Project Report on Green Cover Augmentation
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“Spiritual values in planting trees are the key to healing ourselves and our environment” PROJECT REPORT ON GREEN COVER AUGMENTATION IN TENALI MUNICIPALITY Green Cover Augmentation – Tenali Municipality Introduction Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali Mandal and Tenali revenue division. It is one of the oldest Municipalities formed in 1909 and now is Special Grade Municipality with a population of 164937 as per 2011 census. The Municipality at present has an area of 16.63 Sq.kms. Tenali town is the 5th biggest urban centre in this region after Vijayawada, Guntur, Nellore and Ongole. There are 40election wards in this municipality. History Tenali Town in Guntur District is constituted into Municipality in the year 1909 with the population of around 18,000. Tenali, ‘Andhra Paris’ is one of the sacred places of Panchavati in the delta area of Krishna River. The Archeological monuments revealed that the village ‘Teravali’ gradually became Tenali and it is also reputed for devotees, intellectuals, orators, artists and educationalists from ancient days. During the British imperial rule, Tenali was in Repalle Taluk in Machilipatnam district, which was later divided into Krishna, and Godavari districts. In 1904, Krishna District was again separated into Krishna and Guntur Districts. Repalle Taluk was divided into Repalle and Tenali Taluks in 1909. Regional Connectivity Road: Tenali has road connectivity by means of Guntur, Mangalagiri, Burripalem and Ponnur roads which leads to National Highway No-5. Railway: The Tenali Junction is an A – category junction station in Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone. It is situated on the Howrah-Chennai main line and also connects Tenali - Repalle branch line and Guntur-Tenali section AIR: The nearest airport is Gannavaram – which is at a distance of 50 kms Location Map 1 Green Cover Augmentation – Tenali Municipality Town Profile: Drains (in Kms) Pucca Drains : 240.80 Area : 16.63 Sq. Kms Kutcha Drains : 61.00 Population (2001) : 1,53,756 Storm Water Drains : 18.20 Population (2011) : 1,64,937 Total (Present) 320.00 No. of Households : 43,604 BPL Population (21.21%) : 34,918 Street Lighting Literacy (M -76.11%) (F- : 40 w Florescent Lamps : 4898 74.76% 73.34%) 150 w SV Lamps : 580 No. of Municipal Wards : 40 250W SV Lamps : 200 No. of Slums : 44 400 w High Mast Lamps : 13 Slum population : 75,831 LED Lamps : 108 No. Households in Slums : 18,958 Total : 5691 Revenue Sanitation Compost Yard : 6.732 Acres No. of House Tax : Garbage Generated per : 31600 70 MTs Assessments day No. of VLT Assessments : 1938 Garbage Lifted per day : 70MTs No. of Water Tax : 2006 Slaughter House : 1 assessments Conservancy Building : 1 No. of Shop rooms : 249 Shopping Complexes - 21 Vehicles Open places (8) lease : Jeep : 1 Rs. 1.68Lakhs amount (2015-16) Autos : 29 Vegetable Market lease : Rs. 20.80 Tractors with Trailers : 13 amount (2015-16) Lakhs Ladder Mounted Vehicle : 1 Mutton and Fish Stalls : Rs. 3.05 Dumper Placer : 1 Lease Amount (2015-16) Lakhs JCB / Proculainer : 2 Fruit Market Lease Amount : Rs. 2.75 Water Tanker : 1 (2015-16) Lakhs Equipment Other Civic Infrastructures Hand Fogging Machines : 12 CRC Buildings : 3 Sprayers : 16 Travellers Bungalow : 1 Wheel Barrows : 70 Community halls : 5 Dumper Bins : 37 Parks : 2 Push carts : 60 E-Seva Buildings : 3 Town Planning Burial grounds (Hindu - : 11 Muslim - , Christian - ) 1) a) No. of blocks : 32 No. of Vegetable Markets : (Housing) 1 (Rythu bazaars-3) No. of Survey wards : 12 Mutton & Fish market : 1 No of Survey Blocks : 104 No. of Shopping complexes : 22 for 12 wards Reading rooms : 7 b) No. of Master plan : 120 roads Water Supply No. of Roads widened : Protected Water Supply : 1 7 as per Master plan Reservoir Proposed No. of : No. of HSC’s (BPL-450) : 2300 Master plan roads 2 No. of PSPs : 50 widened No. of Public Hand Bores : 610 2) Total No. of Mpl. : 124 Frequency of water supply : Daily 2 hours Assets Vacant open spaces : Roads (in Kms) 26 including UDA Layout CC Roads : 148.50 Encroached open sites : 2 BT Roads : 4.60 Provided Fencing : 1 WBM Roads : 6.50 Proposed Fencing : 1 Others : 20.40 3) Total Applications : 914 Total : 180.00 received under B.P.S 2 Green Cover Augmentation – Tenali Municipality Demographic Details: As of 2011 census of India, the city had a population of 164,937 with 43,593 households. The total population constitute, 81,427 males and 83,510 females —a sex ratio of 1026 females per 1000 males. 14,340 children are in the age group of 0– 6 years, of which 7,347 are boys and 6,993 are girls—a ratio of 952 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 75.56% with 1,24,618 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%. The decadal growth rate observed to be decreasing due to the poor connectivity (Location Disadvantage). Demographic Details of Tenali Municipality Years Population Decadal Growth rate 1971 102937 31.09 1981 119257 15.85 1991 143726 20.52 2001 153756 6.98 2011 164649 7.08 Economy The town thrives on agricultural and associated trade activities. The agricultural lands around the city is irrigated by the Krishna river water flowing through its three main canals. Major crops include black gram, maize, jowar etc.Tenali Agriculture Marketyard is used for trading and exporting agricultural products. The biggest Sangam dairy, Co-operative Sugar factory, Continental Coffee works, internationally famous are situated very close to the town. he town has very high rate of floating population since Tenali functions as a regional centre and market place for Agriculture, Entertainment, Employment & Medical facilities etc. Growth of the city Most of the city extends towards the North while a very small part of the city’s municipal boundary extends to the south The growth of the city had been majorly along the transport route especially along the Vijayawada road and the railway line running across the city The ongoing development of the Amaravathi the Capital to the North West of the city is a major economic booster for industrial and allied activities in the region. 3 Green Cover Augmentation – Tenali Municipality GREEN COVER SCENARIO Canals: Three canals (East Canal, Nizamatnam and West Canal) of the Krishna River flow through the heart of the Tenali with a length of 2.8 Kms. For all the canals ETS survey conducted and proposed to beautify bunds duly taking up plantations on sides of canals and turfing on sloped East Canal Bund portion. Parks: In Tenali town three parks (Gandhi Ervin Park, Satyanarayana Park and Kavi Raja Park) are existing before. Recently through AMRUT UDAColony Park was developed and through the General Funds Colony park opposite to Bustand was developed. Satyanarayana Park Now Tenali Municipality is proposed to develop open sites at Indira Nagar, Itanagar and at Head Water Works to develop ecofriendly parks with special provision for child- friendly components. Parks Existing and Proposed: Extent Sl. ward Name & Address of the Park in Extent in No No Sq.mts Acres Gandhi Ervin Park at Muniswamy Naidu 1 8 4855.2 1.2 Road 2 6 Kavi Raja Park at Gandhi Nagar, Tenali 3236.8 0.8 3 13 Satyanarayana Park (Chinaravuru Tank) 32084.78 7.92 4 30 UDA Colony Park - AMRUT 2023.41 0.5 5 37 Colony Park at Bus stand 1416.40 0.35 4 34 Alapati Nagar – Nursery 3712.96 0.9 6 32 Indira Nagar – Yanadi Colony 2023.41 0.5 7 40 Municipal Water Works Site 12380.76 3.06 8 39 Potti Sriramulu Park- Itanagar 930.58 0.23 Total 62664.30 15.46 4 Green Cover Augmentation – Tenali Municipality Open Spaces: In Tenali Town there are 32 open spaces at various places with an extent of 12.72 Acres (51515.27 Sq.m). Now ULB is proposed to protect these sites with live fencing and proposed to develop green belt. Water Bodies: In Tenali heart of the town there are 5 water bodies exits for an extent of 31.66 acres at Itanagar – 2 tanks, Rajaka tank – 2 Parts and at Pinapadu. ULB has already taken up developments to Rajaka tank – one part. Now it is proposed to take up beautifications to four tanks duly taking up linings to tank portion, modernization of inlet outlet facilities, fencing and providing walkers track. Beautification with greenery is also proposed. Rajaka Tank Plantations: In Tenali Municipality is proposed to take up beautification of central dividers in four main roads passing in heart of the town for a length of 2.4 Kms duly providing lawn and Avenue plantation. It is also proposed to take up plantation in 44 Municipal schools, five Community halls, 11 Burial grounds and to take up plantation at compost yard, sewerage treatment plant including road side plantation both sides nearly for 150 kms length. 5 Green Cover Augmentation – Tenali Municipality Statistics of the green cover and open spaces: The area under green cover is only 597743.1 Sq. M (3.5 % of the total area) which is inadequate for the present population of the town. Area in Sq. M Area in Acres Area under Canals 462801.42 114.36 Area Under Parks 62664.30 15.46 Area under open spaces 51515.27 12.72 Area under Water Bodies 128122.50 31.66 Area under Plantations 50214 12.48 Total 755317.50 186.88 Comparison with Standards: Norms as per URDPFI Existing Benchmark: 10 -12 Sq.m per person 5 10-15% of the total Area 4.5 % Green cover scenario at Tenali City From the table above, the existing green cover in the Tenali city is about 4.5 % of its geographical area.