The 12 rivers monitored under the central government’s National Water Monitoring Programme (NWMP) include Arkavathi, Lakshmantirtha, Tungabhadra, Bhadra, Cauvery, Kabini, Kagina, Krishna, Shimsha, Bhima, Netravati and Tunga.
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We had the old tradition in the country while crossing a river to put a copper coin or something made of copper into it, not only for the deserving reverential purposes but due to a scientific belief to have its waters purified and sterilized continuously for general benefit as copper has that antibacterial and purifying characteristics. However, we can claim to have advanced in all spheres, yet more or less we have miserably failed to save our precious water bodies […]