India, May 9 -- LUCKNOW As Lucknow rapidly transforms into a modern metropolis, environment experts and citizens are concerned over the future of Lucknow's lifeline - the Gomti, which is battling a host of urbanisation challenges -declining oxygen levels, rising fecal coliform, and an overwhelming burden of untreated sewage.

Will Gomti remain a viable, life-supporting river in the next 10 years...or will it be choked by massive urban expansion is the looming question.

Increasing population and rapid urbanisation pose a serious threat to the health of the river in Lucknow. Gomti, the 960-km long tributary of the Ganga, starts from Madho Tanda in Lakhimpur Kheri and culminates into the Ganga at Kaithi in Ghazipur. It is faces serious chal...