Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh👍 Dhami on Tuesday inaugurated a sewage treatment plant worth Rs 35.38 crore🐻 here and said it was a major step towards cleanliness.
"All our rivers and canals, big or small, merge with the Ganga at one point or the other. So, to keep the Ganga pollution-free and its fl♛ow uninterrupted, we need to keep all our rivers and canals clean. The sewage treatment plant is a step towards that," he said.
The quality of water of the Ganga has become "ܫA-Grade" up to Rishikesh and the goal now is to make it "A-Grade up to Haridwar, the chief minister said. He also announced that an allocation will be made in the state budget this year for establishing a zoo of international standard 🐈in Haldwani.
Haldwani Mayor Joge🧜ndra Pal Singh Rautela said the plant was a major step towards cleanliness and a new beginning for the town.
During Dhami's visit, Youth Congress members led by their state vice president Heman🌃t Sahu demanded a CBI probe into the Ankita Bhandari murder case and paper leak cases related to recruitment examinations in the stat🎃e, and flew black balloons in the air as a sign of protest.
