JAMMU: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday expressed concern over the health of the Devika river in Udhampur district and urged for immediate measures for its cleaning and conservation.
“Due to increase in pollution from various sources, including municipal sewerage, the river had suffered heavy degradation and therefore, deserves to be immediately taken up for cleaning and conservation,” the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office said.
Reviewing the progress and implementation of the ambitious Devika river rejuvenation project at a high level meeting here, Singh said it was the first-of-its-kind project in the State and was important not only from the environment and ecological view point, but also from the religious point of view. (AGENCIES)
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