The Sabarmati River

Description

This is a photo of the dry bed of the Sabarmati River. For thousands of years the Sabarmati fed the city of Ahmedabad with fresh water and also had religious significance.

In 2018, the non-governmental organisation Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti released a report that the river was effectively dead, with no fresh water moving through it at all. Most of the river was simply dry, and the pools left were filled with sewage and pollution.

In 2002, water from the Narmada river was released into the Sabarmati River through the Sardar Sarovar dam. Today the river runs again through Amedabad, though it remains at risk.

This photo was taken by bhagyeshdmistry.