Varanasi: Awareness over River Ganga pollution

Varanasi, Mar 21: To create awareness about pollution in the river Ganges, over 8,000 schoolchildren will form a human chain tomorrow, covering 84 Ganga ghats here on World Water Day.

Students from 86 schools of the district will form human chain to cover the seven km stretch from Assi Ghat to Adi Keshav Ghat on the Day, Mahant of Sankatmochan Temple and president of Sankat Mochan Foundation (SMF) Virbhadra Mishra said here yesterday.

The students will be joined by the denizens of the city including politicians and prominent citizens.

The human chain will be formed for thirty minutes duration starting 0700 hrs, Mr Mishra said.

UNI