BJP workers, residents clean Ganges banks in Varanasi
Varanasi, May 03 (ANI): Members of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), along with the residents of the holy town of Varanasi, cleaned the banks of the river Ganges as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on Sunday. The members collected garbage littered on the banks and dumped it in dustbins. They also took up broom sticks and cleaned the roads and stairs that lead to the river. Meanwhile, a party member, Shankar Giri said that they successfully cleaned 86 banks. Another party worker, Ranjay Singh said that their work would inspire others around the country to keep their surroundings clean. The World Bank in 2006 estimated that India was losing 6.4 percent of gross domestic product annually because of poor sanitation.
