vadodaragandhinagar the vishwamitri river project may finally see the light of daychief minister vijay rupani held a highlevel meeting on friday to discuss the development plan for the river and directed officials to chalk out a comprehensive plan for making holistic development of entire river area of vishwamitri river from its origin at pavagadh to its amalgamation with gulf of khambhatvishwamitri that flows through vadodara has been a cause of concern due to flooding periodically and pollution sewage flows through the river and plans to rejuvenate it have moved at a snails pacethings however may change now with rupani emphasizing at the meeting that it is very essential to chalk out a comprehensive plan for vishwamitri to ensure that it doesnt affect life of people of vadodara city due to floods the cm suggested to officials of vadodara municipal corporation vmc that the plan should ensure that water flows into the river throughout the year so as to enhance the beauty and green cover in the cityrupani suggested that the project should turn out to be a role model in the country with its holistic approach and flood mitigation he asked the vmc to prepare a detailed project report dpr through a worldclass agency at the earliest and it should also be sent to the centre for financial assistance with a sharing ratio of 6040 between the central and state governmentsthe meeting was attended by vmc mayor dr jigisha sheth adviser to cm water resources b n navlawala chief principal secretary k kailashnathan additional chief secretary urban development mukesh puri principal secretary to cm m k das vmc commissioner nalin upadhyay and chairman of vadodarabased community science centre m h mehta mehta has also been at the forefront of vaho vishwmitri abhiyaan that is working for an environmentfriendly and sustainable approach to the project