Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
ANNEXURE 5
CASE STUDY OF RIVER RESTORATION
PROJECT (DANUBE RIVER)
River restoration in India poses great challenges, due to various factors, including
population density, encroachment on floodplains of the river, a multitude of
stakeholders, as well as conflicting state interests and political interests. In order
to gain valuable insights from other river restoration projects around the world,
cases need to be equally challenging and complex. In this context, we have chosen
the Restoration Project of the Danube River.
Some basic facts about the Danube:
1. It crosses over 19 countries.
2. The length of the river is 2860 km
3. Total area of the river basin is 801,463 km
1. BASIC FEATURES OF THE DANUBE:
The Danube River Basin (DRB) covers a total area of around 801.000 km and
collects water from the territories of 19 countries in Central and Southeastern
Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic,
Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Moldova, Bulgaria, and Ukraine).
Today, around 83 million people inhabit the DRB. Sixty cities in the DRB have a
human population of more than 100.000. Culturally, the DRB consists of a wide
variety of languages, traditions, histories, and religions. The political and social
conditions and the corresponding economic status of the DRB countries are more
diverse than those in any other European river basin.
The Danube is the second longest river in Europe (2826 km), and its large delta
forms an expansive wetland (area: 5640 km) of global importance. The mean
Indian Rivers
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