Archive · 12 Oct 2026
Ujjain Cleans Triveni Ghat Overnight After Shanischari Amavasya
Thousands of people visited Triveni Ghat and the Shani Temple for Shanischari Amavasya.
After the celebrations, Ujjain Municipal Corporation organized a special cleanup.
More than 90 workers cleaned through the night, from Saturday until Sunday morning.
Officials watched the work to help keep the area clean and avoid troubling visitors.
The city had provided showers, changing rooms, bins, water tankers and mobile toilets for devotees.
Workers also collected clothes and footwear left behind.
Items that can still be used will be saved for people in need.
Other clothes will be made into file covers, and discarded footwear will be used to make fuel.
Ujjain Municipal Corporation launched a special cleaning drive after thousands visited Triveni Ghat for Shanischari Amavasya.
The overnight operation began Saturday and continued until Sunday morning.
More than 90 sanitation workers worked in shifts, with health officials and supervisors monitoring the effort.
Facilities for devotees included bathing showers, changing rooms, dustbins, water tankers and mobile toilets.
Collected reusable clothes and footwear will be stored for distribution; unusable clothes will become file covers and discarded footwear will be used to produce refuse-derived fuel.
- Who
- Ujjain Municipal Corporation and more than 90 sanitation workers.
- What
- A special overnight cleaning drive was carried out at Triveni Ghat and the temple premises after Shanischari Amavasya.
- When
- From Saturday night until Sunday morning; the article does not specify the date.
- Where
- Triveni Ghat and the Shani Temple area in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- To restore cleanliness after large numbers of devotees visited and to maintain hygiene around the festival.
- Festival
- Shanischari Amavasya
- Location
- Triveni Ghat, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
- Cleaning period
- Saturday night through Sunday morning
- Sanitation workers
- More than 90, deployed in different shifts
- Visitor facilities
- Bathing showers, separate changing rooms, large dustbins, water tankers and mobile toilets
- Reusable items
- Reusable clothes and footwear will be stored at the 3-R Centre for distribution to needy citizens.
- Recycling plans
- Unusable clothes will be converted into file covers; discarded footwear will be used to produce refuse-derived fuel.