Lucknow, Oct 12 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday announced the ‘Gomti Revival Mission’ with an ambitious target of intercepting 95 per cent of urban sewage flowing into the river.

The action plan will cover the entire river basin from Pilibhit to Ghazipur, with the objective to restore the water body to its "clean, uninterrupted, and pristine form", an official statement said.

The chief minister made the announcement at a meeting organised in collaboration with the Territorial Army.

During the meeting, officials said 13 of the 39 major drains flowing into the Gomti remain untreated.

Currently, six sewage treatment plants (STPs) are operational in the state along the river with a combined capacity of 605 MLD, the statement noted.

Under the mission, additiona

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