Piyush Manush

V Piyush Sethia,[3] better known as Piyush Manush,[4] is an Indian

environmental activist.
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 Piyush Manush
Born V. Piyush Sethia

Nationality Indian

Occupations Social
entrepreneur ·
activist

Organization(s) Coop Forest,

Salem Citizens’
Forum

Known for Environmental

friendly activities

Spouse Monika Sethia[1]

Awards Bhoomi Award[2]

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 Activism
Along with few others in 2010, he formed the Salem Citizen's Forum,
a collective of urban citizens that engaged in people welfare
activities and improving public delivery systems.[5] The Forum
adopted the Mookaneri Lake, a 58-acre located at the foot of the
Shevaroy Hills, was conserved from massive pollution.[6][7] He
initiated and has been instrumental in reviving water bodies such as
Ammapettai Lake, Kundukkal Lake, Ismailkhan Lake, Arisipalayam
Pond and Pallappatti well etc. across districts of Salem and
Dharmapuri.[8] He also opposed commercial mining in Kanjamalai
hills and stood against encroachments and land mafia.[9] He, along
with others, received the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year award on
behalf people of Chennai in 2015.[10]

Coop forest
He created the "Coop Forest" in 2009, an initiative for forest
preservation, on 1.5 acres of hilly land in Dharmapuri which quickly
expanded to 150 acres.[11] Over the years, the Coop Forest has
turned into a home for bamboo (Piyush has planted 40,000 bamboo
saplings) and guava, lemon, vilvam, neem, rosewood, pungam,
custard apple, jack fruit, silk cotton, Singapore cherry, chiku, mango,
and other varieties of plants and trees.[12] The Coop Forest
experiments with finding alternatives to plastic, steel and cement.[13]
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 Arrest
On 8 July 2016, Manush was charged with non-bailable sections
along with two other activists for protesting against the construction
of the Mulluvadi gate over-bridge in Salem by Southern Railway.[14]
[15]
The arrest caused an uproar on social networks, with some of his
co-workers calling for his release.[16] While jailed, Manush was kept
in solitary confinement and allegedly tortured, according to his
friends and family.[15] He was released on conditional bail on 21 July.
[17][18]

On 18 June 2018, Manush was arrested while protesting the

proposed 270-kilometre super highway connecting Salem and
Chennai. He was arrested with Actor Mansoor Ali Khan for a speech
made by him, 40 days ago in a Village in Salem district.[19] After his
arrest, an uproar has broken out in Tamil Nadu, many of the
environmentalists and activist has condemned the act and the chief
opposition party DMK's working president MK Stalin also issued a
statement saying that the DMK will conduct a statewide protest if
the police do not stop harassing the people.[20]

Attack by BJP
On 25 August 2019, Piyush Manush visited the Salem BJP office to
"ask their thoughts on the economy and the Revocation of the
special status of Jammu and Kashmir," as well as to confront them
about threats he reportedly got from BJP members. Piyush was live
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 streaming as he went to the office and got into an argument with the
BJP workers; the stream ended with BJP workers garlanding him
with chappals and attacking him, causing him to drop his phone.
Other recordings that aired on television afterwards showed BJP
members attacking Piyush Manush in the sight of multiple police
officers who tried to stop the attack. Politicians and activists showed
their support for Piyush Manush and criticized the BJP for the violent
attack as the videos circulated on social media.[21][22]

References

1. " '30 people beat me in jail',

says social activist Piyush
Manush" (https://www.deccanc
hronicle.com/nation/current-aff
airs/220716/30-people-beat-m
e-in-jail-says-social-activist-piy
ush-manush.html) . Deccan
Chronicle. 22 July 2016.
Retrieved 21 August 2020.
2. "Bhoomi Award Ceremony and
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 Bhoomi College Open Day" (htt
p://bhoomicollege.org/event/bh
oomi-award-ceremony-and-bh
oomi-college-open-day) .
Retrieved 21 August 2020.
3. "Activist Piyush Manush
arrested for 'attacking' house
owner" (https://www.newindian
express.com/states/tamil-nadu/
2020/feb/27/activist-piyush-m
anush-arrested-for-attacking-h
ouse-owner-2109271.html) .
The New Indian Express. 27
February 2020. Retrieved
19 April 2021.
4. Zachariah, Preeti (7 November
2015). "Salem's green warrior"
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 2015). "Salem's green warrior"
(https://www.livemint.com/Leis
ure/tZc3CAq1yJcXmRlnrKEh8
O/Salems-green-warrior.html) .
Mint. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
5. "Green with Manush" (http://w
ww.thehindu.com/features/metr
oplus/green-with-manush/articl
e4382232.ece) . The Hindu.
Retrieved 17 July 2016.
6. "Environmentalists in Salem
keen to protect Mookaneri
Lake" (http://www.thehindu.co
m/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-
tamilnadu/environmentalists-in-
salem-keen-to-protect-mookan
eri-lake/article4487351.ece) .
The Hindu. Retrieved 17 July
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 The Hindu. Retrieved 17 July
2016.
7. "Meet Piyush Sethia, Salem's
Green Warrior" (https://thelogic
alindian.com/story-feed/get-ins
pired/meet-piyush-sethia-sale
ms-green-warrior/) . The
logical Indian. Retrieved 17 July
2016.
8. "Back from the brink" (http://w
ww.frontline.in/environment/ba
ck-from-the-brink/article48407
45.ece) . Frontline. Retrieved
17 July 2016.
9. "How Piyush Manush Used
Eco-Spirituality To Revive Lakes
And Forests In Tamil Nadu" (htt
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2017/4/3/how-piyush-manush-
used-eco-spirituality-to-revive-
lakes-and-forests-in-tamil-nad
u) . EARTHA. Retrieved 16 June
2021.
10. "#IndianOfTheYear People of
Chennai" (https://twitter.com/c
nnnews18/status/74091010771
4834432) . Twitter. CNN-IBN.
Retrieved 17 July 2016.
11. Zachariah, Preeti (7 November
2015). "Salem's green warrior"
(http://www.livemint.com/Leisur
e/tZc3CAq1yJcXmRlnrKEh8O/
Salems-green-warrior.html) .
Live Mint. Retrieved 17 July
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2016.
12. "Growing green" (https://www.t
hehindu.com/features/homes-a
nd-gardens/growing-green/arti
cle5329289.ece) .
13. Parthasarathy, Anusha (8
November 2013). "Growing
green" (https://www.thehindu.c
om/features/homes-and-garde
ns/growing-green/article53292
89.ece) . The Hindu.
ISSN 0971-751X (https://www.
worldcat.org/issn/0971-751X) .
Retrieved 16 June 2021.
14. "An act of excessive revenge" (
http://www.thehindu.com/new
s/national/tamil-nadu/an-act-of
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 s/national/tamil-nadu/an-act-of
-excessive-revenge-piyush-ma
nush/article8883847.ece) .
The Hindu. Retrieved 22 July
2016.
15. Ghoshal, Somak (19 July 2016).
"Who Is Piyush Manush And
Why Are So Many Lobbying For
His Release?" (https://www.huff
ingtonpost.in/2016/07/19/who-
is-piyush-manush-and-why-are
-so-many-lobbying-for-his-rele
as_a_21434700/) . HuffPost
India. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
16. "Outfit seeks release of Salem
activist" (http://timesofindia.indi
atimes.com/city/coimbatore/Ou
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 tfit-seeks-release-of-Salem-act
ivist/articleshow/53223367.cm
s) . Times of India. 15 July
2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
17. "I was beaten up by 30 prison
officials" (http://www.thehindu.
com/news/national/tamil-nadu/i
-was-beaten-up-by-30-prison-
officials/article8883845.ece) .
The Hindu. Retrieved 22 July
2016.
18. "Attack on Manush: State rights
body issues notice" (http://ww
w.thehindu.com/news/national/t
amil-nadu/attack-on-manush-st
ate-rights-body-issues-notice/
article8888906.ece?homepag
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e=true?w=alstates) . The
Hindu. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
19. "Piyush Manush and Mansoor
Khan arrested for speech made
40 days ago: Details of FIR" (htt
ps://www.thenewsminute.com/
article/piyush-manush-and-ma
nsoor-khan-arrested-speech-m
ade-40-days-ago-details-fir-8
3328) . The News Minute. 19
June 2018. Retrieved 20 June
2018.
20. Lobo, Shalini (19 June 2018).
"Furore breaks over Chennai
Salem Greenfield Corridor after
the arrest of activist Piyush
Manush" (https://www.indiatod
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ay.in/india/story/furore-breaks-
over-chennai-salem-greenfield
-corridor-after-the-arrest-of-ac
tivist-piyush-manush-1264597
-2018-06-19) . India Today.
Retrieved 20 June 2018.
21. "Activist Piyush Manush
attacked by TN BJP workers,
garlanded with chappals" (http
s://www.thenewsminute.com/ar
ticle/activist-piyush-manush-at
tacked-tn-bjp-workers-garland
ed-chappals-108023) . The
News Minute. 29 August 2019.
Retrieved 16 June 2021.
22. Rahman, Kaleel (16 June
2021). "!"#$% &$'()*
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mands) . Puthiyathalaimurai (in
Tamil). Retrieved 16 June 2021.

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