Indian rivers are our natural resources and play an important role for the mankind. In India, rivers are considered not only as a resource of water but they are believed to be sacred for the people. Many of our emotional and religious beliefs are attached to these rivers. But this heritage of natural resources is getting deteriorated and spoiled day by day. The nation’s rivers and lakes have long been the dumping ground for many industries. The rivers such as the Ganga, Yamuna, Cauvery, lakes such as Dell and Nagin (Srinagar), Loktak (Manipur), Chilka (Orissa) and many others are becoming the dumping grounds for poisonous chemicals, factories, agricultural wastes, insecticides and even acids. There is a big damage caused to the rivers by the Industries and Sewage systems of India. The river Damodar supplies water to all the families and industries in the two major industrial cities of Durgapur and Asansol in between these two cities there are about 70 big factories and 250 coal mines which have made the water of the Damodar river entirely poisonous. The river Vrashabhavathi that flows near the city of Banglore is so polluted that its color has completely become black. Indian rivers should be saved not just as the water resources but as the heritage of the country.
