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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) launched a cleanliness thrust astatine a Hooghly stream ghat successful Bagbazar country successful northbound Kolkata and said efforts would beryllium made to guarantee due implementation of the 'Namami Gange' programme.
Mr. Adhikari began the programme by offering prayers astatine a temple located astatine the historical 'Mayer Ghat', associated with Ramakrishna Paramahansa's woman Sarada Devi, and cleaned the ghat with a broom.
BJP leaders Agnimitra Paul and Tapas Roy, on with elder officials of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), were contiguous connected the occasion. Addressing the gathering, the Chief Minister said cleanliness, development, instrumentality and bid and employment procreation are priorities for his government.
"Work nether 'Namami Gange' should beryllium carried retired properly. It was not done successful the past, and we volition bash it. The Ganga stream should beryllium kept clean," helium said.
The 'Namami Gange' programme is an integrated conservation ngo to execute the duplicate objectives of effectual abatement of pollution, conservation, and rejuvenation of the Ganga river. The Hooghly stream is simply a distributary of the Ganga river.
Mr. Adhikari besides said Prime Minister Narendra Modi would sojourn Kolkata for the International Yoga Day programme connected June 21 and asserted that the State authorities and the KMC would accord him a lukewarm welcome. A fewer days ago, the civic assemblage launched the 'Swachh App' arsenic portion of its sanitation and nationalist information initiatives.
KMC officials said astir 20,000 civic workers would beryllium progressive successful the cleanliness run and related activities crossed the city. The cleanliness thrust is portion of a bid of programmes being organised by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation up of International Yoga Day connected June 21.
According to officials, the civic assemblage has planned respective nationalist outreach initiatives focusing connected sanitation, wellness consciousness and fittingness successful the run-up to the yearly event.
The programmes see cleanliness campaigns astatine selected locations, consciousness activities astatine healthcare facilities and a marathon promoting carnal fitness.
