'Who Will Take A Dip In That Ganga?' Raj thackeray Raises Questions About The River's Cleanliness.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj thackeray has raised questions about the cleanliness of the ganga River and the fineness of the water, alleging that not one of the rivers in the country has been clean.
Thackeray further asserted that he might now not take a dip within the holy river.
At the same time as addressing a program organized to mark the 19th basis day of his birthday celebration on Saturday, the MNS leader said that his birthday party leader, bala Nandgaonkar, had brought holy water from the Prayagraj's maha Kumbh; however, he refused to drink it.
"Bala Nandgaonkar had added a little water for me, I stated, I am not going to take a bath. Who will drink that water? Covid has just surpassed, and those had been roaming around with masks on their faces for two years. Now, they're going there and taking a tub. Who will go and take a holy dip in that Ganga?" he said.
Thackeray, in addition, said that he has seen videos of people rubbing their bodies and taking baths inside the holy river. "I have seen numerous movies on social media about the state of the River Ganga. I noticed some humans scratching and washing their bodies within the river," he stated.
He similarly claimed that not one of the rivers in india has been smooth.
"Religion should additionally have some of that meaning. Come out of superstition and use your heads nicely. I've been listening to claims that 'Ganga will be cleaned quickly' on account of rajiv gandhi turning into the prime minister. Now is the time to come out of this myth," thackeray said.
Thackeray's feedback got here after opposition leaders slammed the Uttar Pradesh government on reports of water being infected at the maha Kumbh. UP cm Yogi Adityanath later cleared the air about water pollution, announcing that the water at the Sangam in Prayagraj became fit to take a dip and carry out aachman (consuming holy water).
Earlier, the central pollution control board (CPCB) had raised the difficulty of extreme water first-class at various locations in Prayagraj. The CPCB, in its document, stated that the water inside the Sangam had high fecal coliform degrees, due to which it did not meet primary bathing requirements.
However, a new record submitted to the countrywide inexperienced tribunal has said that, as per statistical analysis, the water was satisfactory throughout the recently-concluded maha Kumbh in Prayagraj and became healthy for bathing.
The record dated february 28 and uploaded on the tribunal's internet site on march 7 stated the board had performed water monitoring two times a week from january 12 onwards, which included auspicious bathing days at five locations on the ganga River and two places on the yamuna River.
"There's a sizable variability inside the values on numerous parameters, viz., pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen call for (BOD), and fecal coliform matter (FC) for the samples taken from the same vicinity on one-of-a-kind dates. The values of the aforementioned parameters also range at one-of-a-kind places for the samples amassed on the identical day," the record stated.
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