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22 Jun 2022, 00:48 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): On the occasion of the International Day of Yoga, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) organized 'Ghat Par Yog' on Signature Bridge Ghat in Delhi on River Yamuna, on Tuesday.
This was part of the special initiative of NMCG to have 'Ghat Par Yog' on all Ganga ghats, said a press release by the NMCG.
A group of NGOs, officials from Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), volunteers from Ganga Vichar Manch, students, children and local people participated in large numbers in the event which took place between 6 AM to 8 AM, added the statement.
The Yoga session was conducted by Yogacharya Dr. Dayashankar Vidyalankar, Consulate General of India, New York, as per the statement.
G. Asok Kumar, Director General, NMCG, D.P. Mathuria, Executive Director (Technical), NMCG, Satya Prakash Vashishth, Executive Director (Admin.), NMCG, Himansu Badoni, Executive Director (Projects), NMCG and S.R. Meena, Deputy Director-General, NMCG, Bharat Pathak, Convener, Ganga Vichar Manch also took part in the 'Ghat Par Yog' event in Delhi. More than 350 people participated in the event.
Speaking on the occasion, G. Asok Kumar, DG, NMCG said that 'Ghat Par Yog' is the Namami Gange initiative to mark the occasion and several activities are simultaneously taking place at various locations on the banks of River Ganga and its tributaries. This is in line with the Arth Ganga concept given by the Prime Minister at the National Ganga Council meeting in Kanpur. Arth Ganga is to establish the river-people connect through the bridge of economics to ensure the sustainability of the projects taken up by Namami Gange.
He said that cleaning of tributaries of River Ganga, especially, Yamuna, is one of the focus areas of the Namami Gange Programme and informed that a 318 MLD STP at Coronation Pillar has already been commissioned recently whereas 3 other main STPs on Yamuna funded by NMCG are targeted to be completed by December 2022, which include Rithala, Kondli and Okhla. "After the completion of these projects, there be a considerable improvement in the quality of water of River Yamuna as 1385 MLD of wastewater will stop flowing into River," he said.
He motivated the participants to become part of this Clean Yamuna campaign that is gaining momentum. A cleanliness drive on River Yamuna in Delhi is a regular activity organized on the 4th Saturday of every month by NMCG. (ANI)Get a daily dose of Japan Herald news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
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