<p>Residents of Raja Rajeshwari Nagar and other nearby areas are gearing up to save the Vrushabhavathi River, a tributary of Arkavathi. </p>.<p>The residents have started a social media campaign and roped in historians and geologists to save the minor river that is now highly polluted with industrial effluents and household sewage water. </p>.<p>The eventual aim of the initiative is to make the river free from sewage and other pollutants to benefit the farmers of Bidadi and Ramanagara. </p>.<p>“We are going to make people aware of the responsibility to conserve the river. This river has a special place in the history of Bengaluru but has become completely polluted as the city became a concrete jungle.</p>.<p>It is high time we addressed the issue,” said Niveditha Sunkad, a resident of Raja Rajeshwari Nagar. </p>
<p>Residents of Raja Rajeshwari Nagar and other nearby areas are gearing up to save the Vrushabhavathi River, a tributary of Arkavathi. </p>.<p>The residents have started a social media campaign and roped in historians and geologists to save the minor river that is now highly polluted with industrial effluents and household sewage water. </p>.<p>The eventual aim of the initiative is to make the river free from sewage and other pollutants to benefit the farmers of Bidadi and Ramanagara. </p>.<p>“We are going to make people aware of the responsibility to conserve the river. This river has a special place in the history of Bengaluru but has become completely polluted as the city became a concrete jungle.</p>.<p>It is high time we addressed the issue,” said Niveditha Sunkad, a resident of Raja Rajeshwari Nagar. </p>
