GS Analyst: Daily Current Affairs

The World Rivers day is going to be celebrated on 25^th of September for the year 2022.

• Objective: Annually celebrated to raise and spread awareness about the role and importance of rivers and other waterways and the threats that could potentially endanger the waterways around the world, as well as to promote the improved stewardship of all waterways for sustainable development.    
• Mark Angelo was the first to observe this day and the first Rivers day was celebrated in
• The events include activities like visiting local rivers, cleaning up creeks, rowing water games etc.
• In around 100 countries globally will participate in the event to spread awareness regarding saving rivers in different countries, including India.

Threats to Rivers

• The Rivers in every country face an array of threats and thus need to be sustainably managed.
• The Ganga and other rivers in India have been facing a serious threat from pollution, dams, construction, sand mining and other human activities, impacting people and species dependent on them for their existence.

Importance of Rivers

• Rivers play an important role in ecosystem and are extremely helpful to human life.
• They are one of the biggest sources of freshwater.
• Rivers not only provide us with fresh drinking water, but also provide water for domestic needs (e.g., food, energy, recreation, hygiene) and agricultural purposes (e.g., irrigation).
• They also provide a pathway to enable people and goods to move or transport from place to place.
  
  

Some Conservation Strategies in India

• Namami Gange Project
• Ganga Rejuvenation
• Narmada Bachao Andolan