GANGA 61st Issue | Page 10

Newsletter No. 60;
IRBMS
13th of July 2017 a seminar was organized by the
v) In West Bengal a number of smaller river
rejuvenation programs have been undertaken by
the West Bengal Govt. MGNREGA cell. Berai,
Kulik River
Gandheswari and Shilabati rivers rejuvenation
work is in progress in Bankura district with the
District Administration for the rejuvenation of the
help of the Gram Panchayats.
River Kulik. IRBMS President Girija Sankar
In other districts like Birbhum, Hugli, South 24 Chattopadhyay and Secretary Shri Sujit Choudhury
Parganas are also involved in the project.
of
West
Bengal
also
the
water
conservation work is progressing with the help of
Panchayat in a large scale.
In Uttar Dinajpur District also, Govt. of West
Bengal is trying to rejuvenate the Kulik River a
tributary of Mahananda through MGNREGA. On
Editor- Sujit Choudhury, Published by Girija Sankar
Chattopadhay &assisted by Nilshikha Das (© Integrated
River
Basin
Management
Society
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