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Intake well on Shivnath near Mahamara Barrage, Durg
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Water treatment plant at Mohara village near Rajnandgaon
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Many women along the banks of Shivnath still have to walk a long distances to bring safe drinking water.
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Polluted Shivnath's water near Nagpura village in Durg.
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A woman was leading towards her home after having a bath in Shivnath
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The river banks have widened up due to soil erosion
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Johan Lal Nishad an affected farmer from Nagpura village showing the area of his lost land due to soil erosion.
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"Many of the trees on the banks of Shivnath have fallen due to soil erosion", Says Johanlal, a resident of Bilaudi in Durg
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Brick kiln factory near Piperkhedi village
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"More than 250 marginalised farmers livelihood, who used to grow vegetables around Shivnath in Durg district was affected. The main reason is over-extraction of soil from the river bed, " says Shanti Bai, a vegetable seller of Piperkhedi village in Durg
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"Local varieties of fish like Pengana, Khodawa, Kotri, Sarangi and Rudani have almost vanished. The main reason is: pollution and building of various anicuts on Shivnath", says Darbari Ram Nishad, a fisherman of Malaud village in Durg.
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"The soil quality of Shivnath has deteriorated and affecting our pottery business also to a great extent. Brick kiln contractors many times do not allow us to take soil from the river bed," says Sohan Kumbhakar, a resident of Jevara Sirsa, Durg