Kanpur: Dirty water flowing into the Ganges from 'choral drains' (a type of temporary drainage system), a drain that was never tapped, raises questions about the official's complicity.

In Kanpur, millions are being spent under the Namami Gange project to clean and purify the Ganges. However, in Jajmau, hundreds of liters of dirty water from a sewer drain directly into the Ganges every day.