Environment Ministry has taken up a new strategy for conservation and rejuvenation of major river water systems. The new strategy takes into account the entire river basin, which is contributing its flow to the particular river stretch for conservation. <br/><br/>The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Environment Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi today. He said, the present strategy for conservation of rivers is limited only to tackling pollution load from domestic wastewater and regulation of industrial pollution. <br/><br/>The Minister said, the new approach is a holistic one for rejuvenation of rivers, wherein water management and environment management are taken together for implementation to restore the lost ecology of the polluted stretches of the rivers. The Central Pollution Control Board had identified 302 river stretches on 275 rivers in the country as polluted.