Indore: Indore district has secured third spot in river revival category of National Water Awards for efforts made by district administration and an NGO in reviving Choral river under Integrated Watershed Management Programme.“After Latur and Wardha district of Maharashtra, Indore emerged as second runner-up in river revival category of the prestigious awards by ministry of water resources, river development & Ganga rejuvenation for Choral river. Union minister Nitin Gadkari will felicitate winners on February 25 in New Delhi,” Indore zila panchayat CEO Neha Meena told TOI.She said that efforts made by administration in developing 133 small, big water storage units including 115 stop-dams, check-dams on the river along with digging 14 ponds under Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP-03) has helped them maintained water in the river throughout the year. Nagrath Charitable Trust has also helped administration while locals of 14 nearby villages were directly benefitted by the project.“During a recent inspection conducted by a team of experts from Centre, villagers informed them that earlier, the river used to go dry in December but thanks to the efforts made for its revival by constructing stop-dams and check-dams, the river is still flowing in February,” Meena said.She said that the ‘successful’ Choral river revival project will now be adopted to revive other water bodies of the district including Kanh.

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