Eco-technological Civil Engineering for Revitalizing the Jalangi River: A Sustainable Policy Perspective

Datta SC*

The Jalangi River (JR), a branch of the Ganges River in Murshidabad and Nadia districts of West Bengal, India, flows into the Bhagirathi River and strengthens its lower channel, the Hooghly. The part of the Jalangi River in Nadia district (especially in the ISKCON Mayapur, Nadia surrounding river-based area) is considered for this study, which represents the river’s lower course. The key challenges are; decreasing water flow, shifting of the main channel of the Ganga, disturbing the main channel sediment quarrying from the river bank and -dry river bed, land-use changes, contamination of river water through the release of effluents into the river, garbage dumping, indicating eutrophication, and reducing the diversity of aquatic life, etc. The anthropogenic impact is mostly visible in the areas near Krishnanagar City, an enriched habitat of different flora and faunal diversity in a historic place. The biodiversity is decreasing gradually due to the oldest tourist spots where large gatherings, loud recreational events, killing of wild animals, cutting the trees, disturbing, catching, unethical human behaviours and urbanization nearby badly affected and it adversely affects the environment (Water, Sanitation and Ecology) and societal problems. To overcome it, the main aims and objectives; (i) the proper planning and awareness may regenerate the river environment. (ii) Preventing the mixing of water coming from industrial effluent, hospitals, aquaculture and agricultural effluent, and careless disposal of wastewater or soil erosion. (iii) Provide suggestions for future tourist behaviour to minimise the impact on biodiversity. It will be successful by engaging and getting scope to identify the prospects and study of management of land, water and living resources, promoting wildlife conservation and sustainable use equitably, and can also study ecosystem management. It is observed that the biodiversity of the ‘JR’ includes different aquatic animals, with fish, foxes, water monitor lizards, turtles, fishing cats, civet cats, barn owls, and even migratory birds. It may be enhanced through vegetation planning and management of water bodies and land that focus on tourist sites that can enhance the visitor experience, protect natural resources, and socio-economic benefit of local communities, and help promote the conservation of wildlife biodiversity, and research also improving “Civil-Engineering Environmental-Science World Policy”. The perfect ecological balance of fireflies with water, land and vegetation may develop any ‘Future-Socio-Economic-Eco-Tourist-Spot’. Thus, the findings suggest, “Civil-Engineering Environmental-Science May Save Jalangi-Like-Others-River For: Potential-Resources Socio-Economy Sustainable-Ecology Future-Wellbeing’s Policy!”, and “JR May Transform As Eco-Tourism Spot Focusing Ecological Foot Print Biodiversity Conservation Natural Resources Socio-Economic Management Ecosystems Improving World Environmental Policy! It needs many private financing partners for ‘Climate Transition’.

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Published on: Apr 18, 2025 Pages: 30-40

Full Text PDF Full Text HTML DOI: 10.17352/2455-488X.000093
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