A herd of buffaloes walks through the ankle-deep mucky water that passes off as the Harmu river in Ranchi. Many residents agreed with senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Poddar who recently criticised the urban development department headed by minister C.P. Singh, who is also Ranchi MLA, that Ranchi had become an “urban mess”. But I am highly disappointed at how the Harmu river rejuvenation project turned out. “If this goes on, the Subernarekha will meet the fate of the Harmu river that shrunk because of unplanned constructions.

Source: The Telegraph July 21, 2019 18:37 UTC