Haridwar priests oppose plan to monitor, display Ganga pollution

Dehradun | Saturday | 17th February, 2018

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Our purpose should not be to expose the reality of Ganga pollution, but to do what we can to prevent pollution," said Kumar. "Former MLA Ambarish Kumar said he is "more concerned about treatment of the disease (Ganga pollution) than about its diagnosis and publicity. HARIDWAR: The Ganga Sabha, a body of priests in Haridwar which oversees the main Har-ki-Pauri ghat, has opposed the district administration's proposal to install a monitoring system that will display the purity of the water in the Ganga river at the ghat. A detailed plan in this regard will be worked out and sent to the government for approval. Instead of taking steps to clean the Ganga under the much hyped Namami Gange project, the government wants to propagate the river's impurity..