Marking the World Rivers Day, which is celebrated on fourth Sunday of September every year, swimmers from the Amaravati Walkers and Runners Association (AWARA) demonstrated swimming feats in the Krishna River on Sunday.
Speaking on the occasion, the association’s child and women swim coaching coordinator, Sakuntala Devi said there was a decline in the quality of water in the river, which was the only source of drinking water and irrigation for four cities and districts, despite the fact that hundreds of eco-volunteers were engaged in the cleaning crusades.
“It is unfortunate that no government agency has made any attempt to check release of untreated sewage, sullage, meat, fish offals released by markets and garbage brazenly dumped by the local municipalities,” she said.
