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Bengal Govt to revive 6 ancient rivers
The Bengal Government has taken up a major project to rejuvenate six ancient rivers that have almost lost their course due to indiscriminate dumping of garbage and lack of required dredging over the decades.
This is another novel initiative of the Trinamool Congress Government. The project would be taken up by the State Panchayats and Rural Development Department as part of a convergence plan streamlining the State Irrigation Department Fund and NREGA.
In Purba Bardhaman district, three rivers – Banka, Khari, Gangur – and a rivulet, Dakatia have been included in the project. The other two rivers are Jamuna and Saraswati, passing through Howrah and North 24 Parganas district, respectively.
Already, four rivers are part of a rejuvenation project – Gandheswari, Amodar, Birai and Kulik – in Bankura, Hooghly and Uttar Dinajpur districts.
The project will bring immense benefit to rivers, farmers and the NREGA labourers as well, according to the state commissioners of MGNREGA.
The initial work will take off in Nandai, at the confluence of Banka and Khari rivers.
The major rivers of West Bengal state include:
- Adi Ganga
- Ajay River
- Anjana River
- Atrai River
- Bakreshwar River
- Balason River
- Baleshwar River
- Bansloi River
- Barakar River
- Bhagirathi River
- Banka River
- Behula River
- Bhairab River
- Bidyadhari River
- Brahmani River (Birbhum)
- Chauli River
- Choita river
- Churni River
- Damodar River
- Dharla River
- Dud Kumar River
- Dwarakeswar River
- Dwarka River
- Gandheswari River
- Ganga River
- Ghargharia River
- Ghiya River
- Gosaba River
- Haldi River
- Hariabhanga River
- Hinglo River
- Hooghly River
- Ichamati River
- Jalangi River
- Jaldhaka River
- Jamuna River
- Kalindi River
- Kangsabati River
- Kaljani River
- kapaleswari River
- Karatoya River
- Keleghai River
- Ketha River
- Khari River
- Khong Khola
- Kopai River
- Kosai River
- Kulik River-Raigang
- Kunur River
- Kunti River
- Mahananda River
- Matla River
- Mathabhanga River
- Mayurakshi River
- Mechi River
- Mundeswari River
- Muri Ganga River
- Piyali River
- Punarbhaba River
- Raidāk River
- Raimangal River
- Rangeet River
- Rasulpur River
- Rupnarayan River
- Sali River (West Bengal)
- Sankosh River
- Saptamukhi River
- Saraswati River (Bengal)
- Shil Torsa River
- Shilabati River
- Singimari River
- Subarnarekha River
- Talma River
- Tangon River
- Teesta River
- Thakuran River
- Torsha River
