UP government to set up organic farming belt on either side of Ganga

The Uttar Pradesh agriculture and horticulture departments and the Jal Shakti department are going to turn a five-kilometre radius along both sides of the Ganga into an organic farming belt. The government's motive behind the move is encouraging "the villages and farmers settled on both sides of Ganga" to go organic. The government will also discourage the use of chemicals — fertilizers, insecticides, pesticides.