The drive was conducted on more than 15,000 places simultaneously in the country, Co-ordinator, Nirmal Ganga Jan Abhiyan Shantikunj K P Dubey claimed.
Greeting the volunteers engaged in the massive Ganga cleaning exercise, the head of All World Gayatri Parivar Pranav Pandya thanked the religious, social and educational institutions which have supported his organisation ar in the noble mission saying such programmes will help awaken people to the need to keep Ganga clean.
At Shantikunj Haridwar, the Gayatri parivar headquarters, all ashram residents, trainees and guests participated in the drive and cleaned about 30 major ganga ghats in the city.
Similar drives were held at major Ganga ghats of Allahabad, Benaras, Patna, Kanpur, Bijnore and Ganga sagar.
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