Calcutta, Dec. 21: The government has decided to clean several rivers in the state after finishing work on the Ganga.

“After Nirmal (clean) Ganga, we will undertake the Nirmal Nadi Abhiyan (clean river drive),” environment minister Sailen Sarkar said.

The Teesta, Torsha and Mahananda in north Bengal and Ajoy, Saraswati, Damodar, Rupnarayan and Matla in the south will be cleaned next year.

Sarkar said: “My department will announce the guidelines for the clean-up after talks with the municipalities and panchayats.” A meeting with municipality and panchayat chiefs has been called in the first week of January .

“Almost all municipalities took part in the Ganga drive that will end this month,” said Biswajit Mukherjee of the high court-appointed panel to monitor pollution in the river.