Environment minister Anil Dave is dead

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS): Union Environment Minister Anil Dave, a committed environmentalist who had worked on green projects including conservation of the Narmada river, died here on Thursday morning following cardiac arrest. He was 61 and was a bachelor. Meena Agarwal, the wife of Dave's family physician Bharat Agarwal, told IANS that his family tried to wake him up in the morning but he appeared unconscious. He was rushed to the AIIMS at 9 a.m. "in a stage of cardiac arrest", a hospital statement said. "All possible measures were taken immediately at AIIMS, but he could not survive and (was) declared dead around 9.45 a.m.," the AIIMS statement said. Imkong condoles State forest minister, Imkong L Imchen, has condoled the demise of Anil Madhav Dave, Union minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, who breathed his last on May 18. He has described late Anil Madhav Dave as a prolific writer, social worker and passionate conservationist. He lamented that in his demise the nation has lost a great champion for the cause of environment and climate change. In a condolence message, Imkong L Imchen prayed to the Almighty God to grant strength to the bereaved family members and for the departed soul to rest in peace.