Rispana River (also Rispana Rao) is a tributary of the
Song River
The Song River is a river located in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet b ...
that drains central
Dehradun
Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislativ ...
in Uttarakhand, India. It emerges from a small spring at the base of
Mussoorie
Mussoorie is a hill station and a municipal board, near Dehradun city in the Dehradun district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is about from the state capital of Dehradun and north of the national capital of New Delhi. The hill ...
ridge near Rajpur village. Currently, the Rispana is contaminated as many of the city's sewage lines empty into the river and it has been encroached upon in many places.
In 2018, a plan was initiated to revive the Rispana and
Bindal
Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland region in the extreme southwest part of Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Terråk. Other villages include Bindalseidet, Holm, Vassås, Horsfjord and Åbygda.
The mu ...
rivers.
References
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Rivers of Uttarakhand
Geography of Dehradun
Dehradun district