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  • Rishikesh Shankaracharya raised questions on the cleanliness of Ganga

    Rishikesh Shankaracharya raised questions on the cleanliness of Ganga

    Uttarakhand : Shankaracharya of Jyotish Peeth Swami Avimukteshwaranand has raised questions on the efforts of the government regarding the cleanliness of Ganga. Said that it is necessary for the people of the country to have knowledge of the glory of Ganga.
    Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Maharaj said that economic, social, cultural, religious and spiritual importance of Ganga is high. But in spite of this, at present, Ganga has been made a means of carrying filth and garbage. Said that the attention of the rulers has to be drawn towards this. Shankaracharya had reached Dayanand Ashram. He said this while talking to reporters. Said, Ganga makes the world’s largest fertile basin.

    Local residents have demanded installation of forest check post barrier on Daragad-Kathian motor road of Babar Range under Chakrata Forest Division. People say that due to lack of barrier, a large amount of forest products are being smuggled through this route.
    Daragad Beat, Lakhau, Dangutha, Mundali, Kathian Beat of Babar Range have 90 percent deodar forest. Local villagers Arjun Singh, Major Singh, Kedar Singh, Balveer, Yashpal Chauhan, Balakram, Bhagmal, Matawar Singh say that since the cutter machine started in vogue, the incidents of illegal felling have increased.

  • Changing rooms on floating jetty in Ganga in Varanasi

    Changing rooms on floating jetty in Ganga in Varanasi

    VARANASI: Those wanting to take a holy dip in the Ganga river here will soon get the facility to a changing room on the floating jetty. The foundation stone of the floating jetty equipped with changing rooms, was laid by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March this year and the project is likely to complete by the month end.

    The facility will be available on the 34 meters long and 8 meters wide floating jetty that is being developed at a cost of Rs 99 lakhs. Devotees, particularly women, will no longer feel uncomfortable while changing clothes at the ghats in the open. The changing rooms along with lockers are being built on the floating jetty. The chief general manager of the Varanasi Smart City Mission, D Vasudevan said that the devotees will also have the facility of lockers on the floating jetty.

    “A total of 30 changing rooms, including 15 for women and 15 for men, are being built on the 34 meters long and 8 meters wide floating jetty,” he said. The Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone and dedicated development projects worth more than Rs 1,780 crores in Varanasi on March 24.

    Apart from the floating jetty, these development projects include the passenger ropeway from Varanasi Cantt station to Godowlia, a 55 MLD sewage treatment plant at Bhagwanpur under Namami Ganga Scheme, Phases 2 and 3 of the redevelopment works of Sigra Stadium, an LPG bottling plant at Isarwar village, Sewapuri to be built by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd, and a primary health centre in Bharthara village, among others.

    The PM had also dedicated 19 drinking water schemes under the Jal Jeevan Mission, which will benefit more than 3 lakh people of 63 gram panchayats. He also laid the foundation stone of 59 drinking water schemes under the mission.

    -IANS