Tabulated Statement of 5Th Report
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Tabulated Statement Summarizing the Main Issues raised in Yamuna Monitoring Committee’s 5th Report Dated 7.12.2020 Along with Comments of Stakeholders and Comments of YMC thereon. Submitted by the Monitoring Committee to Hon’ble National Green Tribunal Pursuant to Orders dated 6.7.20 in OA number 06 / 2012 Shailaja Chandra B.S. Sajwan 23rd January 2021. The Statement follows the sequence of Chapters as listed in the Table of Contents of the 5th Report dated 7.12.20. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Environmental Flow Chapter 2: DDA and Demarcation of the Flood Plains and Conservation Activities Chapter 3: Quality of River water Chapter 4: Sewage Treatment Plants Part I - Status Report on the Construction, Upgradations and Functioning of DJB STPs as reviewed by YMC Part II - Functioning of Existing STPs Part III - Short Term measures for Increasing Capacity utilization Part IV - Long Term Measures for Better Capacity Utilization Part V - Decentralized STPs Part VI - In- situ Bio/Phyto-remediation in drains Chapter 5: Interceptor Sewer Project (ISP) Chapter 6: Repair and maintenance of Drains Chapter 7: Industrial Pollution and CETPs Chapter 8: Sewage and Faecal Sludge Management Chapter 9: Online Monitoring of STPs, CETPs and Yamuna Chapter 10: Use of treated Waste Water Chapter 11: Industry Interface Chapter 12: State of Haryana and pollution of the River Yamuna Chapter 13: State of Uttar Pradesh and Pollution of the River Yamuna Environmental Flow S.No. Issues as per YMC Observations in YMC’s report of Comments of stakeholders/ Comments of YMC on the Recommendations of Final report of 7.12.20 parties reply received from the YMC 29.6.20 and stakeholder concerned NGT's order of 6.7.20 1 E- Flow: Pursuant to NGT’s order of6.7.20 No further comments on YMC’s YMC reiterates that 1.NGT may consider NGT in its order of directing that Principal Committee report of 7.12.20 received from the recommendations issuing directions to 6.7.20 directed as should decide on the issue of E- flow, NMCG/MoJS. made in the report of NIH MoJS/NMCG to accept under: MoJS/NMCG had observed that the be accepted and E- flow and notify E- flow The third major water sharing agreement of 1994 notified. This is necessary recommended by the issue is of e-flow among the riparian states of as the recommended E- NIH this will set a which has to be Uttarakhand, HP, UP, Haryana, flow will set as benchmark benchmark/platform on worked at Rajasthan and NCT Delhi is due for on which policy decisions which policy decisions administrative revision only in 2025unless any of the may be taken. may be taken. level. Apart from states so demand implying that no In collaboration with authorities in revision of water sharing will be Ministry of Agriculture Delhi, the States possible to achieve the E-flow of 23 and the state of Haryana and cumecs in the lean season as governments concerned, UP cannot avoid recommended by NIH study. policy and schematic their interventions be initiated responsibility. For augmenting flow in the river to to increase the usage of Undertaking achieve E-flow the following measures water efficient irrigation awareness have been recommended after the practices and adoption of programme and meeting of the Principal Committee crops which are more involving civil held on 22.5.20 and another meeting efficient users of water. society is held under the chairmanship of Additional steps like essential. Minister MOJS on 3.6.20: regulation of ground Effective 1. Increase in irrigation efficiency. water, rain water 1 institutional 2. Scientific estimation of crop water harvesting and recycling 2.Prepare a monitorable monitoring demands and scheduling of irrigation of waste water in basin action plan in mechanism has to based on soil-water-plant interactions, states will be required to coordination with other be evolved. be pursued more Ministries like 3. Conjunctive use of surface water The issue vigorously to achieve the Agriculture, and the state and groundwater, and technological of e-flow may be goal of rejuvenation of governments to achieve up-gradation by adoption of resolved by the the river. the recommended E- sprinkler/micro-sprinkler/drip Principal In the absence of a policy flow. Without this the irrigation systems for achieving the Committee as on various water policy intent may not be desirable level of irrigation efficiency. recommended by conservation measures achieved. 4. Regulate groundwater withdrawal in YMC being recommended as the basin especially in the Mawi- 2.Creation of integral to achieving e- Baghpat stretch and augment Water reservoirs flow, the entire study may groundwater recharge in order on the floodplains become an academic 3.The CGWB and CPCB be tosustain base flows to augment exercise. directed to continue to 5. Shifting from water intensive crops ground water monitor the ground viz., paddy/sugarcane cultivation less The measures suggested water level and its quality water intensive crops like cotton and by the MOJS, though in coordination with IFCD employing efficient water use desirable, are open during, pre- monsoon, practices such as micro-sprinkler, drip ended and there is no post-monsoon and lean irrigation. road map suggested as to season months and 6. Augmentation of non-monsoon the policies, programmes submit reports to the inflows at Hathnikund barrage by or schemes at the YMC and Principal creating storage of monsoon runoff government of India level Committee to take a under Lakhwar, Kishau and Renuka and state government decision on further storage dam projects. level , that are needed to continuation and its 7. Treatment of effluent coming be implemented to extension to other areas through various drains meeting river achieve the quantifiable if found beneficial. Yamuna - the non-monsoon average incremental flows in the BOD of the drains discharging in the river with ultimate goal of river ranges from 19.6 mg/l to 262.2 2 mg/l. With such high level of pollution achieving the around 390 cumecs flow will be recommended E flow. The required to be discharged from MoJS has only conveyed Wazirabad barrage, which is not a its intent without any viable solution. definitive programme. It was stated that further developments on E-flow and the water conservation measures by basin states will have to be monitored for achieving the overall objective of river rejuvenation. 2. The impact on the E 2. CREATION OF WATER BODIES/ flow in the river on RESERVOIRS IN FLOOD PLAINS OF IFCD has informed that CGWB account of other RIVER YAMUNA BY RETAINING and CPCB are monitoring the conjunctive measures like EXCESS WATER IN THE RIVER DURING ground water, both in quality conveying 70 MGD of MONSOON SEASON FROM PALLA TO and level and based on the treated waste water to WAZIRABAD finding further steps will be Palla and releasing it into The pilot project for recharge of taken. the river and exchange of Yamuna flood plain was initiated in the fresh water with treated year 2019 on an area of 40 acre on the water with the states of floodplain near Palla. A rise of 1 to 1.3 Haryana and UP as metre was observed in the planned by the GNCT piezometers due to flood in the River Delhi also need to be in the year 2019.In the year-2020, the assessed by the GNCT work of excavation of pond/ reservoir Delhi and the NMCG/ was started on 24.06.2020 and has MoJS. been already completed on 10.07.2020 in an area of 26 acre. A rise 3 of 0.5 to 2.0 metre has been observed in the piezometers due to flood in the River in the year 2020.A total of 33 CGWB and CPCB should piezometers have been installed to send periodic report on monitor ground water level through the monitoring of ground and CGWB. water done by them to the YMC. The ground water level in the project area will require to be monitored so that lessons learnt can be used to recommend more such projects. 4 DDA and Demarcation of the Flood Plains and Conservation Activities S.No. Issues as per YMC Observations in YMC’s report of Comments of stakeholders/ Comments of YMC on the Recommendations of Final report of 7.12.20 parties reply received from the YMC 29.6.20 and stakeholder concerned NGT's order of 6.7.20 2. Setting up an SPV 1. The Honorable Tribunal had noted The modified draft order at The following comments NGT may consider or any other body that section 5 A enables the authority Attachment as Annexure C- of YMC are being given directing that the to oversee the (DDA) to constitute committees and 2/1 of Fifth Report dated without reference to membership of the River Related directed that the dedicated agency 7.12.2020 shows DDA’s DDA’s response which RYMC, the Executive Issues. needs to be put in place which can intention and the broad does not touch on key Committee (or focus on issues relating to River contours of the proposed aspects as the previous Committees) s suggested rejuvenation by involving civil society, RYMC structure, its column shows. [By way of by YMC and the experts/institutions as necessary for constitution and its explanation the subcommittees or ecological restoration of the floodplain membership. observations below do system for institutional zones, maintaining vigil, undertaking not have a relationship back -up should be flow measurement, removing 1. DDA has recognised the with the points listed in prepared in a way that encroachment and undertaking need to have a permanent Column 4.] the challenges and activities including Riverfront body with the wherewithal to bottlenecks get development.