animates the greatness of this community.

Here in New York I understand that we have a special responsibility towards the world that has so many divisions and so many challenges. We still stand as we do, with diversity of culture of everything honoured and recognized a place where immigration is not attacked, as is happening in so many parts of the world. But here in your city immigration is embraced, it is appreciated and upheld and it is what makes us great and I have to tell you that tonight is a wonderful event, celebrating so many good things and I have to thank my dear friend Pam Kwatra who for years have been guiding us and for a long time. Pam Kwatra is a force of nature who wants something to be done for the community. I congratulate Pam. I thank the entire team of South Asia for making a better New York.

I would like to thank Consulate General of Nepal and Phil Scanlan, Chairman of the New York Global Leaders Dialogue. I would like to thank my Commissioner for community efforts. Now there are many things I can do as a Mayor and one of the things I appreciate the most that we can honour someone who really has moved the world further and someone who has inspired myself to be a change agent, I take energy, More thanks to every people for their inspiration, that I received from for being a successful change agent in very very difficult circumstances. A thing we can 6

Mayor of New York City, Hon'ble Mr. Bill de Blasio honouring Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak with the Proclamation and declaring April 14, 2016 as "Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day", for being a "pioneer" in advocating for human rights in India by campaigning for social reforms and developing innovative and environmentally-sound sanitation technologies.

agree that Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak has been a great example of someone who saw great injustice, saw something that too many people believed was impractical and believe that something could change, had the creativity and the energy and the drive and hope to make a change and that for me is a kind of thing that inspire a true visionary applied it took the visionary to those oppressed the most. You know in this country we have the vaguest idea – the dream of the community called untouchables have gone through. We hear the word and think we can picture, how much difficulty they have been through and I don’t think we can possibly encounter it to the fullest extent. But one thing we do know one group of people is treated differentially and less than everyone else.

Imagine what it is for anyone particularly a child growing up, feeling growing chin down and feeling that something has to be changed for them. Now Dr. Pathak, I have to say that, by looking at a situation and looking at arguably at one of the most problematic issue that this class of people in most inhumanized situation, literally confined to clean the latrines of everyone else used. You realized within that community the key to change and saw the pain and problems and you turned them into something that became positive. Through your work and through your organization, Sulabh International, you have changed the reality so profoundly by creating new technologies that is better, that is for public health, better for environment and inactive social justice on human itself and that has fundamentally changed the realities of the communities. You have been honoured many times before and you deserved those honours. You were honoured with the economist Global Diversity List, received over 60 awards, including the New York Global Humanitarian Award just yesterday. So you have momentum Doctor. So now I take it’s my turn to appreciate you and award you in a befitting way. I have the honour of speaking on behalf of 8.5 million New Yorkers and saying that we appreciate the humanitarians, we appreciate visionaries.

And certain New Yorkers can all understand what it meant to reach out those who have been left out behind for so many years and that is part of their family history too. If one nation or another and they carry their history with them. I want to formally recognize your achievements and when I formally do that something it appeared, thank you very much, which looks like a certificate which is in Eric’s hand. Just a second before I pass it to the Doctor so I am going to formally do that.

I am going to formally name today, Thursday April 14th, 2016 “Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day” in the city of New York.

Thank you once again.

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Dr. Pathak enjoying the moments with the Hon'ble delegates

during the presentation ceremony of

the Proclamation

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Dr. Pathak enjoying the moments with the Hon'ble delegates

during the presentation ceremony of

the Proclamation

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On Twitter Rich Verma @USAmbIndia

Was super impressed by @ sulabhintl's innovative efforts to improve sanitation during my visit there @bindeshwarpatha Indian Diplomacy @IndianDiplomacy Honouring @ bindeshwarpatha, NYC declares Apr 14 as 'Bindeshwar Pathak Day"

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@bindeshwarpatha Very Happy to note that the Mayor of the City of New York, Mr. Bill De Bilaso honoured Mr. Bindeshwar Pathak.

Congratulation and respect to our Indian partner @Sulabhintl Sulabh International @Sulabhintl New York Mayor declares April 14 as Bindeshwar Pathak Day Indiatoday.into.....

MoS Home India @mosmha1

@bindeshwarpatha Glad no note that the Mayor of the City of New York, declared April, 14, 2016 as "Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day".

Heartening to note that April 15th (April 14th) is being declared as Brideswar Phatak day (Bindeshwar Pathak Day) by Mayor of New York for his work in the field of sanitation.

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1001 Fontaines @1001 Fontaines

MoS Home India @mosmha1

On Twitter Rich Verma @USAmbIndia

Was super impressed by @ sulabhintl's innovative efforts to improve sanitation during my visit there @bindeshwarpatha Indian Diplomacy @IndianDiplomacy Honouring @ bindeshwarpatha, NYC declares Apr 14 as 'Bindeshwar Pathak Day"

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@bindeshwarpatha Very Happy to note that the Mayor of the City of New York, Mr. Bill De Bilaso honoured Mr. Bindeshwar Pathak.

Congratulation and respect to our Indian partner @Sulabhintl Sulabh International @Sulabhintl New York Mayor declares April 14 as Bindeshwar Pathak Day Indiatoday.into.....

MoS Home India @mosmha1

@bindeshwarpatha Glad no note that the Mayor of the City of New York, declared April, 14, 2016 as "Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day".

Heartening to note that April 15th (April 14th) is being declared as Brideswar Phatak day (Bindeshwar Pathak Day) by Mayor of New York for his work in the field of sanitation.

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Dr. Pathak being Proclaimed by the Public Advocate

Ms. Letitia James, Public Advocate for the New York City, through a Proclamation appreciated Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak as an exemplary individual worthy of highest respect and esteem in view of his contribution to changing lives of millions of people in the developing world through several path-breaking initiatives like two pit compost toilet technology and safe drinking water projects in the arsenic-affected areas.

Ms. Letitia James, Public Advocate for the City of New York, presented the Proclamation to Dr. Pathak for his contribution to development, community empowerment and advancement of developing countries.

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Dr. Pathak being Proclaimed by the Public Advocate

Ms. Letitia James, Public Advocate for the New York City, through a Proclamation appreciated Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak as an exemplary individual worthy of highest respect and esteem in view of his contribution to changing lives of millions of people in the developing world through several path-breaking initiatives like two pit compost toilet technology and safe drinking water projects in the arsenic-affected areas.

Ms. Letitia James, Public Advocate for the City of New York, presented the Proclamation to Dr. Pathak for his contribution to development, community empowerment and advancement of developing countries.

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April 14 declared as ‘Bindeshwar Pathak Day’

by New York Mayor Pathak was presented with the New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award earlier this week.

By: PTI | New York | Published:April 16, 2016 1:55 pm ceremony on April 14 attended by Pathak, 73, himself.

Pathak was presented with the New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award earlier this week.

The Mayor said Pathak took his vision to help the oppressed and through his work and organisation, created new technology that improved public health and environment and ‘fundamentally changed the reality’ for many communities.

Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak In a rare honour, New York City declared this year’s April 14 as ‘Bindeshwar Pathak Day’ in recognition of the contributions made by the Indian social activist and ‘Sulabh International’ founder for improving the lives of people engaged in the “most dehumanising situation”.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio honoured Pathak for his outstanding work to improve health and hygiene and ‘moving the world forward’.

“Pathak has been an example of someone who saw a great injustice, saw something that to many people was impractical and permanent and had the creativity, energy, drive and hope to make the change,” he said at the

He presented Pathak with the proclamation declaring April 14, 2016 as Bindeshwar Pathak Day, honouring Pathak for being a “pioneer” in advocating for human rights in India by campaigning for social reforms and developing innovative and environmentally-sound sanitation technologies. “This visionary humanitarian has improved quality of life for millions and increased opportunities for education and employment. “I commend Dr Pathak for his outstanding work to improve health and hygiene, provide vocational training, promote gender equality and give dignity and hope to impoverished people in India and far beyond,” the proclamation read. It added that Pathak’s “lifelong” dedication to championing human rights has helped break the cycle of poverty and disenfranchisement throughout India. The mayor lauded Pathak for improving the lives of people who worked in the “most dehumanising situation” and being a catalyst of change for them. Sulabh, which engages nearly 50,000 people, has constructed nearly 1.3 million household toilets and 54 million government toilets based on an innovative design. Apart from construction of toilets, the organisation is leading a movement to discourage manual cleaning of human waste.

Source : http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/april-14-declared-as-bindeshwar-pathak-day-by-new-york-mayor-2756134/

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New York Mayor declares April 14 as 'Bindeshwar Pathak Day'

By PTI | 16 Apr, 2016, 01.37PM IST NEW YORK: In a rare honour, New York City declared this year's April 14 as 'Bindeshwar Pathak Day' in recognition of the contributions made by the Indian social activist and 'Sulabh International' founder for improving the lives of people engaged in the "most dehumanising situation".

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio honoured Pathak for his outstanding work to improve health and hygiene and "moving the world forward".

"Pathak has been an example of someone who saw a great injustice, saw something that to many people was impractical and permanent and had the creativity, energy, drive and hope to make the change," he said at the ceremony on April 14 attended by Pathak, 73, himself.

Pathak was presented with the New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award earlier this week here.

The Mayor said Pathak took his vision to help the oppressed and through his work and organisation, created new technology that improved public health and environment and "fundamentally changed the reality" for many communities.

He presented Pathak with the proclamation declaring April 14, 2016 as Bindeshwar Pathak Day, honouring Pathak for being a "pioneer" in advocating for human rights in India by campaigning for social reforms and developing innovative and environmentally-sound sanitation technologies.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio honoured Pathak for his outstanding work to improve health and hygiene and "moving the world forward".

to impoverished people in India and far beyond," the proclamation read.

It added that Pathak's "lifelong" dedication to championing human rights has helped break the cycle of poverty and disenfranchisement throughout India.

The mayor lauded Pathak for improving the lives of people who worked in the "most dehumanising situation" and being a catalyst of change for them.

"This visionary humanitarian has improved quality of life for millions and increased opportunities for education and employment.

Sulabh, which engages nearly 50,000 people, has constructed nearly 1.3 million household toilets and 54 million government toilets based on an innovative design.

"I commend Dr Pathak for his outstanding work to improve health and hygiene, provide vocational training, promote gender equality and give dignity and hope

Apart from construction of toilets, the organisation is leading a movement to discourage manual cleaning of human waste.

Source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/new-york-mayor-declares-april-14-as-bindeshwar-pathak-day/ articleshow/51853212.cms

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April 14 declared as ‘Bindeshwar Pathak Day’

by New York Mayor Pathak was presented with the New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award earlier this week.

By: PTI | New York | Published:April 16, 2016 1:55 pm ceremony on April 14 attended by Pathak, 73, himself.

Pathak was presented with the New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award earlier this week.

The Mayor said Pathak took his vision to help the oppressed and through his work and organisation, created new technology that improved public health and environment and ‘fundamentally changed the reality’ for many communities.

Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak In a rare honour, New York City declared this year’s April 14 as ‘Bindeshwar Pathak Day’ in recognition of the contributions made by the Indian social activist and ‘Sulabh International’ founder for improving the lives of people engaged in the “most dehumanising situation”.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio honoured Pathak for his outstanding work to improve health and hygiene and ‘moving the world forward’.

“Pathak has been an example of someone who saw a great injustice, saw something that to many people was impractical and permanent and had the creativity, energy, drive and hope to make the change,” he said at the

He presented Pathak with the proclamation declaring April 14, 2016 as Bindeshwar Pathak Day, honouring Pathak for being a “pioneer” in advocating for human rights in India by campaigning for social reforms and developing innovative and environmentally-sound sanitation technologies. “This visionary humanitarian has improved quality of life for millions and increased opportunities for education and employment. “I commend Dr Pathak for his outstanding work to improve health and hygiene, provide vocational training, promote gender equality and give dignity and hope to impoverished people in India and far beyond,” the proclamation read. It added that Pathak’s “lifelong” dedication to championing human rights has helped break the cycle of poverty and disenfranchisement throughout India. The mayor lauded Pathak for improving the lives of people who worked in the “most dehumanising situation” and being a catalyst of change for them. Sulabh, which engages nearly 50,000 people, has constructed nearly 1.3 million household toilets and 54 million government toilets based on an innovative design. Apart from construction of toilets, the organisation is leading a movement to discourage manual cleaning of human waste.

Source : http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/april-14-declared-as-bindeshwar-pathak-day-by-new-york-mayor-2756134/

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New York Mayor declares April 14 as 'Bindeshwar Pathak Day'

By PTI | 16 Apr, 2016, 01.37PM IST NEW YORK: In a rare honour, New York City declared this year's April 14 as 'Bindeshwar Pathak Day' in recognition of the contributions made by the Indian social activist and 'Sulabh International' founder for improving the lives of people engaged in the "most dehumanising situation".

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio honoured Pathak for his outstanding work to improve health and hygiene and "moving the world forward".

"Pathak has been an example of someone who saw a great injustice, saw something that to many people was impractical and permanent and had the creativity, energy, drive and hope to make the change," he said at the ceremony on April 14 attended by Pathak, 73, himself.

Pathak was presented with the New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award earlier this week here.

The Mayor said Pathak took his vision to help the oppressed and through his work and organisation, created new technology that improved public health and environment and "fundamentally changed the reality" for many communities.

He presented Pathak with the proclamation declaring April 14, 2016 as Bindeshwar Pathak Day, honouring Pathak for being a "pioneer" in advocating for human rights in India by campaigning for social reforms and developing innovative and environmentally-sound sanitation technologies.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio honoured Pathak for his outstanding work to improve health and hygiene and "moving the world forward".

to impoverished people in India and far beyond," the proclamation read.

It added that Pathak's "lifelong" dedication to championing human rights has helped break the cycle of poverty and disenfranchisement throughout India.

The mayor lauded Pathak for improving the lives of people who worked in the "most dehumanising situation" and being a catalyst of change for them.

"This visionary humanitarian has improved quality of life for millions and increased opportunities for education and employment.

Sulabh, which engages nearly 50,000 people, has constructed nearly 1.3 million household toilets and 54 million government toilets based on an innovative design.

"I commend Dr Pathak for his outstanding work to improve health and hygiene, provide vocational training, promote gender equality and give dignity and hope

Apart from construction of toilets, the organisation is leading a movement to discourage manual cleaning of human waste.

Source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/new-york-mayor-declares-april-14-as-bindeshwar-pathak-day/ articleshow/51853212.cms

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