Varanasi, Sept. 22 -- Following the receding of the Ganga, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation carried out a large-scale cleaning drive at Manikarnika Ghat on Tuesday, removing approximately 100 kg of discarded clothes and garbage from the river bed.

After the floodwaters receded, Namami Gange Kashi Region Coordinator and the Municipal Corporation's Cleanliness Brand Ambassador, Rajesh Shukla, and his team, along with the Municipal Corporation, carried out this special drive to protect the river's ecosystem and aquatic life.

These clothes and polythene removed from the river bed and banks of Manikarnika Ghat were collected and disposed of. Namami Gange and the Municipal Corporation administration have appealed to devotees not to leave th...