Yogi: Atal’s ashes to be immersed in all prominent rivers

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has declared that the ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be immersed in important rivers of all districts of the state so that the people may pay their last respect to the departed soul. “Uttar Pradesh was the ‘karmabhoomi’ of Atalji. He had toured almost all the districts of the state and was attached to them. Hence, the government has decided that the ashes of the former Prime Minister should be immersed in all major rivers of all districts,” Yogi said in a written statement issued in Lucknow on Friday.

There are 75 districts in UP and many of them have more than one river flowing through them.

The Chief Minister said that the people of UP had a special bonding with Vajpayee and they would get an opportunity to pay their last respects to the former PM during the ‘asthi visarjan yatra’ in each district.

As per the government release, Vajpayee’s ashes will be immersed in Yamuna and Chambal rivers in Agra, Ganga, Yamuna and Tons in Allahabad, Ganga, Gomti and Varuna in Varanasi, Gomti in Lucknow, Ghaghra, Rapti, Rohin, Kuano and Aami in Gorakhpur, Rapti in Balrampur, Ganga in Kanpur Nagar, Yamuna in Kanpur Dehat, Ganga and Karwan in Aligarh, Ganga in Kasganj, Ghaghra and Tons in Ambedkar Nagar, Sai and Gomti in Amethi, Ganga and Sot in Amroha, Yamuna and Sindhu in Auraiya, Ghaghra and Tons in Azamgarh, Ganga, Ramganga and Sot in Budaun, Yamuna, Hindon and Kali Nadi in Baghpat, Saryu, Ghaghra, Karnali and Suhaili in Bahraich, Ganga, Ghaghra, Gandak and Tons in Ballia, Ken and Yamuna in Banda, Ghaghra and Gomti in Barabanki, Ram Ganga and Aril in Bareilly, Ghaghra, Kuano and Manorama in Basti, Ganga and Ramganga in Bijnor, Ganga in Bulandshahar and Chandauli, Yamuna in Chitrakoot, Gandak, Ghaghra and Rapti in Deoria, Isaan in Etah, Chambal and Yamuna in Etawah.

Similarly, the ashes will be immersed in Ghaghra and Tons in Faizabad, Ganga and Ramganga in Farrukhabad, Yamuna and Ganga in Fatehpur, Yamuna in Ferozabad, Yamuna and Hindon in Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad, Ganga and Gomti in Ghazipur, Ghaghra and Kuano in Gonda, Yamuna Dhasan and Ken in Hamirpur, Ganga in Hapur, Ramganga and Sai in Hardoi, Karwan and Saingar in Hathras, Yamuna, Sindhu and Betwa in Jalaun, Sai and Gomti in Jaunpur, Dhasan and Betwa in Jhansi, Ganga in Kannauj, Ganga and Yamuna in Kaushambi, Gandak and Budi Gandak in Kushinagar, Sharda, Gomti and Suheli in Lakhimpur Kheri, Betwa and Dhasan in Lalitpur.

Functions will be held at the banks of Gandak, Chhoti Gandak, Rapti and Rohin rivers in Maharajganj, Dhasan in Mahoba, Isaan and Arind in Mainpuri, Yamuna and Karwan in Mathura, Ghaghra and Tons in Mau, Ganga and Hindon in Meerut, Ganga in Mirzapur, Ramganga in Moradabad, Ganga, Hindon and Kali Nadi in Muzaffarnagar, Sharda, Gomti and Devaha in Pilibhit, Sai and Ganga in Pratapgarh, Sai, Ganga and Bakulahi in Rae Bareli, Ramganga in Rampur, Yamuna, Hindon and Kali Nadi in Saharanpur, Ganga and Aril in Sambhal, Ghaghra, Rapti and Kuano in Sant Kabir Nagar, Ganga and Varuna in Sant Ravidas Nagar, Ramganga, Gomti and Garra in Shahjahanpur, Yamuna in Shamli, Rapti in Shrawasti, Rapti, Kunhara, Ghoghi and Vaan Ganga in Siddharthnagar, Gomti, Ghaghra and Sharda in Sitapur, Son, Rehand and Kanha in Sonebhadra, Gomti in Sultanpur and Ganga and Sai in Unnao.