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Varanasi administration starts 'Drone surveillance' to discourage people from dumping waste in river Ganga

In a unique step to discourage people from dumping waste in the Holy river Ganga, drone surveillance has been started by the administration in Varanasi.<br />'' <br />''Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the service during his visit to  Varanasi on Tuesday.<br />'' <br />''AIR correspondent reports, Varanasi administration has deployed four unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drones to ensure regular monitoring of Ganga ghats in the temple town.<br />'' <br />''Inaugurating the facility, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said the step has been taken to ensure that no one dumps any sort of waste in river Ganga anymore.<br />'' <br />''These drones are connected to big TV screens at Kashi Integrated Command and Control Centre (KICCC).<br />'' <br />''They will send live pictures to the centre where a team will regularly monitor the river banks.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Whenever somebody tries to dump any waste in Ganga, his picture will be captured and the Nagar Nigam team, along with the police team, on the spot will be ed.</span><br />

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