OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for North Goa District
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OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for North Goa District DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT PLAN FOR NORTH GOA DISTRICT YEAR 2020 1 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for North Goa District Table of contents S.No Particulars Page No Preamble 04 1 Brief Profile of North Goa District 07 1.1 Location 08 1.2. Geography 10 1.3 Topography & Physiography 11 1.4 Rivers & Water bodies 13 1.5 Coastal areas 17 1.6 Forests 17 1.7 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 22 1.8 Soil 26 1.9. Geology & Hydrogeology 26 1.10 Mineral Deposits & Mining 28 1.11. Industrial Development: 30 1.12 Major industries 30 1.13. Climate 32 1.14. Administrative Setup 32 2. Introduction 34 3. Approach Methodology 34 4 Waste Management Plan 35 4.1 Solid Waste Management 36 4.2 Plastic Waste Management 50 4.3 C&D Waste Management 54 4.4 Bio – Medical Waste Management 59 4.5 Hazardous Waste Management. 63 4.6 E-Waste Management 67 5. Water Quality Management 70 6. Domestic Sewage Management Plan. 81 7. Industrial Wastewater Management Plan 85 8. Mining activity management plan 88 9. Air Quality Management Plan. 93 10. Noise Pollution Management Plan 96 2 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for North Goa District Abbreviations NGT : National Green Tribunal DEP : District Environment Plan CPCB : Central Pollution Control Board C&D : Construction and Debris HTL : High Tide Line CRZ : Coastal Regulatory Zones LTL : Low Tide Line NCSCM : National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management MoEF&CC : Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change CZMP : Coastal Zone Management Plan GCZMA: Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority NDZ :No Development Zone GSWA :Goa State Wetland Authority GIS : Geographic information system MoWR : Ministry of Water Resources MSME : Micro, small & medium enterprises GIDC : Goa Industrial development corporation EIA : Environmental Impact Assessment CHWTSDF : Common hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal facility CPCB : Central Pollution control board SDO : Sub Divisional Officer GSUDA :Goa State Urban Development Agency DIDC :District industrial Development Corporation GWMC : Goa Waste Management Corporation WRD: Water resource department GSPCB : Goa state pollution control board SWM : solid waste management rules MC : Municipal Councils V.P : Village Panchayats SFR :State of forest report 3 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for North Goa District PREAMBLE Hon’ble National Green Tribunal in O.A. No. 710/2017 dated 15.07.2019 further in O.A. No. 360 /2018, (M.A. No. 823/2018) (SLP (Civil) No. 2959/2014), dated 26/09/2019 ordered to form the District Committee ( as a part of District Planning Committee under Article 243 ZD) for the preparation of District Environment plan as a Constitutional provisions under Articles 243 G, 243 W, 243 ZD read with Schedules 11 and 12 and Rule 15 of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. In the above said order, it is stated that among others “Chief Secretaries may personally monitor compliance of environmental norms (including BMW Rules) with the District Magistrate once every month. The District Magistrates may conduct such monitoring twice every month. “We find it necessary to add that in view of Constitutional provisions under Articles 243 G, 243 W, 243 ZD read with Schedules 11 and 12 and Rule 15 of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, it is necessary to have a District Environment Plan to be operated by a District Committee (as a part of District Planning Committee under Article 243 ZD) with representatives from Panchayats, Local Bodies, Regional Officers, State PCB and a suitable officer representing the administration, which may in turn be chaired and monitored by the District Magistrate. Such District Environment Plans and Constitution of District Committee may be placed on the website of Districts concerned. The monthly report of monitoring by the District Magistrate may be furnished to the Chief Secretary and may be placed on the website of the District and kept on such websites for a period of one year. This may be made operative from 1.08.2019. Compliance of this direction may also be seen by the Chief Secretaries of the States/UTs. This may not only comply with mandate of law but provide an institutional mechanism for effective monitoring of environment norms.” In view of these directions, District collector of North Goa vide letter NGT/OA NO.710-713 of 2017 /151 dated 11.11.2019 formed District Committee with representatives from Village Panchayats, Municipal Council and City Corporation , Regional Officers, Goa State Pollution Control Board, Dept of Environment and an officer representing the administration for preparing District Environmental plan. This District Committee chaired and monitored by the North Goa District Collectorate. The District Committee for North Goa District has been formed comprising following members. 4 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for North Goa District Table 1. District Committee- North Goa Sr.No Name Designation 1 District Collector – North Goa District Chairman 2. OSD to the Department of Environment Convener 3. GM, Goa Waste management corporation Member 4 Deputy Director (North) Directorate of Panchayats Member 5 Add. Chief Engineer (I&P) Water resource department Member 6 Dy Director (Public Health) Directorate of Health services Member 7 Dy. Director (industries), DITC Member 8 Dy. Director (I) Directorate of Mines & Geology Member 9 DYSP, Traffic (North Goa) Member 10 Dy. Conservator of Forest (North) Dept. of Forest Member 11 Dy. Commissioner, Corporation of the City of Panaji Member 12 GM, Sewerage & Infrastructural Development Corp. of Goa Member Ltd. 13 Chief Officer, Mapusa Municipal Council Member 14 Chief Officer, Bicholim Municipal Council Member 15 Chief Officer, Pernem Municipal Council Member 16 Chief Officer, Sankhali Municipal Council Member 17 Chief Officer, Valpoi Municipal Council Member 18 Jr. Environment Engineer GSPCB Member A meeting of the District Committee to formulate the District Environment Plan for North Goa District was held on 11/ 12/2019. This DEP has been prepared in line with the model District Environment Plan (DEP) of CPCB and covers following thematic areas. 1. Waste Management Plan . Solid Waste Management . Plastic Waste Management . C&D Waste Management . Biomedical Waste Management . Hazardous Waste Management . E-Waste Waste Management 2. Water Quality Management Plan 5 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for North Goa District 3. Domestic Sewage Management Plan 4. Industrial Wastewater Management Plan 5. Air Quality Management Plan 6. Mining Activity Management plan 7.Noise Pollution Management Plan 6 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for North Goa District 1. BRIEF PROFILE OF NORTH GOA DISTRICT. Goa, a tiny emerald land on the West coast of India is the smallest state of the India. “The Pearl of the East”, Goa with its long beaches along the Arabian Sea is a principal tourist destination and is known for its Gothic churches, crumbling forts, palm-fringed beaches, coconut groves, ferry rides, bubbly folk and music. Goa is a popular tourist choice not only in India, but also across the world. Goa with an area of 3,702 sq. km is situated between Karnataka and Maharashtra. It is bounded in the North by the Tiracol River (which separates it from Maharashtra) in the East and South by Karnataka State and West by the Arabian Sea. It is divided into two districts viz. North Goa District and the South Goa District. North Goa District is the administrative hub of the Goa state, with the presence of the State Secretariat and Head offices of all Departments of Goa. Panaji, the capital city of state of Goa, is a small picturesque town on the left bank of the river Mandovi. It is also the headquarter of the North Goa District. Source : from http://www.northgoa.gov.in/ Figure 1. North Goa District Map 7 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for North Goa District The North district is divided into four subdivisions – Panaji, Mapusa, Bicholim, and Ponda; comprising six Talukas – Tiswadi (Panaji), Bardez (Mapusa), Pernem, Bicholim, Sattari (Valpoi) and Ponda. However, for administrative convenience, Ponda has been shifted to the South District of Goa. Ponda Taluka is inserted in South Goa District as per Notification No. 37/2/2014-RD published in the Extraordinary Official Gazette dated 23rd January, 2015 Series I No.43. 1.1 . Location The North Goa District has an area of 1736 Sq. Km. Its geographical position is marked by 15o 48’ 00” N to 14o 53’ 54” N latitudes and 73o E to 75o E longitudes. North Goa shares its North and East boundaries with Maharashtra state and Karnataka state, respectively. Similarly, it shares its southern boundary with the South Goa District. Map showing talukas of North Goa district is presented as figure 2. Figure 2. North Goa District Map 8 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for North Goa District 1.2 . Geography North Goa being a part of the West Coast of India has many physical features that are common to neighboring regions of Maharashtra and Karnataka States. But the feature that lands the landscape and scenery of Goa a distinctive charm of its own, are mountains of the Sayhadris in the East. Further, the District comprises of middle level plateaus in the center with their detached elements abutting into the sea, the low-lying river basins and the coastal plains. Geographical area of North Goa district is 1736 sq.km. Landuse map of North Goa district is presented as figure 3. Source : North Goa irrigation plan Figure 3. North Goa District land use map 9 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for North Goa District 1.3 . Topography & Physiography The topography of Goa state, as such is undulating slope varying from plain (slope <1%) very gentle, found in the coastal areas to very steep (slope > 35%) along the eastern boundary of the state.