Sulabh Founder And Eminent Social Reformer Bindeshwar Pathak Passes Away

New Delhi, August 15 (TNA) Founder of Sulabh International and one the front ranking social reformers of modern India, Bindeshwar Pathak, passed away at the age of 80 on Tuesday. He breathed his last at Delhi's AIIMS Hospital.

He had complained of unease during an Independence Day event at Sulabh’s office earlier in the day and had left the venue abruptly. He was rushed to the AIIMS where he passed away. Born in Rampur Baghel village of district Vaishali, Pathak did his graduation in Sociology in 1964 from the Banaras Hindu University.

He earned his master's degree in 1980 and his PhD in 1985, from the University of Patna. He established the Sulabh International Social Service in 1970, with the aim of resolving the country's sanitation problems. In 1991, Pathak was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his work for liberating and rehabilitating manual scavengers and also for preventing environmental pollution by providing pour-flush toilet technology.

He also worked relentlessly for the welfare of the Vrindavan widows and was at the forefront of many social causes and had helped hundreds and thousands in the society.