The attempts to clean and rejuvenate Kahn and Sarawati rivers are now coming to fruition. Described as an open sewer for the longest time, most of the 21 km long Kahn river has been cleaned and freed of all the garbage. Similarly, the 15 km long Saraswati river has also been cleaned. As a result of this, parts of the rivers have seen an increase in the fish population.

A change in infrastructure to maintain cleanliness in the rivers

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As part of the many attempts and ways adopted to keep these local rivers clean, about 5500 large sewers and nearly 1800 smaller sewers and household drains have been closed. The sewage water that was once released into the rivers is now sent to the city’s 7 sewage treatment plants. Once the dirty water is treated, it is released back into the rivers. Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has been successful in stopping the inlet of dirty water in 135 km long rivers and streams in the city so far.

Under the central government’s AMRUT Yojana, around ₹220 crores have been spent on Indore’s sewage treatment plans. This budget has been used to better the underground sewage network in the city and establish the 7 active sewage treatment plants with a capacity of treating 397.50 million litres of sewage daily.

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These necessary advancements have helped in making the rivers stench-free with clean water running in them. About 80% of rivers and streams in the city are now clean. In addition to that, there have also been a significant increase in the Bio-Oxygen Demand (BOD) levels in these rivers.

With there conscious efforts by the IMC, Indore became the first Water Plus city in the country only last year, after being honoured as the cleanest city in the country.