The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has started taking stringent action against people and units polluting the Ganga in the state. In the biggest strike against those polluting the holy river, the Namami Ganga department has slapped a fine of Rs 3 crore on a Varanasi-based company for callousness in running a sewage treatment plant (STP). Teams of Namami Ganga are raiding at least 12 places across the state, checking the parameters and quality of STPs. To ensure scaling up work on 'Clean And Flowing Ganga Mission', the state government has scaled up action and monitoring and checking of the parameters and quality of STPs, both government and private. A total of nine teams have been constituted and they are conducting surprise inspections and investigating sewage disposal. According to the official sources, the first action was taken in Varanasi where the Ramana STP was found not operating at the fixed parameters. It was also found that the quality of sewage disposal was not up to the mark and after completion of the probe, the NamamiGange department slapped a fine of Rs 3 crore on the company. (IANS)