Raje inaugurates Dravyavati rejuvenation project

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje inaugurated Dravyavati River Rejuvenation Project in Jaipur on Tuesday night.

The project aims to reduce pollution, create green spaces and treat 170 million litres of sewerage water everyday.

The project, which has been executed by Tata Projects Limited, is spread across a 47.5-km-long rain fed riverfront.

Raje visited the experience centre at Shipra Path where she unveiled the project. On the occasion, the CM said, "A dream project has come true for a new Jaipur."

Dravyavati river was a source of water in the city in the past but with time, it turned into a sewage nallah.

Tata Projects Limited officials said the river front project has jogging tracks along its banks. Further, the riverfront will reduce the threat of floods and create employment.

The encroachments were removed from the Nallah which helped restore the river, said Vinayak Deshpande, Managing Director, Tata Projects Limited. He said 16-km of the riverfront has been completed and .