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Rivers are a lifeline for a large number of communities around the world, and with rapidly increasing rate of modernization, the natural resource has been hit the hardest. The misuse of the natural resource can be classified as a typical example of “Tragedy of commons”. A similar situation has been observed at Hindon, with an accelerated rate due to the fact that the path of the river takes it through the most densely pullulated parts of the country. Realizing this government of Uttar Pradesh took the initiative to rejuvenate the river basin through the development of rejuvenation plan of the Hindon.
The rejuvenation process started with the development of a governance mechanism for the Hindon basin, this came in the form of a Multi-Stakeholder Platform, which would allow dialogue among the stakeholders for the Hindon Basin. Since the problem for Hindon is that of common misuse, the solution was also proposed in the form of a common platform for the rejuvenation process.
In the initial stages the issues for the river have been identified and prioritized in accordance of the urgency of the action required in the context, which was followed by the validation of the prioritized issues and the possible action plans for the river basin. The implementation mechanism of action plans required governance and financial mechanism, has been proposed and validated by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. The plan includes the implementation and monitoring strategy for the Hindon basin with periodic review of the action plans for the continuous evolution of the action plans. The management structure has been drawn with the intention of having the reliability, adoptability and replicability in Indian context and hence follows a top-bottom approach.
