The Mahanadi Poem by Gajanan Mishra

My mother river
Most important
Peninsular river of India
I survive for you.

O my mother river
You are abused
Due to indiscriminate
Garbage and sewage discharge
Due to industrial effluents
I know how you are
Struggling to stay alive.

O Mahanadi, my mother river
My quest for so called development
As a modern society putting
You on death bed
You are dying I know
I am dying I know
My civilization is also dying
I am helpless to heal you
O Mahanadi, my mother river
I need you alive
I need you alive.