“Ganga is shallow here and wherever the water is shallow, the spread of water is greater. This is what causes flooding,” Adityanath said, adding that dredging the river and channelising it was the sole solution to the problem. He said the administration should begin preparations for the dredging work. If land belonging to farmers was required for the project, they would be given proper compensation, he said.

“Ganga is shallow here and wherever the water is shallow, the spread of water is greater. This is what causes flooding,” Adityanath said, adding that dredging the river and…

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath conducts aerial survey of flood-hit areas in Varanasi, distributes relief material