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Vaitarna River REPORT ON ACTION PLAN FOR CLEAN-UP OF POLLUTED STRETCH OF VAITARNA RIVER JUNE, 2019 CONTENTS VAITARNA RIVER (Gandhre to Sarashi) .................................................................................... 3 1.1 Executive Summary of Action Plan Restoration of Water Quality of Vaitarna River .... 3 1.2 Preamble - ........................................................................................................................ 6 1.3 Background ...................................................................................................................... 8 1.4 Status of Domestic Sewage Generation and Treatment ................................................. 11 1.5 Status of Industrial Effluent Generation and Treatment ................................................ 12 1.6 Drains out-falling into River Vaitarna ........................................................................... 12 1.7 Status of Water Quality .................................................................................................. 12 1.8 Status of Water Quality .................................................................................................. 14 1.9 Status of Ground Water Quality ..................................................................................... 15 1.10 Waste Management ........................................................................................................ 16 1.10.1 Solid Waste Management ....................................................................................... 16 1.10.2 Bio-medical waste Management ............................................................................. 16 1.10.3 E-Waste management ............................................................................................. 17 1.10.4 Hazardous Waste Management ............................................................................... 18 1.11 Dream Project of Government of Maharashtra (GOM), Namami Chandrabhaga ......... 19 1.12 Involvement of Civil Society/Creation of awareness ..................................................... 20 1.13 Greenery Development Plan of Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra ........ 27 1.14 Plan for Restoration of Water Quality............................................................................ 29 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Introduction of river stretch ............................................................................................. 11 Table 2 Domestic sewage aspects on the river stretch .................................................................. 11 Table 3 Water Quality at Vaitarna River near road bridge, Village - Gandhare, Taluka - Wada, District - Thane. ............................................................................................................................ 13 Table 4 Water Quality Index for 156 locations (surface water & ground water) during January - 2019............................................................................................................................................... 15 Table 5 Ground water quality in Thane district ............................................................................ 16 Table 6 Status of Waste Management .......................................................................................... 18 Table 7 Time Bound Action Plan for Vaitarna River ................................................................... 29 Table 8 Timelines for Implementation of Restoration Plan .......................................................... 31 1 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Stretch of Vaitarna River .................................................................................................. 9 Figure 2 Map Showing Stretch of Vaitarna River ........................................................................ 10 Figure 3 Map Showing NWMP Station across the stretch of Vaitarna River .............................. 14 2 VAITARNA RIVER (Gandhre to Sarashi) 1.1 Executive Summary of Action Plan Restoration of Water Quality of Vaitarna River Sr. Description of Item Details No. 1. Name of the identified polluted river and its : Gandhre to Sarashi tributaries 2. Is river is perennial and total length of the : Non - Perennial polluted river Length- 5-10 Km 3. Revised priority as per Jan. to Dec.2018 : Priority V Analysis results 4. No of drains contributing to pollution and : No discharge of domestic effluent. names of major drains 5. Major Towns on the banks of the river with : No towns of major villages located on the bank of population river. 6. a. Sewage generation & Treatment in MLD : Total Sewage generation- NA Total Sewage Treatment- NIL b. Total no. of existing STPs and proposed : NIL STPs with total capacities in MLD c. Gaps in sewage treatment in MLD and no. : NA of towns not having STPs 7. Major industrial estates located with total : No industries are located on the bank of river. no. of industries a. Total water consumption and total : Industrial effluent – NA industrial effluent generation in MLD b. No. of industries having captive ETPs : NIL and their treatment capacity in MLD c. No of CETP’s and their treatment : No CETP capacity d. Gaps in treatment of industrial effluent : No Gaps Waste Management : 8. a. Solid Waste Generation & processing : Solid waste generation- 01 MT/day, Treatment – Nil MSW generated is disposed by dumping. b. Biomedical Waste Generation & : Thane district: treatment Total Biomedical waste generated: 530 kg/day. Total Biomedical waste treated: 530 kg/day c. E-Waste Management Generation & : E-waste generated by industries is sent to MPCB treatment authorized E-waste reprocessor d. Hazardous waste Management : There are 1579 Hazardous waste generating industries in Thane. These industries generated 3 about 142003.31 MT Hazardous waste in year 2017-18. The HW from Thane district is scientifically disposed through Trans Thane Creek Waste Management Association, MIDC Mahape, Navi Mumbai CHWTSDF capacity – Landfill – 21600 MT/A 9. Action plan includes mainly covering aspect : RRC has already requested to Water Resource such as Dept, GoM for maintaining minimum E-flows and (Proposal for utilization of sewage, ground water shed management, plantation on both sides water recharging or rain water harvesting, of the river, setting up of bio-diversity parks. measures for regulating ground water use, protection and management of flood plain Water resource department, GoM has prepared zone, maintaining minimum E-flows and integrated State Water Plan, which includes water shed management, plantation on both recycling of Treated sewage. sides of the river, setting up of bio-diversity MPCB - Action plan for Utilization of Treated parks etc., as per Hon’ble NGT Orders dated Sewage has been submitted to CPCB. 20.09.2018 and 19.12.2018) 10. Min. and Max. required time period for Max – 3 Years implementation of action plans 11. Total estimated budget in crores towards : Shahpur Nagar Panchayat – 1.5 MLD is proposed implementation of proposed action plans The Maharashtra Pollution Control Boards has with break-up ( e.g. No. of STPs, capacity, also reserved Rs. 461.42Cr. for preparation of total cost; No of CETPs, total capacity, action plan for abetment & Control of Pollution of Cost towards interception and diversion of River Water due to sewage & solid waste disposal sewage/effluent to STPs/CETPs etc.,) from B & C Municipal Councils (342Nos of Urban Local Bodies.), Nagar Panchyat & Gram Panchayats The said funds will be used for DPR preparation, development of infrastructure for sewage collection & treatment & development of infrastructure for Solid Waste Management. The DPR preparation & implementation of the same will be completed by year 2022 (i.e in next 3 years). 12. Whether ‘River Rejuvenation Committee : River Rejuvenation Committee (RRC) constituted as (RRC) constituted by the State Govt./UT per the Maharashtra Government G.R. issued by the Administration and If so, Date of Environment Dept, GoM vide No. NGT 2018/PC- constitution of ‘RRC’. 2/TC-3 dtd.13.12.2018. 13. Responsible Organisation (s) for : 1. Water Resource Department, GoM implementation of proposed action plans 2. Urban Development Department 14. Expected deliverables w r to achieving : 1. To achieve 100% sewage collection and treatment Goals 2. To achieve 100% MSW collection, transportation and treatment. 4 3. To achieve river water quality of Bathing standards by 2022. 4. Augmentation of River Flow and restoration of water quality-2023 15. Initiatives taken by Govt. of Maharashtra : Maharashtra Government through its forest and MPCB. department has announced The Plantation Program in 2016 with the aim of planting 2 crore & planted 2.82 crore saplings. Forest Department has set the target of plantation of 4Crore, 13Crore and 33Crore saplings under the mission of 50Crore plantation which shall be accomplished in the three consecutive years viz. 2017, 2018 and 2019. GOM, announced ‘Namami Chandrabhaga Abhiyan’ in year 2016. It is an initiative taken to revive and rejuvenate the river Chandrabhaga and to restore its historic glory. Government of Maharashtra has prepared a comprehensive plan for cleaning of the river on the lines of ‘Namami Gange’. The aim of the mission is to make the Chandrabhaga river pollution free and conserve its purity and sanctity up to year 2022. MPC Board will provide financial & technical assistance to villages in next three years to comply with sewage & waste management. MPC Board has issued Direction to the local bodies to
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