The Kali Bein River
The Kali Bein River
The Kali Bein River
Prelims news 23 july
The kali Bein River-
Starts from Dhano village in Hoshiyarpur and meets with river Beas and Sutlej in Kapurthala.
Waste water from the village and towns and the industrial wastes turns it black. This led to the name Kali bein (black rivulet).
Sikhism. Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, is believed to have attained enlightenment after taking a dip in the Kali Bein. Guru Nanak Dev Ji is said to have disappeared while bathing in the Bein only to reappear three days later.
Kali Bein plays a key role in recharging the water table and in flood management in its watershed. It is also a key source of irrigation for the agricultural fields there. The kanijli wetland, a Ramsar site (a wetland site designated of international importance under the Ramsar Convention), is supported by the Kali Bein. As a result of the Green Revolution, the use of industrial and agricultural chemicals and the exploitation of groundwater led to the drying up of the Kali Bein along parts of its course and the contamination of groundwater leading to diseases and the drying up of farmlands .
the Kali Bein became progressively polluted until it was cleaned and rejuvenated in a mass action led by Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal in the 2000s