World Rivers Day 2025 Observed on September 28 to Promote River Conservation.

World Rivers Day (WRD) is annually observed on the 4th Sunday of September to raise awareness about the significance of rivers, encourage their protection, and promote sustainable management. The 2025 observance marks 20 years of celebrating rivers in over 100 countries worldwide.

      - World Rivers Day aims to highlight the importance of rivers, encourage public participation in their conservation, and promote sustainable water management practices across the globe.

      - WRD is observed annually on the 4th Sunday of September. In 2025, it was celebrated on September 28, marking its 20th observance worldwide.

      - The idea for World Rivers Day was proposed by Canadian river conservationist Mark Angelo, Chair Emeritus of the Rivers Institute at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), who initiated the proposal at the United Nations for global recognition.

Main Point :-   (i) In response to Mark Angelo’s proposal, the United Nations officially proclaimed World Rivers Day on June 29, 2005, following inspiration from the British Columbia (BC) Rivers Day, which Angelo had founded in western Canada in 1980.

      (ii) The first World Rivers Day was celebrated in 2005 across various countries. The inaugural event featured a riverside clean-up of the Thompson River in British Columbia, Canada.

(iii) In India, the Puthenkavu Metropolitan Higher Secondary School National Cadet Corps (NCC) organized a clean-up of the Pampa River at Puthenkavu village in Alappuzha district, Kerala, as part of the Puneet Sagar Abhiyan initiative, marking the celebration of World Rivers Day 2025.