Gomti River and Gomti Riverfront Lucknow - Analysis on Restoration and Development

Gomti River Front Development (Lucknow) - Impact on sustainability, community, history, economy, and relevant interventionsTraveling to various parts of the world, and living in New York city with high population density for close to 10 years, especially along the Hudson river, we have grasped first hand how drainage systems and water bodies co-exist with man-made developments; specifically - how river banks are managed in a first world country. So as part of our analysis on river fronts and related developments in India, our team visited Lucknow in March 2016 to get a firsthand exposure on Gomti riverfront development. We talked to various experts on river ecology, hydrology and civil engineering, and also met some of the project team members on site. What we saw and the research on the matter via RTIs, documents, interviews we received- were indicating towards a major loss to the river ecology along with an imminent danger to a vast population living and dependent on this river syste...