In a meet-the-press program at Press Club Kolkata on September 9 the Save River Save Life (Nodi Bachao Jibon Bachao or NBJB in Bangla) campaign announced its program regarding this year’s World River Day on September 24. From September 10 to September 24 a river fortnight drive will be undertaken that will touch more than 20 districts of West Bengal. Sand Mining and stone quarrying on river bed defying all legalities are going on rampant killing river flow dynamics. But this capitalist civilisation did not recognise the value of natural flow of rivers, and chained the rivers to the detriment of human civilisation. Green revolution not only demanded a lot of river water but also sucked up a great part of subterranean water or groundwater.

Source: Indian Express September 12, 2023 13:27 UTC