Ganga

“The work has started now for the last one-and-a-half to two years or so. The results are coming. They are visible," said Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in the article in Mint.

Every year, on 10th day of Jyestha month (according to Hindu Calender) Ganga Dussehra is celebrated to mark the day on which Ganga came down to Earth

Noting that there are traditions, customs, and people from various communities reside on the banks of Ganga, the Court asked the petitioner to show the court the contribution he made in this cause before passing any order and asked if he had dug out and cremated bodies himself.

Several Hindu communities in UP bury dead bodies at riverbanks, and its not a recent phenomenon as claimed by media

Udit Raj run All India Parisangh shares stock image from 2008 to attack PM Modi for the current Covid-19 situation in the country

Following reports that many decomposed corpses were found floating in the Ganga, old images were circulated on social media

At least half a dozen corpses were also found floating in the Runj river in the Panna district of Madhya Pradesh.

The Yogi administration in Uttar Pradesh has directed all officials to extend all help possible to the Uttarakhand government.

The Yogi government has marked 1038 villages within a 5 km radius on both sides of the river Ganga as the new Aarti Sthal

ASI New Delhi, has licensed the Prayagraj college for conducting the archaeological survey in this area