India, Oct. 30 -- A day after the city celebrated Chhath Puja alongside the Yamuna, officials on Wednesday said piles of waste had accumulated on the river's banks. They added that cleaning up the same would take 3-4 days and thousands of workers had been deployed.

The Delhi government had set up over 1,100 ghats across the city and constructed 17 model ghats along the river for Chhath celebrations. During HT's visit to multiple ghats on Wednesday, tents were being taken down, carpets were being rolled back, and piles of waste-such as garlands, leftover food, and plastic bottles and plates-were being collected before being disposed by workers from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).

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