Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav and thousands others took part in an event here to mark the successful completion of 50 weeks of a campaign to clean river Bagmati, which enters India via Bihar before merging with the Ganges.
The President and his Cabinet colleagues washed their faces and hands during the Bagmati Cleanup Campaign, in an effort to raise awareness about keeping the river body clean.Minister for Urban Development Narayan Khadka, and Chairman of Akhil Vishwa Gayatri Pariwar Pranab Pandeya and others, cleaned the Bagmati in front of the Guheshwari Temple.
Yadav said the campaign, which began on May 19 2012, had achieved half of its goals. “But the road ahead is technically more challenging.”He blamed the disorganised settlement, poor drainage system and rampant sand mining for Bagmati’s pollution.