150 members of the Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), at a meeting held in Varanasi recently, took a vow for a Swachh Ganga and Swachh Bharat.
"We decided that we must work towards stopping pollution of Ganga," MRM national convener Mohammad Afzal said.
As part of their efforts, MRM workers will reach out to community members and erect hoardings urging against polluting the river, Afzal said.
The 2,525-km river flows through Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
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During the meeting held between January 20 and 21, the Manch also appealed members of Hindu and Muslim communities to "sit together" to find out a solution to the vexed Ayodhya's Ram temple construction issue.
"(Mughal emperor) Babur was a foreign invader. Lord Ram is ours and we are his. Hence, members of both Hindu and Muslim communities should sit together and find out a solution to this (temple issue)," Afzal said.