Urban "development" is killing India's rivers a stream at a time. We are violating wetlands that charge streams and groundwater. We are channelizing small streams that charge rivers. We are converting rivers to sewers. We are reclaiming the land of the river. This photo presentation illustrates each of these ways we kill our rivers. It also narrates the fight of a few people to save a small stream, Devnadi, in Baner in Pune. A plea is made for an Conservation of Rivers Act outlining the chapters that would need to go into such an Act.

2. violating the wetlands channels don ’ t work turning rivers to sewers reclaiming the river devnadi conservation of rivers act

3. violating the wetlands

16. channels don ’ t work

47. turning rivers to sewers

61. reclaiming the river

104. devnadi

130. conservation of rivers act inviolable right of the streams and lakes for existence and natural change of course common rights of all life to streams the trustees to the streams and their roles, responsibilities principles and mechanisms of stream and lake conservation users, access rights and uses of streams penalties for trusteeship or user and use violation create a river conservation fund create an auditor general of river conservation and a river lokpal