District Environment Plan for South Goa District
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OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for South Goa District DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT PLAN FOR SOUTH GOA DISTRICT YEAR 2020 1 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for South Goa District Table of contents S.No Particulars Page No Preamble 04 1 Brief Profile of South Goa District 07 1.1 Location 09 1.2. Topography & Physiography 09 1.3. Rivers & Water bodies 12 1.4 Coastal areas 15 1.5. Forests 16 1.6 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 21 1.7. Soil 24 1.8. Geology & Hydrogeology 25 1.9. Mineral Deposits & Mining 28 1.10. Industrial Development: 30 1.11 Major industries 30 1.12. Climate 33 1.13. Administrative Setup 34 2. Introduction 35 3. Approach Methodology 35 4 Waste Management Plan 36 4.1 Solid Waste Management 37 4.2 Plastic Waste Management 49 4.3 C&D Waste Management 53 4.4 Bio – Medical Waste Management 57 4.5 Hazardous Waste Management. 61 4.6 E-Waste Management 65 5. Water Quality Management 68 6. Domestic Sewage Management Plan. 76 7. Industrial Wastewater Management Plan 80 8. Mining activity management plan 83 9. Air Quality Management Plan. 88 10. Noise Pollution Management Plan 92 2 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for South 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 South 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 South Goa vide letter no 37/42/ NGT-713- 2017 /2019/MAG/X/12836 dated 19.11.2019 constituted District Committee with representatives from Village Panchayats, Municipal Council , Regional Offices, Goa State Pollution Control Board, Dept of Environment and an officer representing the administration for preparing District Environment plan. This District Committee chaired and monitored by the South Goa District Magistrate. The members of District Environment Committee for South Goa District formed as under. 4 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for South Goa District Table 1. District Committee- South Goa Sr.no Name Designation 1 District Magistrate – South Goa District Chairman 2. GM, Goa Waste Management Corporation Member 3 Deputy Director (South) Directorate of Panchayats Member 4. Add. Chief Engineer (I&P) Water resource department Member 5 Dy Director (Public Health) Directorate of Health Member services 6 Dy. Director (industries), DITC Member 7 Dy. Director (I) Directorate of Mines & Geology Member 8 DYSP, Traffic (South Goa) Member 9 DYSP, Margao Member 10 Dy. Conservator of Forest (South) Dept. of Forest Member 11 GM, Sewerage & Infrastructural Development Corp. Member of Goa Ltd. 12 Chief Officer, Margao Municipal Council Member 13 Chief Officer, Mormugoa Municipal Council Member 14 Chief Officer, Quepem Municipal Council Member 15 Chief Officer, Sanguem Municipal Council Member 16 Chief Officer, Curchorem Municipal Council Member 17 Chief Officer, Ponda Municipal Council Member 18 Chief Officer, Canacona Municipal Council Member 19 Chief Officer, Cuncolim Municipal Council Member 20 Jr. Environment Engineer GSPCB Member 21 OSD to the Department of Environment Convenor- Member Secretary A meeting of the District Environment Committee to formulate the District Environment Plan for South Goa District was held on 19/ 12/2019. This DEP has been prepared in line with the model District Environment Plan (DEP) of CPCB and covers following thematic areas. 5 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for South Goa District 1. Waste Management Plan Solid Waste Management Plastic Waste Management Construction and Debris (C&D) Waste Management Biomedical Waste Management Hazardous Waste Management E-Waste Management 2. Water Quality Management Plan 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 South Goa District 1. BRIEF PROFILE OF SOUTH GOA DISTRICT. Goa, with an area of 3,702 sq. km is known as “The Pearl of the East”, Goa with its long beaches along the Arabian Sea is a principal tourist choice. Goa state comprises of two districts namely North Goa and South Goa. Exotic beaches and heritage villages in South Goa district attracts tourists from all over the world. Colva beach, Agonda beach and Palolem beach are the major beaches in South Goa district. Relics of rich Portuguese architectural legacy are visible in the district. Madgao is the commercial capital town of South Goa District. Two National highways NH 17 and NH 4A passes through the district. Konkan Railway and South-Central Railway also pass through the district. A major cargo handling Port is at Mormugao in South Goa. Dabolim Airport is in South Goa district connects the State with major cities in the country and with many of the international cities. South Goa District covers the entire southern part of Goa state. Arabian sea is to the west of district, North Goa district to the North and Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka state is in the East and South. South Goa is situated between the latitudinal parallels of 15029′ 32″ North to 14053′ 57″ North and longitudinal parallels of 730 46′ 21″ East to 740 20′ 11″ East. From North to South and from east to west the district spans 86 kms and 40 kms respectively. The total geographical area of the district is 1966 sq. kms. The district map of South Goa is presented as figure 1. 7 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for South Goa District Figure 1. South Goa District Map 8 OA 360 NGT District Environment Plan for South Goa District 1.1 . Location South Goa district lies between the latitudes of 150 29' 32" N and 140 53' 57" N and longitudes of 730 46'21" E and 74 0 20'11"E. South Goa district is bounded by Arabian Sea to the west, North Goa district to the North and uttar Kannada district of Karnataka to the East and South. The district covers a geographical area of 1,966 Sq. km. 1.2. Topography & Physiography The Goa state has undulating topography with slope varying from plain (slope <1%) to very gentle, found mainly in the coastal areas to very steep (slope > 35%) along the eastern boundary. However, gentle to moderate slope types are found more or less evenly distributed throughout the South Goa district. Geographically the district is divided into lowlands, plateau and mountainous region. Low land area is mainly coastal lines. Many beaches are located in this area. This area is fertile and hence thickly populated. The plateau region exists between the mountain region in the east and the lowlands in the west. In this region, plenty of lateritic stone are found which are used for building purposes. Some of the part of plateau land is called headlands and lighthouses are built on these headlands. Sahyadri Mountains are to the east of South Goa. This part is covered with dense forest. 1.2.1. Physiography Physio-graphically, Goa can be broadly classified into Coastal tract, sub-ghat region and the high ranges of the Western Ghats.