Swimming from Kanpur to Varanasi for 'Clean Ganga' by 11yr Girl

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Shraddha Shukla of Kanpur, a swimming wonder, popularly known as 'Nanhi Jalpari', will take the 'clean Ganga' message by covering 550-km distance between Kanpur and Varanasi in 70 hours. The girl, who took a plunge in the Ganga near Massacre Ghat in Kanpur on the eve of National Sports Day (August 29), is likely to reach Varanasi on the tenth day. On an average, she will swim seven hours per day. Read this motivational story by Faiz Rahman Siddiqui in TOI.

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