In Kanpur, would not be out of context to say that, the River Ganga is the major factor of development of Kanpur. As Britishers in India gaining a foothold, they developed Kanpur as a major industrial city of India because of the availability of transport facilities through the River Ganga. In the decade of 70s, the flow of the River Ganga diverted towards Unnao, due to which the urban right bank of Kanpur became waterless and the development of Kanpur came to a halt. In the year 2005, after the construction of Ganga Barrage which was completed by the Urban Development, River Ganga started flowing again on the right urban coast of Kanpur city after about 36 years, resultant the urban banks of the Ganga and the Ghats became full of water and a pleasant atmosphere established all around.
The return of the flow of the Ganga has left a large area of land vacant, where the possibilities of thrilling river tourism and big development plans began to appear. In view of this, in the year 2006, on the proposal of Sri Aditya Mishra, IPS and Sri Neeraj Srivastava, who was working in the field of water sports, art culture, and infrastructur Development of Kanpur, Kanpur Mahotsav and State Level Water Sports Competition were organized in the Barrage area with the support of the then District Magistrate Sri.Anurag Srivastava . The possibilities were brought to the fore. In order to give further dimension to this sequence of possibilities, the proposal of Sri Neeraj Srivastava to set up a Boat Club and Water Sports Center was agreed to by the then Vice Chairman Kanpur Development Authority, Sri Deepak Kumar. Work started in the year 2007 with many ups and downs. In the year 2011, the then Commissioner, Kanpur Division, Sri Amit Ghosh gave direction to this scheme again.
The pre-selected Boat Club site, which was then identified behind the present Atal Ghat, was flooded in 2012. On the instructions of Smt. Shalini Prasad, the then Commissioner, Kanpur Division, Shri Balbir Singh Kushwaha, General Secretary of Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association, Dr. I.D. Sharma, Vice President of Indian Rowing Association, besides other experts in water sports, Municipal Commissioner Sri N.K.S. Chauhan, KDA Secretary, Sri Rakesh Shukla, Executive Engineer Irrigation Department, Sri M.K. Nigam, Expert Sri Aditya Mishra IPS, River Expedition Expert Sri Niresh Kumar etc. selected the location of the present Boat Club.
In the year 2015, Commissioner, Mohammad Ifftikharuddin and VC, KDA Jayashree Bhoj approved the funding of the Boat Club Scheme under the development of ghats by including it in the Botanical Garden Project and gave its construction work to Ganga Barrage Unit- 2 of the Irrigation Department Department. The project moved ahead under the direction of the then Commissioners, Kanpur Division, Sri P. K. Mohanti, Dr. Sudhir M Bobade
In the year 2020, Commissioner, Kanpur Division, Dr. Raj Shekhar Ji took immense interest and kept this project into top priority, due to his regular inspection and intensive review this project got speed up. V.C. KDA, Sri Arvind Singh also gave special attention to this project. With the support of District Administration, Kanpur Nagar, Municipal Corporation, Police Administration and 37th Battalion PAC and with the dedication of Irrigation Department Officials the construction work of Boat Club and Water Sports Center was completed in the year 2022. Kanpur Boat Club and Water Sports Center, after completing its 16-year journey from imagination to construction, establishing a new exciting dimension in the field of development in Kanpur city.
From imagination to construction, in the 15 years journey of Kanpur Boat Club & Water Sports Centre,Sri Neeraj Srivastava played a very important role. Now Boat Club is creating a new exciting dimension in the development of Kanpur. Boat Club trial activities took place at national level exposure on 24thJune 2022 in the presence of Hon'ble Speaker, Vidhan Sabha, Sri Satish Mahana Ji. Subsequently it was inauguratedon 9th December 2022 by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Sri Yogi Adityanath Ji and finally on 24th Dec. 2022 it became operational for public.
in the year 2006, on the proposal of Sri Aditya Mishra,IPS and Sri Neeraj Srivastava, highly expert and experienced in the field of Ganga conservation and water sports, further to explore this area Kanpur Mahotsav and State Level Water Sports Competition were organized in the Barrage area with the support of the then District Magistrate Sri Deepak Kumar and Sri Anurag Srivastava.The possibilities were brought to the fore. In order to give further dimension to this sequence of possibilities, Sri Neeraj Srivastava given a proposal to set up a Boat Club and Water Sports Centre at Ganga barrage area, the then Vice Chairman Kanpur Development Authority, Sri Deepak Kumar agreed on this and work started in the year 2007 with many ups and downs. In the year 2011, the then Commissioner, Kanpur Division, Sri AmitGhosh gave positive direction to this adventures project again. As pre-selected Boat Club site which was identified behind present AtalGhat was flooded in 2012, thenon the instructions of Smt.Shalini Prasad, the then Commissioner, Kanpur Division, ShriBalbir Singh Kushwaha, General Secretary of Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association, Dr.I.D. Sharma, Vice President of Indian Rowing Association, Municipal Commissioner Sri N.K.S. Chauhan, KDA Secretary, Sri RakeshShukla, Executive Engineer, Irrigation Department, Sri M.K. Nigam, Sri Aditya Mishra IPS, river expedition expert Sri Niresh Kumar selected the location of the present Boat Club. In the year 2015, Commissioner, Mohammad Ifftikharuddin and VC, KDA Smt. JayshreeBhoj approved the funding of the Boat Club Project under the development of ghats by including it in the Botanical Garden Project and gave its construction work to Ganga Barrage Unit- 2 of the Irrigation Department. The project moved ahead under the direction of the then Commissioners, Kanpur Division, Sri P. K. Mohanti, Dr.Sudhir M Bobade. In the year 2020, Commissioner, Kanpur Division, Dr. Raj Shekhar took immense interest and kept this project into top priority because of his regular inspection and intensive review project got speed up. V.C. KDA, Sri Arvind Singh also gave special attention to this project. With the support of Kanpur Nagar District Administration, Kanpur Municipal Corporation, Police Administration and 37th Battalion PAC, dedication of Irrigation Department,specially, with the devotional and expert experience leadership and regular follow up by Sri Neeraj Srivastava, the construction work of Boat Club and Water Sports Centre was completed in the year 2022. From imagination to construction, the15 years journey of Kanpur Boat Club and Water Sports Centr eestablishing a new exciting dimension in the field of development in Kanpur city
Boat Club activities was done at the national level exposure on June 24, 2022 in the presence of Hon'ble Speaker, VidhanSabha, Sri Satish MahanaJi. Finally Kanpur Boat Club was inaugurated on 9th December 2022, by the Hon'ble C. M. of Uttar Pradesh Sri Yogi Ji
