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No effluent discharge allowed in Ganga after Dec 15 for 2019 Kumbh: CM Yogi

Yogi Adityanath admits clean Ganga a big challenge for government

Yogi Adityanath, UP CM, Adityanath
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditiyanath during the 71st Independence Day function in Vidhan Sabha in Lucknow on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
Conceding that clean Ganga was a big challenge for the government, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Monday that no effluent discharge would be allowed in the river along its course after December 15 in the run-up to the 2019 Kumbh Mela in Allahabad.

UP has been assiduously working in consort with the Centre under the ongoing National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), he said, adding his government had drawn up an ambitious plan to develop ponds at every 100 km along the route of Ganga crisscrossing the state.

Observing that Ganga and Yamuna rivers were akin to lifelines of

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