Most small and medium-sized Indian rivers do not have adequate water storage arrangements to harvest the excess water during floods. Failure of monsoon, unpredictable rains, encroachments across the catchment areas, diversions or blocks in channels, and ill effects of rapid urbanization gradationally lead to the disappearance of these rivers. Under these circumstances, an attempt is made in this article to review various factors involved in rejuvenating the dying river-Kousika.