About one lakh students and five thousand teachers pledged to keep the Ganga river, their school, neighbourhood, city and nation clean under the Sparsh Ganga campaign.
The students and teachers took the pledge during prayer assemblies in about 1,100 schools in Haridwar on Wednesday. Along with this, a message was given to keep the Ganga clean.
Additional Kumbh Mela officer Lalit Narayan Mishra, who attended the programme organised at Government Girls Inter College, Jwalapur, said that crores of people drink water of the Ganga river. “It is our responsibility to keep the Ganga clean. People are lucky to live on the banks of the Ganga. Therefore, people on its banks have an important role to keep the river clean,” he added.
Bahadrabad block education officer Ajay Kumar Choudhary said that instead of throwing household waste and garbage on the banks of the Ganga, it should be collected and disposed of properly.
Programme convenor Rita Chamoli said that children in schools should also be informed about hygiene and healthy habits.