Along the way, onlookers gather along the riverbanks at key vantage points to observe the once-a-year spectacle.

Source: https://s24476.pcdn.co/uncategorized/121130/real-estate-transfers-205

At the same time, the labourers who had worked to build these shiny monuments to India’s ‘development’ and lived in shanties nearby, were evicted from the riverbanks.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/16/displacement-in-delhi-in-the-capital-this-is-how-farmers-are-treated/

Barn swallows have fewer barns and abandoned buildings to nest in. Improved flood control has reduced the available habitat along riverbanks for bank swallows.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/04/20/outdoors/swallows-are-disappearing-from-maine/

Brits have been warned of the risk of an invasion of Chinese mitten crabs - crustaceans that can damage riverbanks, have a negative impact on the fishing industry and give a painful bite if threatened.

Source: https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/first-uk-trap-chinese-mitten-8834358

Floating bars and restaurants line the busy riverbanks around the CBD – although it is astonishing that Ponyfish Island, a niche bar nestled under the Evan Walker pedestrian bridge, does not offer coffee.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/yarra-ferry-trip-tells-a-tale-of-melbourne-s-development-some-grand-some-awful-20230120-p5ceac.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national

It also burrows into riverbanks causing erosion and flood risks.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/23394210.experts-warn-freshwater-killer-shrimps-heading-scotland/?ref=rss

It also said postponing the event was impossible, due to "logistics involving other stakeholders who ensure safety on our site, on the riverbanks or on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge."

Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/la-ronde-cancels-fireworks-show-over-air-quality-concerns-1.6460736

Large banks of erosion sediment have been formed as the riverbanks collapse, and landowners have lost significant areas of their land with the loss of fences, vegetation and trees.

Source: https://www.dungogchronicle.com.au/story/8150569/work-starts-now-9m-plan-to-tackle-erosion-water-quality-in-williams-river/?src=rss

Massive destruction shattered the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna, home to about 100,000 people, where multi-storey buildings on the riverbanks collapsed and houses and cars vanished in the raging waters.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/2300-dead-in-libya-floods-scores-missing/

OzFish river repair team leader Jay Barnett, Moree-based OzFish cultural officer Michael Kirk and Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall survey the Mehi riverbanks.

Source: https://narrabricourier.com.au/2023/02/19/funding-set-to-transform-mehis-riverbanks/

Whitewater Region Mayor Neil Nicholson said water was backed up along most of his township’s riverbanks and five private roads were impassable to first responders as of Wednesday, when he declared the state of emergency.

Source: https://www.chch.com/communities-along-ottawa-river-declare-emergency-over-flood-risks/