GORAKHPUR, June 7 -- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday emphasised the urgent need to revive one disappearing river in every district and turn plantation into a mass movement to combat climate change. On the extreme weather events, he said these are clear consequences of ecological imbalance caused by human activities.

Speaking after inaugurating Gorakhpur's second Kalyan Mandapam (community hall) at Surajkund Dham, Yogi called for large-scale water conservation efforts and widespread plantation along riverbanks and catchment areas.

"Rivers are like arteries of the nation's body. If they vanish, water crises arise," the CM said, recalling how the Gaurdhoiya stream, now being revived, was once a river but became a dra...