Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution according river Narmada, lifeline of the state, status of living entity. With this, Narmada has become the third river in the country after Ganga and Yamuna to get the legal right as a living entity.
A special session of state assembly, convened here, passed the resolution granting the 1,312-km-long Narmada all legal rights of a person or a living entity to ensure “conservation of aquatic bio-diversity linked with the purity and incessant flow of the river”.
“The move will go a long way to help conservation of Narmada, lifeline of MP,” Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told reporters here.
“The resolution seeks to provide legal protection to Narmada for her conservation,” he added.
Earlier on Tuesday, state cabinet approved the proposal to declare Narmada a living entity paving way for passage of the resolution in the house on Wednesday.
