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INTEGRATED DRAIN MANAGEMENT CELL (IDMC) NGT MATTER (OA NO.06/2012) First Status Report of Integrated Drain Management Cell (IDMC) OA NO. 06/2012 In the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs UOI & ORS 2 | P a g e First Status Report of Integrated Drain Management Cell (IDMC) NGT MATTER (OA NO.06/2012) INDEX S.No. Description of items Page No. 1. Index 3 2. Status Report 4-18 3. Order of Constitution of committee members 19-20 (Annexure-A) 4. List of Nodal Officer (Annexure-B) 21 5. CPCB Report (Annexure-C) 22-61 6. MOM (1ST Meeting to 5th Meeting) 62-83 (Annexure-D to H) 7. Action Plan Public Works Department (PWD) 84-85 (Annexure-I) 8. Action Plan Irrigation and Flood Control Department 86-89 (Annexure-J) 9. Action Plan New Delhi Municipal Corporation(NDMC) 90-93 (Annexure-K) 10. Action Plan South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) 94-220 (Annexure-L) 11. Action Plan Delhi Development Authority (DDA) 221-222 (Annexure-M) 12. Action Plan East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) 223-266 (Annexure-N) 13. Action Plan North Delhi Municipal Corporation 267 (NDMC) (Annexure-O) 14. Action Plan Delhi State Industrial Infrastructure 268-273 Development Corporation (DSIIDC) (Annexure-P) 15. Action Plan Delhi Cantonment Board 274-281 (Annexure-Q) 16. Action Plan Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board 282 ( Annexure-R) 3 | P a g e STATUS REPORT OF INTEGRATED DRAIN MANAGEMENT CELL BRIEF HISTORY: In the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs UOI and Others (OA NO.06/2012) following order has been issued by Hon’ble NGT on dated 05.03.2020: 1. Delhi government may set up within two weeks from today i.e. on 05.03.2020 an “Integrated Drain Management Cell” under Chief Secretary for remediation and management of all drains of Delhi with representatives of all agencies/ department/ Urban Local Departments owning such drains not below the level of Chief Engineer dealing with the management of Drains to the IDMC. CEO, DJB will be the Ex-officio Member Secretary of the IDMC. The IDMC may meet at least once in a week to start with constitution of IDMC will not affect ownership of drains. IDMC may send its reports to this Tribunal every two months by e-mail at [email protected]. 4 | P a g e 2. CPCB may revise its report on “Alternate Technologies for Management of waste Water in Drains” in the light of comments of YMC dated 17.02.2020 and forward the same to the Ministry of Urban Development., Jal Shakti, Govt. of India, NMCG, Govt of Delhi, Haryana and UP within one week from today for further necessary action on their part for making policy which may be finalised within one month from today. CPCB may file a compliance report after collecting status of compliance from the said authorities by email at judicial- [email protected] before the next date. Revised CPCB report may be placed on its website and also circulated to all state/UTs and PCBs/PCCs 3. IDMC may prepare and execute an action plan on the subject of “Alternate Technologies for Management of waste Water in Drains” after appropriate techno-economic evaluation at its end in the light of reports of the CPCB referred to by YMC in its recommendations dated 20.01.2020 and 17.02.2020 or any other relevant inputs on the subject within three weeks 5 | P a g e from its constitution which may be ensured by Chief Secretary Delhi. It is made clear that this directing does not in any manner obviate the need to comply with the earlier direction of this Tribunal and the timelines already laid down. It is made further clear that Tribunal has not expressed any opinion about viability or desirability of any particular process or technology indicated in the report or otherwise. Only object of direction of this Tribunal is reduction and abatement of pollution load by using the best possible option. 4. As per the order of Hon’ble NGT dated 05.03.2020 in the matter of Manoj Mishra vs UOI and Ors (OA no.06/2012) a 30 member Committee has been constituted vide order dated 17.03.2020 under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Delhi by Ministry of Urban Development, Govt of NCT Delhi with CEO,DJB as Member secretary and all Drain Owning Agencies(DOA)( Annexure “A”). 6 | P a g e 5. First meeting of IDMC was earlier scheduled in the month of March but could not be held due to COVID-19 Pandemic in India, as there has been Nationwide Lockdown since 24.03.2020. Finally 1st meeting of IDMC under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Delhi was held on 05.05.2020 through Video Conferencing, which was attended by the officers concerned. Copies of the extant orders of Hon’ble NGT, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Report, Power point Presentation and other relevant documents were sent through email/ WhatsApp prior to the meeting to all the Members of “Integrated Drain Management Cell” (IDMC). In this meeting all Drain owning Agencies (DoA) were requested to nominate Nodal Officers. All the DoA /Departments have nominated their Nodal officers. List of Nodal officers appointed by various drain owning agencies is enclosed as Annexure “B”. 7 | P a g e 6. As per directions of Hon’ble NGT, CPCB has suggested a basket of Alternate Technologies for management of waste water of drain in their report, such as Phyto-remediation, Constructed Wetlands(CWs), Microbials, Bioremediation, Ex-Situ Remediation Technique, Waste stabilization Ponds and Mechanically aerated Lagoons etc. Also categorization of drains has been carried out on the basis of discharge in the drains, their width, depth of water and pollution. Accordingly different Model- Treatment Schemes are suggested in CPCB report, which were to be examined and Action Plan was required to prepare subject to proper techno-economical evaluation by the Drain Owning Agencies. (CPCB report is being attached as Annexure “C”). All the agencies were asked to submit Action Plan by 26.05.2020. 7. So far five meetings of IDMC were conducted and all through Video Conferencing. Minutes of the Meeting of all the five meetings are annexed. (Annexure “D” to “H”). 8 | P a g e 8. Status of Action Plan for management of waste water in drains as per “Alternate Technologies” suggested by CPCB, which is to be prepared and executed by respective Drain- owning Agencies is as follows: a) Public Works Department(PWD) i) Total Drain length: Total Drain length under the jurisdiction of PWD is 2064.80Km. ii) Appointment of Consultant: PWD is in the process of appointment of IIT Delhi/DTU as Consultant. iii) Status of Consultancy Report / Action Plan and Timeline: Action plan will be submitted after appointment of Consultant and receipt of consultancy report. iv) Constraints: As per prevailing guidelines of Finance Department, GNCTD, due to COVID 19 and lack of funds, NO NEW PROJECT can be sanctioned till March 2021. It is informed by PWD that efforts are being made for getting Consultancy Report in phased manner so that some 9 | P a g e progress can be achieved in compliance of directions of Hon’ble NGT. v) Present Status: Proposal of construction Bio-remediation plant at two locations at Chhattarpur & Chatrasal Stadium for 2.5MLD and 1-1.5MLD respectively, is being taken up by PWD but due to some technical reasons, the work is held up as field visits of expert team are not possible due to COVID-19. It was informed that work of construction of Bio-remediation plant at two locations shall be taken up and is likely to be completed by Dec- 2021. Present status of PWD is enclosed as Annexure “I”. b) Irrigation & Flood Control Department ( I&FC) i) Total Drain length: Total Drain length under the jurisdiction of I&FC is 426.55Km. ii) Appointment of Consultant /Consultancy Report: It was informed by I&FC that as per the reports of NEERI and other Consultants engaged earlier by them, Bio- remediation/ Phyto-remediation was not found techno- 10 | P a g e economically feasible in any of the 57 drains under the jurisdiction of I&FC. iii) Present Status: To examine the feasibility afresh, efforts are again being made to re-engage NEERI for studying the other Alternate Technologies as suggested by CPCB for the 57 drains. The details are enclosed as Annexure “J”. c) New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) i) Total Drain length: Total Drain length under the jurisdiction of NDMC is 335.29Km. ii) Status of Consultancy Report, Action Plan and Timeline: Out of 335.29 Km of drain, NDMC has submitted that Bio-remediation in Kushak Nallah is being carried out since 2008-09. The testing of the samples is being done and parameters like BOD, TSS, COD etc are being regularly monitored. Further, NDMC has informed that for balance length of drains in NDMC area, no action plan is required as the entire length of drains except 11 | P a g e Kushak Drain is covered. Action Plan of New Delhi Municipal Council is enclosed as Annexure “K”. d) South Delhi Municipal Corporation (South DMC) i) Total Drain length: Total Drain length under the jurisdiction of SDMC is 258.78Km. ii) Appointment of Consultant: IIT Delhi has been appointed as Consultant. iii) Status of Consultancy Report/Action Plan and Timeline: IIT Delhi has submitted the Consultancy Report with Action Plan for treatment of waste water in drains. SDMC has intimated that estimates are being prepared for its implementation and timeline will be submitted on the basis of availability of funds.