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[[File:Fishing boat on the River Sal (72166048).jpg|thumb|Fishing boats sailing on Sal River]]<br />
[[File:1 Sal River Goa India.jpg|thumb|Sal river in [[Goa]], [[India]].]]<br />
[[File:Boat on River Sal, Goa (73293930).jpg|thumb|Boats at Sal river]]<br />
The '''Sal River''' is a small river in [[Salcete]], [[Goa]], India. Thought to be the smallest river in [[Goa]].<ref>http://www.indiamapped.com/</ref> The river opens near [[Verna, Goa|Verna]] and flows in south-western direction through 16 kilometers passing through the villages of [[Nuvem]], [[Mongul]], [[Seraulim]], [[Colva]], [[Margao]], [[Benaulim]], [[Navelim]], [[Varca]], [[Orlim]], [[Carmona, Goa|Carmona]], [[Dramapur]], [[Chinchinim]], [[Assolna]], [[Cavelossim]], [[Mobor]] and drains itself into the [[Arabian Sea]] at [[Betul, Goa|Betul]]. Sal river boating is also a tourist attraction.<ref>http://www.goavision.com/index.html</ref> <br />
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'''Fishing''' was common occupation of the local residents in the olden days which boosted the economy of the Goa but has declined due to the '''pollution''' of the river banks. In past few years rapid '''Urbanization''',''' encroachment''', deforestation and wastage dumping led to severe pollution and loss of marine ecology. Local residents of Benaulim have been complaining to the Government since 2008 about pollution and the dumping of garbage into the river<ref>{{cite news|title='Save Sal plea to Cong govt fell on deaf ears'|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-01/goa/31269936_1_cong-govt-state-pollution-control-board-khareband|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517214539/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-01/goa/31269936_1_cong-govt-state-pollution-control-board-khareband|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 17, 2012|accessdate=21 September 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=Apr 1, 2012}}</ref> and residents of [[Carmona, Goa|Carmona]] have raised a [[Greenpeace]] petition to stop a '''"mega-housing project"''' which it is feared will add to the pollution.<ref>[http://www.greenpeacex.in/petitions/stop-the-overloaded-construction-polluting-river-sal Stop Destruction of River Sal in Goa! - Samson D' Costa]</ref> On 4 February 2018, the Central Government of India sanctioned a project worth Rs. 61.74 crore for controlling the pollution on the river Sal.<ref>http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176150</ref><br />
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