With help from tech institutes, UP to revive 75 small rivers
Acting on the directives of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a strategic plan was implemented with the collaboration of 10 key departments and leading technical institutions to ensure an effective and sustainable river rejuvenation programme. A divisional-level monitoring committee, headed by the respective divisional commissioner, was constituted to oversee the implementation and quality of the work.
The revival effort is receiving technical expertise from premier institutes such as IIT Kanpur, IIT (BHU), IIT Roorkee and BBAU Lucknow, which are preparing river-specific plans based on detailed studies of geographical, ecological and social factors.
The campaign, originally conceptualised in 2018 under the MGNREGA scheme, has now evolved into a structured and technologically driven exercise.
Activities under the programme include stream cleaning, water channelling, rainwater harvesting and extensive plantation drives. To ensure smooth implementation, irrigation, minor irrigation, panchayati raj, forest, horticulture, fisheries, urban development, state water resources agency, rural development and revenue; departments have joined hands.
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District-level Ganga committees have also been tasked with monitoring the river systems locally and encouraging community participation, ensuring that the revival process remains continuous, inclusive and deeply rooted in public engagement.
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