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Uttar Pradesh has rejuvenated galore rivers done the inaugural of State Mission for Clean Ganga and allied agencies, officials said connected Thursday (May 14, 2026), adding that assemblage information and corporate enactment is helping reconstruct rivers, prolong agriculture, and reconnect radical with their taste heritage.
The inaugural eyes to rejuvenate galore different tiny rivers crossed the State. In Pilibhit, the Gomti stream was rejuvenated on a 47 km agelong crossed 16 gram panchayats done widening and deepening of the channel, revival of 23 ponds, and operation of ghats, the stream regained its continuous flow.
Similarly, successful Bulandshahr district, the Neem River was revived done a 29 km involution nether MGNREGA, portion successful Rampur, 3 seasonal streams — Revati, Nahal, and Neeli — were brought backmost to life. In Sambhal, the Sot River was revived nether the initiative, the officials said.
“Environmental protection, particularly the ‘Small Rivers Rejuvenation’ and ‘Massive Planation drive’ are connected the precedence database of the State government. To guarantee the above, the Namami Gange section of Uttar Pradesh has taken up rejuvenating rivers arsenic the apical astir precedence enactment and has started moving connected preparing program of ‘District River Rejuvenation plan’ circumstantial to each District nether which the broad tiny Rivers rejuvenation plans are being formulated, Planned and Executed by the District Ganga Committee headed by District Magistrates with the assistance and enactment from each acrophobic enactment Departments and involvement holders,” said Anurag Srivastava, Additional Chief Secretary, Namami Gange and Rural Drinking Water Supply Department , Government of Uttar Pradesh
Officials said the implementation of these plans connected crushed and its results are precise encouraging.
“In Bulandshahr, the Neem River was revived done a 29-km involution nether MGNREGA. Farmers voluntarily cleared encroachments, and plantations on embankments restored ecological balance. The inaugural was nationally recognised erstwhile the Hon’ble Prime Minister appreciated it successful Mann Ki Baat connected June 18, 2023,” said Jogindra Singh, Special Secretary, Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply Department, Uttar Pradesh.
Mr. Singh besides said that parallel efforts rejuvenated the Karvan River and the Kali River, wherever desilting, afforestation, and assemblage mobilisation crossed dozens of Gram Panchayats restored irrigation, biodiversity, and taste practices astatine ghats.
“In Sambhal, the Sot River, erstwhile reduced to scattered puddles, was dredged and desilted with beardown assemblage participation. Its revival reduced flooding, improved groundwater recharge, and reestablished ecological continuity. In Rampur, 3 seasonal streams—Revati, Nahal, and Neeli—were brought backmost to life. Channel clearance, recharge pits, filter chambers, and plantations restored their flow, moderated floods, and provided reliable irrigation. These rivers, erstwhile astir extinct, present relation arsenic ecological corridors and assemblage lifelines,” helium added.
Mr. Singh, a 2015-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, said continuous stream flows person been reestablished crossed aggregate districts, ensuring reliable irrigation and ecological balance. “Employment procreation nether MGNREGA has strengthened agrarian livelihoods, portion farmers person embraced earthy and stream affable practices that safeguard h2o resources. Cultural traditions astatine ghats person been revived, reconnecting communities with their rivers done regular aarti and yoga. These efforts person besides enhanced biodiversity, improved groundwater recharge, and moderated floods, making the rejuvenated rivers not lone ecological lifelines but besides taste and societal anchors for sustainable agrarian development.”
The authorities said Uttar Pradesh’s tiny stream rejuvenation initiatives “stand arsenic exemplary models of ecological resilience, participatory governance, and taste renewal”
