Death of Rivers

Death of Rivers

The rivers are like our life lines.they are the main source of water. River recharges the ground water level so we can get water in all 12 months.

But today, our rivers are going to disappear from this ecosystem and this is very dangerous. 

We studied one river named Dev river from its source to end.The river sources from the hill of sus village. It has two sources.

The both sources are little far from each other. They both meet down at the bottom of the hill. After about 500m the river there is released into a cement pipe which flows under the road & again starts flowing after 5m. There it has been smelling very badly & all the wet garbage is thrown there by society.

           The dev rivers average width is about 62m & the land is reclaimed & made small gutter of 2m. It is fully made like a canal. Near the river the project have been undertaken by the JNNURM (JAWAHARLAL NEHRU NATIONAL URBAN RENUAL MISSION)and the dirty water from the construction site is released in the river.

Dev river was a big river. Now it has become a canal .the aquatic life has extended from Dev River, because of plastic garbage the water flow has been stopped. The sand can hold the water in rainy season. In summer season sand release the water and the river began to flow. The river should flow every time but some rivers flow only in rainy seasons. The sand which holds the water is taken away from the river. The constructions are done on river side and all the dirty water is released in river so river has been changed into canal.

Lastly the DEV RIVER meets the RIVER MULA. 

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Mosin Shaikh