Varanasi: Plan to revive river drains - river drains in Varanasi will get revival

Remove ad Read only News Varanasi: Plan to revive rivers and drains by Abhishek Sharma under the editorship of: Abhishek Sharma updated: Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:23 am (IST) Jagran correspondent, Varanasi: with three blocks, including the urban area, as well as the rapid area, as well as the rapid area, as well as the urban area. Along with reflection, a brainstorm also began. There is now preparation to work by planning. In the workshop related to Catch the Rain in the Auditorium of Vikas Bhawan, a presentation was presented by the organization German Development Corporation (Giz), Delhi, on mapping water bodies in the district. The organization’s program manager Krishnan Tyagi and technical adviser Jagdish Menon offered complete information on the condition of rivers, channels, dams and other water resources in each block. Through the map it was told of the rivers and drains moving through all the grams of Panchayats of the district that if work is done according to the plan, all the water bodies can be brought to their original form. Rainwater can be preserved in greater quantity. A significant increase in the falling groundwater level is expected. CDE Himanshu Nagpal instructed the officers to draw up an action plan based on this information and ensure that the work begins. There may be no level delay. The officials also shared information about the work done to other dams, including Nad River. During this, when the Giz organization presented a submission on mapping water bodies, it was told that three blocks of the district, including the urban area, were included in the dark zone and only two were safe. In Varanasi, Varuna River and other river drains are renovated. Remove ads, read only news