Meanwhile, a massive cleanliness drive was launched by the volunteers of Gayatri Teerth Shantikunj in Haridwar on Tuesday to mark Ganga Saptami . Besides Ganga, the drive was carried out in many other rivers across the country. The volunteers cleaned the Ganga ghats along the stretch from Ganga Kutir to Jwalapur. Speaking to The Pioneer, head of All World Gayatri Pariwar Dr Pranav Pandya said, “Our volunteers cleaned 75 ghats in the holy city with close to 25000 volunteers across the country engaging themselves in the drive along a stretch of 2525 kms. The drive was carried out in 20 rivers across the country. We hope to make Ganga clean and her water worth drinking by 2026.” Pandya himself took part in the cleaning drive by way of encouraging the volunteers near CCR tower.