agra in the wake of the recent plastic ban in the state the district administration has decided to make kanwar yatra beginning on july 28 a clean and ecofriendly one this yearaccording to officials the uttar pradesh government has directed civic body authorities to maintain high levels of cleanliness on the pilgrim routes and around temples they have also been asked to provide all essential amenities to pilgrims including drinking water toilets and basic medical facilities additional district magistrate kp singh said we have started preparations for kanwar yatra officials have been assigned responsibilities in this regard we have decided to minimise the use of plastic during the yatra this year the managements of major shiv temples and local kanwar committees have been asked to switch to green products like leaf plates to serve food to the pilgrimsessential amenities like rest houses toilets drinking water and basic medical facilities will be made available along the yatra route he addedon saturday up dgp op singh had stated that helicopters and drones would be used for crowd management and monitoring of yatra routes to ensure smooth and steady movement of devotees