India, May 11 -- A Sabarmati riverfront kind of makeover is being planned along 4.5 km on either side of the Dahisar river as part of its rejuvenation-beautification project. Local MP and union minister for commerce and industry Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that there were also plans to introduce lighting and a boating facility and to develop the river as a model for eco-tourism and a recreational hub for North Mumbai. The minister added that seven rainwater harvesting facilities were being planned within Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), where the Dahisar river originates, to keep it flowing all through the year.

Goyal was speaking at a function to announce the commissioning of two fully automated sewage treatment plants on the river, ...