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{{Infobox river
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'''Kanh''' is a river flowing through [[Indore]], the largest city in the Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=जागरण स्पेशल: इंदौर ने लिखी नदी पुनर्जीवन की नई कहानी |url=https://www.jagran.com/madhya-pradesh/indore-kahn-and-saraswati-river-revived-in-indore-jagran-special-22543336.html |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> The river started carrying sewage in the early 1990s. Several attempts have been made to clean the river, yet it remains polluted.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-03-05 |title=Madhya Pradesh to form task force to clean Kanh & other rivers |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/state-to-form-task-force-to-clean-kanh-other-rivers/articleshow/68262043.cms |access-date=2023-04-24 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
The river, along with the [[Saraswati River (Madhya Pradesh)|Saraswati River]], is a part of the [[
== Etymology ==
The name
Corruptions of the name include Kahn and Khan
==Pollution and environmental concerns==
Kanh has faced massive pollution due to the flow of sewage from industries. As an additional load, the household drainage is also dumped into the Kanh without any purification or cleaning.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/the-story-of-kahn-a-river-swallowed-by-the-spreading-city-of-indore-1486579608.html|title=The story of Kanh: A river swallowed by the spreading city of Indore|website=CatchNews.com|access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref>
==Rejuvenation==
In 2015, the Indian government announced the [[Smart Cities Mission]]. Indore successfully qualified in its Phase-1, and it ranked eleventh in the list released by Union Minister [[Venkaiah Naidu]] (MoUD), becoming one of the first twenty cities to be developed as a 'Smart City'.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/list-of-first-20-smart-cities-under-smart-cities-mission/article8162775.ece|title=List of first 20 smart cities under Smart Cities Mission|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref> An amount of Rs 39 crores had been spent till 2020 on the Kanh and Saraswati riverfront development, marking the completion of five out of eight stages of the riverfront's development.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/smart-city-spends-rs-660-cr-in-indores-development|title="Smart City spends Rs 660 cr in Indore's development"|publisher=[[The Free Press Journal]]|accessdate=April 4, 2021}}</ref>
In 2023 the Union government sanctioned Rs. 511.15 Crore for the cleaning of the Kanh and Saraswati rivers, under the '[[Namami Gange Programme]]’. Constructions undertaken using these funds are expected to be completed in the next two years.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-24 |title=511 cr for pollution check in city rivers |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/511-cr-for-pollution-check-in-city-rivers/articleshow/98194971.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-02-24 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
==Course==
Kanh rises from the Kakri Bardi hills which is also the source of the [[Shipra River]]. It later joins [[Saraswati River (Madhya Pradesh)|Saraswati]], which further joins Shipra, then [[Chambal River|Chambal]], then [[Yamuna]] and finally into the [[Ganga river]].<ref name=":0" />
==See also==
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[[Category:Rivers of Madhya Pradesh]]
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