{"id":149107,"date":"2021-11-26T20:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T14:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=149107"},"modified":"2021-11-26T20:00:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T14:30:03","slug":"union-minister-for-jal-shakti-launches-river-cities-alliance-a-dedicated-platform-for-river-cities-in-india-to-ideate-discuss-and-exchange-information-for-sustainable-management-of-urban-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/union-minister-for-jal-shakti-launches-river-cities-alliance-a-dedicated-platform-for-river-cities-in-india-to-ideate-discuss-and-exchange-information-for-sustainable-management-of-urban-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Minister for Jal Shakti Launches River Cities Alliance -A Dedicated Platform For River Cities In India To Ideate, Discuss And Exchange Information For Sustainable Management of Urban Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union Minister for Jal Shakti has launched the River Cities Alliance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the River Cities Alliance?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Launched by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The alliance is a partnership of two Ministries i.e., Ministry of Jal Shakti and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Purpose:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a dedicated platform for river cities in India to ideate, discuss and exchange information for the sustainable management of urban rivers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Objectives:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide the member cities with a platform to discuss and exchange information on aspects that are vital for sustainable management of urban rivers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To work towards adopting and localizing national policies and instruments with key river-related directions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To strengthen governance aspects for river cities and improve their liveability to attract external economic investments and access state-of-the-art knowledge.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Themes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The alliance will focus on three broad themes- Networking, Capacity Building and Technical Support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Participating Cities: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 30 member cities in the alliance include: Dehradun, Haridwar, Rishikesh, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Secretariat:\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Institute for Urban Affairs(NIUA) with National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>Union Minister for Jal Shakti Launches River Cities Alliance<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>PIB on 24th Nov 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? 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