Lucknow:, Feb. 20 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday asserted the water at the Sangam in Prayagraj is fit for both ritual drinking (aachman) and bathing.

His statement comes days after a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report said the river water quality was not conforming to the primary water quality for bathing with respect to fecal coliform (FC) at all the monitored locations on various occasions.

The CPCB had taken water samples on January 12, 13, 15, 19, 20 and 24 from various locations along the Ganga and the Yamuna. On the basis of the CPCB report, the National Green Tribunal had pulled up the UP Pollution Control Board.

Speaking in the Uttar Pradesh assembly on the second day of the budget session, Adityanath...