Rajasthan: Grassroots activist Padamshri Bunker Roy passes away in Ajmer

Jaipur, Nov 10 (UNI) Renowned activist, propagator-executor of the Gandhian doctrine of local solutions equipped self reliant villages, Sanjit Bunker Roy - whose pioneering works for water adequacy, application of solar energy and livelihood has transformed lives of over 10 million under privileged in 96 countries - passed away at Tilonia in Ajmer district today. A man of all seasons - a grassroot activist, educator, ex-national squash champion, environmentalist, who left a possibly 'successful' career-track post, a highly privileged education in late 60s, for recharging wells to bring back water adequacy in the barren earth of Tilonia, breathed his last…