IDEAthon on ‘The Future of River Management-1

Recently, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) organized an IDEAthon on “The Future of River Management’.

 ▪️The IDEAthon sought to brainstorm the learnings from Covid-19 pandemic, the following lockdown and its impact on river management.

▪️ It examined how the social angle of rivers can be leveraged on to address other crises.

▪️It sought to create a framework called River Management in a city’s Urban river management plan.

 ▪️It aimed to garner more attention towards river management and also highlight the interconnectivity of cities with the river.

 ▪️Namami Gange (implemented by the NMCG) and NIUA plan to bring out a policy paper based on the deliberations of the IDEAthon for river management.