Varanasi: ganga water will be clean by December!
A meeting of Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply Department was organized in varanasi under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary. In the meeting, there was a detailed discussion about the sewerage lines to be laid at different places in varanasi, sewer water falling into ganga and cleanliness of Ganga. Additional Chief Secretary Anurag Shrivastava, varanasi District Magistrate, Chief Development Officer, varanasi Development Authority VC and other departmental officers participated in it. In this meeting, the Additional Chief Secretary reprimanded the officials for the delay in sewerage connection. Along with this, guidelines were also given to make immediate arrangements in those areas of the city where sewerage lines have not been laid.
A meeting of Namami Gange was organized in varanasi in which Additional Chief Secretary Anurag Shrivastava gave clear guidelines to clean the water of ganga in varanasi by 2024. Apart from this, it was also said that sewerage lines should be laid immediately in those areas where sewerage lines have not been laid yet.
Instructions to improve the arrangements
All the deficiencies related to the sewer system-drainage have been asked to be corrected by december 2025. Clearly, instructions have been given to improve the arrangements by the deadline. The Additional Chief Secretary also reprimanded the officials for the houses which have not been given sewerage connection. So far, sewerage connection has been done for only 1.56 households in the city. There are 7 STPs in varanasi with a capacity of 420 MLD. At the same time, there is a problem of overflow in 80 drains.
In the meeting held in varanasi, clear instructions have been given by the officials that maha Kumbh will be organized in Prayagraj in 2025. During this time, a large number of devotees will also reach various religious places of Varanasi. Devotees will also come to take bath in the ganga in Kashi. In such a situation, instructions have been given to completely repair the arrangements related to ganga cleanliness, sewer-drainage system by the coming december, so that the visiting devotees do not face any kind of problem.
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