dehradun a doonbased student activist group making a difference by being the difference mad has requested state finance minister indira hridayesh to implement the 2014 report prepared by national institute of hydrology nih at roorkee pertaining to the revival of bindal and rispana streams wherein nih roorkee had requested for a grant of rs one crore to continue its project on revival of the two streams mad has made this demand in the backdrop of the budgetary announcement made by the fm wherein she has sanctioned rs 50 crore for the regularization of slums in various parts of the stateaccording to mad the state should not hesitate in sanctioning the funds for further studies to revive rispana and bindal streams especially because chief minister harish rawat who in his term as union cabinet minister of water resources had accepted mads petition and had directed nih roorkee to conduct the studyabhijay negi president mad said this was cm harish rawats pet project and we are not asking for much if 50 crore can be sanctioned for slums then a crore can also be given for revival of the rivers in the state however we are yet to receive any kind of reply from hridayeshmad also pointed out that now the two streams were part of the ganga river basin as declared by the prakash javadekar minister of environment and forests recently hence they were entitled to enhanced protection as well as efforts for their conservation should be undertaken at the very same scale as the efforts to conserve gangarispana and bindal have significant catchment area of 54 and 245 kilometers respectively but they have been encroached upon by slum dwellers who have made their colonies on the river banks efforts have been made by nagar nigam to remove these encroachments which have so far not been successful the government has also approved the plans for river front development project for revival as well as rejuvenation of the rivers for which mdda has been appointed as the nodal agency and work is underway for the same