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The difficulties of cleaning Varanasi

Cleaning the ghats and wards without cleaning the water would be only cosmetic, feel locals

A worker cleans Dasaswamedh ghat in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
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A worker cleans Dasaswamedh ghat in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

N Sundaresha Subramnanian Varanasi
On an e-rickshaw on the road to Benares Hindu University, Alka, a third-year student, is all praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A first time voter, she thinks Modi is a doer. “Just go to the Assi ghat and see for yourself. The place is completely unrecognisable. It is so clean and cultural events are held every day.”

Assi Ghat is the southern most of the 84 ghats along the Ganga river that form the core of Varanasi. The ghat gets its name from its location at the confluence of Ganga and Assi, a tributary. Cleaning the ghat might