Skating rally, aarti to mark Environ Day, Ganga Dussehra
Varanasi: Kashi will witness a series of events on
on Thursday. To mark the occasion, a skating rally will be organised under the joint auspices of Rajesh Dogra Roller Skating School Varanasi and Shri Aggarwal Seva Samiti to an environmental awareness.
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Meanwhile, as the day coincides with Ganga Dussehra, a grand Ganga aarti will be organised under the auspices of Gangotri Seva Samiti at the ancient Dashashwamedh Ghat.
Rajesh Dogra Roller Skating School director Rajesh Dogra said 150 boys and girls of different age groups will participate in the skating rally, wearing green outfits and carrying placards with environmental slogans.
The rally will start at 7am from Vanita Public School, Lahurabir and proceed through Piplani Katra, Kabir Chaura, Lohatia and Maidagin, concluding at Shri Aggarwal Girls Inter College located at Town Hall. During the environmental awareness skating rally, skaters will collect plastic bags along the route and on culmination of the rally, pledge to avoid using plastic bags and to raise awareness among the public.
Secretary of Gangotri Seva Samiti, Dinesh Shankar Dubey, said the samiti organises Ganga aarti every year on Ganga Dussehra and innumerable lamps are lighted at Dashashwamedh Ghat to present an ethereal scene.
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