ICAR-CIFRI celebrated World Rivers Day

25th September 2022

World Rivers Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of September every year to increase public awareness about rivers and to encourage their conservation. The theme of World Rivers Day was “the importance of rivers for biodiversity”.

ICAR - Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore celebrated ‘World Rivers Day’ today at three different places namely Karela Bagh ghat, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh & Sonia Vihar, Delhi on the bank of river Yamuna and Kodalbasti, Subhasini area on the bank of river Torsha in Jaldapara National Park Complex, West Bengal.

Dr. Dharam Nath Jha, Scientist In-Charge, Prayagraj Centre of ICAR-CIFRI stressed that rivers are a gift of nature in which biodiversity is nurtured and conserved, so there should be a continuous effort to maintain it, for this, the use of pesticides and plastics in the catchment areas of rivers should be reduced.

Shri Nandlal Nishad Nanda, Councilor of Karela Baghward of Prayagraj Municipal Corporation urged to pay attention to water and fish conservation in rivers. He stressed on the need to conserve juvenile fish and use of proper mesh size net.

Shri Rajesh Sharma, representative of National Mission of Clean Ganga (Namami Gange), Dr. Absar Alam, Dr. Venkatesh Ramarao Thakur, Scientists also interacted with the people and informed about the importance of biodiversity and the measures to be taken.

The pledge to keep the rivers clean was also administered to all the participants.

On this occasion more than 100 persons including fishermen, businessmen, bathers and students residing on the banks of the river participated and expressed their views.

At Kodalbasti and Subhasini on the bank of river Torsha in Jaldapara National Park Complex, West Bengal, local people were enlightened about different aspects of river conservation.

Around 50 persons including fishers participated in the program.

(ICAR - Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore)