The traditional Ganga Aarti performed at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi after five months. The aarti was put on halt during the lockdown when the second wave of COVID-19 hit the country. The Dashashwamedh Ghat was beautifully decorated and the aarti was performed with all the rituals.
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to construct 594 km-long expressway between Prayagraj and Meerut, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Saturday.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on August 17 took an aerial survey of flood-hit regions. Soon after the aerial survey, the Chief Minister directed the concerned authorities to undertake relief work and provide aid in flood-affected areas. "Water level of the river Ganga has reduced now but its impact can still be seen in nearby areas.
Districts including Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahar, Amroha, Sambhal, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rai Bareli, Pratapgarh, and Prayagraj will benefit from the construction of this Ganga expressway.
Due to continuous rainfall, water level of river Ganga has increased in Patna on June 22. Bihar disaster management and police are on high alert. The Sanjeev Kumar Suman, Director of Central Water Commission (CWC), Patna said that the water level in Ganga is less than the warning level as of now.
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Two bodies were spotted on the bank of the Ganga at a village here, police said on Monday. Last week, Ballia residents had claimed that over 50 corpses were seen floating in the river in the district, triggering suspicion that these were of COVID patients.
The Centre directed Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on Sunday to prevent dumping of dead bodies in the Ganga and its tributaries, and focus on their safe disposal and a dignified cremation after corpses were seen floating in these rivers following a spurt in the number of coronavirus cases.
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People living near the banks of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur once again witnessed the ghastly sight of dead bodies washing up on the ghats of the river on Saturday. Similar scenes were witnessed on Tuesday in the same area, a day after bodies of suspected Covid patients washed up on banks of Ganga in Bihar's Buxar district.
After hundreds of bodies washed up on the Ganga ghats in Uttar Pradesh, several ghats in the district of Unnao have run out of space. Reportedly, there is no space meant for burying bodies at the Buxar and Rautapur ghats of the district.
The petition has sought directions to the Centre, authorities in states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to conduct post-mortem of the bodies which are found floating in river Ganga to ascertain the cause of death.
"NHRC" has issued notices to the chief secretaries of both the states and the secy, Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, today calling for action taken report within 4 weeks," its statement noted.
In a letter to District Ganga Committees which are chaired by district magistrates or collectors, the National Mission for Clean Ganga- the apex body that monitors rejuvenation of the river and its tributaries- also asked the authorities to dispose unidentified bodies of suspected COVID victims in accordance with safety protocols.
Days after the Chamoli glacier break in Uttarakhand following which a lake had formed near Raini village, posing another danger, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team on Saturday that reached the lake formation site, reviewed the situation.
BJP leader Uma Bharti Sunday said the Uttarakhand flood tragedy triggered by a glacier burst is a matter of concern as well as a warning, and added that as a minister she had spoken against having any power project on the Ganga and its major tributaries.
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Despite of freezing temperature, devotees took holy dip in river Ganga.
Nine lorries fell into the Ganga river from a Roll On Roll Off (RORO) vessel after it developed a snag while coming from Jharkhand to Manichak in Malda district of West Bengal on Monday evening, an official said.
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