CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, Under the chairmanship of District Magistrate Manish Bansal, brainstorming was done in the Vikas Bhawan auditorium for the outline of environmental development in the district and revival of rivers. To prepare a development plan related to water, river, pond and climate change in the district, a presentation was made through PPT by a team of experts from GIZ India and Indian River Council.

DM Manish Bansal said that the decreasing water level of water in today's time is a matter of concern. If attention is not paid to this in time and necessary action is not taken, then in the coming time its serious consequences will have to be faced. He gave instructions to prepare a project regarding Hindon and Nagdehi rivers to increase the water level of the district. Along with this, there was a discussion on creating an in situ wetland on the Dhamola river and the revival of the Singhali river.

District Magistrate Manish Bansal said that the Irrigation Department and Rural Development Department will play their main role in this entire project. He directed to prepare an action plan by the end of this month. He said that silt cleaning will be done in Dhamola river. Encroachment will be removed along with plantation on Hindon river.
On this occasion, GIZ project head Krishna Tyagi and Jagdish Menon gave presentation. Irrigation Department officer Vikas Tyagi gave presentation regarding rivers. Indian River Council President Raman Kant gave detailed information regarding the rivers of Saharanpur. On this occasion, Chief Development Officer Sumit Rajesh Mahajan, PD DRDA Pranay Krishna, all sub-district magistrates, all block development officers, experts of River Council and other concerned officials were present.