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‘Silenced River Springs Back To Life (Reviving Sabarmad River By inter-basin Warer Trunsfar)
unplanned development. Its banks and bed Sewage contaminated the storm water all of which cause water-borne diseases and ready to transfer the Narmada water to the
remaining dry most of the time, provided a outfalls and the dumping of industrial waste have an adverse impact on aquatic life. tiver Sabarmati after travelling a distance of
place to stay and source of livelihood for posed a major health and environmental “How to bring life back to this historical 230 km. With the Narmada main canal
many poor citizens. These river bank slums hazard. The river water samples taken in river?”, I asked myself. I knew that there duly completed to bring water to this point
had been disastrously flood prone and November 2003 showed a high level of Bio _— no other perennial and dependable and with the already provided escape
lacked basic infrastructure services. The Oxygen Demand, Chemical Oxygen source of water which could turn this river structure, it was an ideal arrangement to
slums located along the river bed had Demand, Chlorides, Sulphates, Total back to flowing state except Narmada water. operationalise the inter-basin transfer of
always been a major impediment to efficient Dissolved Solids, Suspended Solids, Fecal Fortunately, the Narmada main canal was Narmada water, I thought.
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