District Environment Plan - Puducherry District
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No. Description Page No. 1 Introduction 1 2 Water Resource Management 2-8 3 Air quality Improvement 9-11 4 Noise Pollution Control Measures 12 5 Sewage Treatment Plan 12-17 6 Industrial Effluent Management 17-18 7 Integrated Waste Management 18-30 8 Mining Regulation Plan 30-36 9 Bio-diversity and Greening Puducherry 36-38 10 Wet Land Conservation Plan 39 11 Coastal Zone Management 40-54 12 Annexure (I-IV) 55-69 LIST OF TABLES Table No. Description Page No. 1 Geography and Demography of Puducherry District 1 2 Status of Air Quality 2018 9 3 Properties of Various Fuels 10 4 Emission level of various fuels 11 5 Availability of Treated Sewage water 13 6 Quality of Treated Sewage 16 7 Usage of Treated Sewage 16 8 Details of Solid waste generation in ULBs in Puducherry 18 9 Details of Solid waste generated in Rural Local Bodies 19 10 Physical composition of solid waste generated 19 11 Chemical Composition of solid waste generated in 20 Puducherry 12 MLP Manufacturers 23 13 Brand Owners in Puducherry 24 14 Details of HCFs 26 15 District-wise Bio-medical Waste Generation 26 16 District Wise Bio-medical Waste Generation as per part- 27 2 17 Hazardous Waste Generation 27 18 Mining Violation 32 19 Special Task Force 33 20 Area Covered under CRZ in Puducherry 41 21 Area Covered under CRZ in Yanam 42 22 Area Covered under CRZ in Mahe 42 23 Types of Coastal Erosion Zone 46-47 24 Area Statement for Puducherry District as per 51-52 CRZ Notification, 2011 25 Details of Coastal Revenue Villages falling under CRZ in 52 Puducherry District LIST OF FIGURES Figure No. Description Page No. 1 Model Flow Chart for Restoration of 4 Pond or Lake 2 Sector wise Ground Water Usage 6 3 Status of Ground Water Quality 7 4 Noise Level during Diwali 12 5 Location of major Sewage Treatment 14 Plants 6 Location of major Sewage Treatment 15 Plants 7 Utilization of treated Sewage for fodder 17 cultivation 8 E-waste Generation 30 9 Wet Land Map of Puducherry 39 10 Puducherry Union Territory 40 11 Shoreline Changes Map of Puducherry 48 Region 12 Formation of beach 50 13 General public rejoicing in the newly 50 formed beach 14 Map indicating locations of Vaithikuppam 53 drain and Kurichikuppam drain 15 Map indicating Pallavaikkal drain, Uppar 54 drain and Grand canal DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT PLAN - PUDUCHERRY DISTRICT 1. Introduction Puducherry District consists of three region viz. Puducherry, Mahe and Yanam. Sewage Treatment PuducherryPlan region is located on the coast of Bay of Bengal to an extent of 292 Sq.Km. It consists of two Municipalities viz. Puducherry and Oulgaret and five Commune Panchyats. The details are given below: Table 1: Geography and Demography of Puducherry District Sl. No Name of the Municipalities / Area(sq.km) Population Commune Panchayats 1. Puducherry Municipality 19.55 2,44,377 2. Oulgaret Municipality 34.55 3,00,104 3. Ariyankuppam Commune Panchayat 24.38 72,055 4. Bahour Commune Panchayat 54.82 68,757 5. Mannadipet Commune Panchayat 64.33 86,500 6. Nettapakkam Commune Panchayat 30.62 51,718 7. Villianur Commune Panchayat 65.99 1,26,778 Total 294.24 279,030 Puducherry District also consists of two Regions viz. Mahe and Yanam. Mahe is located adjacent to Kerala State and Yanam is located nearer to Andhrapradesh. Sl.No Region Area Sq.Km Population 1 Mahe 8.69 41,816 2 Yanam 20 55,626 1 2. Water Resource Management a. Surface Water Sewage Treatment Plan In Pondicherry region, there are 59 system tanks (i.e. tanks that are connected to river systems) and 25 non-system (rain fed) tanks which irrigate about 6600 hectares of land. The system tanks receive supply from the two rivers and three major tributaries. Water from the rivers and tributaries are conveyed to the tanks through feeder channels. Apart from the 25 non-system tanks there are nearly 609 ponds that can hold rainwater. Much of the rainfall runoff can be stored in the 84 tanks. The annual water availability of the Puducherry district is assessed to be 184.975 MCM, out of which share of surface water is 60.905 MCM (32.92%) and ground water is 124.07 MCM (67.08%). The main source of irrigation prior to 1987 was 84 no's of tanks and lakes which were supplemented by 3,000 numbers of shallow tube wells. The practice of conjunctive usage of surface and ground water was neglected since middle of the 1980‟s and thereafter the entire requirement of water is being met out from groundwater leading to neglect of surface water resources. Inspired by the Hon‟ble Prime Minister‟s impetus on Jal Sanchay, Government of India has launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) to revive India back to a sustained system of water conservation. In line with this, Hon‟ble Chief Minister of Puducherry launched the “Neerum Oorum” project on 05.09.2019 to protect and restore the water bodies and augment the ground water resources of Puducherry on mission mode. The project aims to revive Puducherry district back to a sustained system of water conservation by the following five aspects with the leadership of District Collector: - i. Water Conservation and rain water harvesting, ii. Renovation of traditional and other water bodies, iii. Reuse of water and recharging of structures, iv. Water shed Development and v. Intensive afforestation. 2 The following tasks have so far been carried out under the project. Taking inventory: The number of water bodies in the district is available in the Revenue Records. To help them to make an inventory, a team was sent to survey the water bodies, document the same and provide a unique number to every pond based on its location – village, panchayat and sub-division. At present, about 454 Ponds (Kulam/Kuttai) and 84 Tanks (Lakes) are identified and available in Pondicherry district. The Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) have been prepared by the 2 municipalities and 5 Commune Panchayats for rejuvenation of these ponds. Corporate Social Responsibility, Convergence: Through convergence with MGNREGA Scheme, PWD, Local bodies and with CSR support of many companies, banks and NGOs including Lions and Rotary Clubs, desilting of 120 ponds have been completed to date. Further, work for another 80 ponds is in progress, including 30 temple ponds. About 200 Kms of canals were cleaned. De-silting of canals: De-silting of canals, was undertaken with support from local leaders and officials from the district administration, as a part of Neerum Oorum. The project received vital support from the offices of the Lieutenant Governor and Chief Minister. Neerum Oorum: The tagline for the water bodies rejuvenation programme was “Neerum Oorum”. Advertisements were given in local newspapers, appealing for support from the public, corporate sector and institutions. More than a dozen companies provided free services. Geo-tagging of water bodies: Government of Puducherry in association with the council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, has developed as Android-based mobile application called `NeerPadhivu-Jal Abhilekha‟ to digitize all water bodies in Puducherry and monitor change in the use of land in and around the water bodies using remote sensing and GID-based geotagging techniques. The application would also provide a platform for public participation through crowdsourcing of the water body information system of Puducherry made available on the internet. The application, a first of its kind in the country, was launched on 15 November 2019. 3 Impact: Many of the ponds that were rejuvenated over the past few months now have water, increasing the water storage capacity of the district. This will also help increase the groundwater table. Care will also be taken to ensure that the ponds will be retained as water bodies. Plans are in the pipeline to improve the appearance and approach to the water bodies by building pavements around them and if space permits make a park near them that could have a picnic area or open air gym. Fig.1: Model Flow Chart for Restoration of Pond or Lake 4 River Sankaraparani river originates from Ginge in Tamil Nadu, hence it is also called Gingee river. It enters Puducherry at Suthukeney and flows into Puducherry for 34 Kms before reaching Bay of Bengal. It is a seasonal river and its flow depends on the rainfall of Gingee region. Based on the value of BOD, Chunnambar river (Tail end of Sankaraparani) has been categorized as Polluted water stretches in Priority V (BOD: 6 mg/l) class by Central Pollution Control Board. In compliance with the Hon‟ble National Green Tribunal (NGT) direction in O.A.No. 673 of 2018, Govt. Of Puducherry has formulated an Action Plan with ten components for the restoration of Chunnambar, which has been identified as one of the polluted river stretches. The action plan consists of provision of sewage treatment plant in Villiyanur, and boat house, eradication of open defecation on the river bank by providing community toilets, periodical river water quality monitoring, curbing illegal sand mining, improving biodiversity and developing green belt on both sides of the river. Villiyanur is one of the urban agglomerations located on the bank of Sankaraparani river. Approximately 15,000 households and commercial establishments are located. It is estimated that around 0.6 MLD of sewage is being generated. Public Work Department (PWD) has initiated action to install 1 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). There are 23 Revenue villages present on the bank of Sankaraparani River. Open Defecation is common phenomenon on the river bank.