India Wastewater Plants in Varanasi to Help Clean Ganges
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Three wastewater-treatment plants in the northern city of Varanasi are being planned to help stem the flow of raw sewage into the Ganges, India’s holiest river, water minister Uma Bharti said.
The works in Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political constituency, will cost 4.57 billion rupees ($72 million) and quadruple the city’s sewage-treatment capacity, the minister said.