CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, District Magistrate Manish Bansal said that Saharanpur's Sindhli river existed till 1952 and after that this river was illegally encroached upon and big houses were built. The work of reviving it is being started. A budget of five crore rupees has been approved for this. He told that all types of encroachments will be removed from the river. He said that efforts to revive the river were started three months ago. Nakur's SDM Sangeeta Raghav is engaged in removing encroachments from the places of this river. Some farmers are also doing farming by illegally encroaching the land of this river. District Magistrate Manish Bansal said that after coming to Saharanpur, he searched the records of the Revenue Department and found the existence of the river as a narrow drain around 1952 in 1359 AD. This tributary of Yamuna, Sindhvi river, which flows till Shamli, was 36 kilometers long and had become extinct due to illegal occupation. Remember that earlier, while being the District Magistrate in Sambhal, Manish Bansal had worked to revive the 110 kilometer long Shodh river there. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had praised Manish Bansal in the program Mann Ki Baat. The origin of Sindhli river was Bangani Haiderpur. From where this river used to flow through Shahjahanpur to Sirska, Sanauli, Salarpur, Kallarheri, Alampur, Lakhnauti, Shakarpur and Beanpur villages. This river used to merge with Yamuna river in Bajapur. District Magistrate Manish Bansal assured that Sindhli river will soon be seen in its old form.