PM Modi With Spade Cleans Assi Ghat in Varanasi Varanasi : On the second day of his visit to Varanasi, Prime Minister #Narendra Modi began his day by cleaning up the #Ganga river at the Assi Ghat, as part of his Swachh Bharat or Clean India campaign and nominated nine more people. When I began the drive, I had nominated nine people. Today, taking that forward, I am nominating #Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister #Akhilesh Yadav, Chancellor of Chitrakoot Handicapped University Swami Ram #Bhadracharya, #Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari, writer #Manu Sharma, cricketers Mohd Kaif and #Suresh Raina, Padma Shri Professor Devi #Prasad Dwivedi, television actor and comedian #Raju Shrivastava and singer #Kailash Kher, the Prime Minister said. I have started this clean-up drive from my constituency Varanasi and the NGOs have assured me that they will complete the work in a month, he added. Dressed in kurta-pyjama, Mr Modi (64) reached the ghat (bank) in the morning, offered his prayers and then took a spade to begin the clean-up drive. Mr Modi reached Varanasi, his parliamentary constituency, on Friday and adopted a village. He also asked the weavers to use opportunities offered by e-commerce to tap a global market and to modify the industry to do that effectively. Every mother wants a Banarasi sari for her daughter on their wedding day... 20 crore girls will get married in the next few years. So 20 crore saris will be needed. Such a big market waiting for you, the PM told weavers, adding, that an assured market meant they must increase production and ensure quality, good design and service. This is the PMs first trip to Varanasi since it voted over-whelmingly for him in his first run for Parliament. He has vowed that his government will prioritise cleaning the Ganga, which is full of garbage and sewage and industrial effluent. The Prime Minister has set up a separate ministry headed by Uma Bharati for cleaning up the river. On a trip to the US earlier this month, he sought the help of NRIs in doing this.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 04:19:22 +0000
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