On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that future generations will “talk of our struggle to rejuvenate the Narmada river” On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that future generations will “talk of our struggle to rejuvenate the Narmada river”On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that future generations will “talk of our struggle to rejuvenate the Narmada river”. Given that river conservation initiatives end up being state-driven top-down endeavours, the MP government’s efforts signal a welcome change. It does not attempt to address the ecological specificities of India’s fifth longest river. The sal-borer pestilence of the 1990s hurt the Narmada much more compared to the previous epidemics because pollution was already taking a toll of the river. Reports of the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board incriminate municipal waste for the poor health of the river.

Source: Indian Express May 15, 2017 19:18 UTC