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Environmental Plan of Kargil District THE ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH Environmental Plan of Kargil District INDEX S. No. Contents Page No. 1. Introduction 3-7 2. Solid waste Management 8-16 3. Bio Medical waste management 17-22 4. Plastic w aste management 23-25 5. C&D waste management 26 6. Water waste management 27-29 7. Sewage management 30 8. Prevention of illegal Mining 31-32 9. Air Quality management 33-35 10. Hazardous waste management 36-37 11. E-Waste management 38-39 12. Noise Pollution Manag ement 40-41 13. Industrial waste 42 14. Environmental Activities in Picture 43-45 Environmental Plan District Kargil 2 1. INTRODUCTION Environment is a diverse field involving the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere. Unabated exploitation of its resources by humans over the last many decades has given rise to issues like climate change, biodiversity loss, water resources depletion, natural disasters, and pollution of various types indirectly effecting the survival and quality of life for humans itself. However its protection and management started to take prominence in the 1960s and 1970s with the book Silent spring written by Richael Carson in 1962 which has been a stepping stone for protection of environment in America. Stockholm Conference, 1972 was the first major global conference for protection of environment. Since then emphasis has been consistently put to keep equilibrium between development and environment. Environmental planning has become a separate discipline within planning. It is done by a range of agencies other than the key planning agencies. Many environmental agencies establish policies that guide future decision making so as to provide adequate environmental protection. Environmental planning is the process of facilitating decision making to carry out land development with the due consideration given to economic, social, political and governance factors. It provides a holistic framework to achieve sustainable outcomes for a community. A major goal of environmental planning is to create sustainable communities, which aim to conserve and protect undeveloped land. In Kargil, quality of life and well being is very much dependent on how we use, develop and protect our natural resources such as land, rivers, groundwater, air, landscape and biodiversity which have ecological, economic, social, cultural and aesthetic values associated with them. We need to be concerned with the long term implications of these resources utilization pattern and how we should sustainably consume them in order to follow the concept of sustainable development in true spirit at micro level. Environmental Plan District Kargil 3 1.1 Scope of District Environment Planning Environmental planning can be seen as the sum of all of the activities aimed at conserving important elements of the environment, minimizing the negative impacts of human activities and enhancing the existing life support system. For this prior planning is important at administrative level that addresses diverse issues of the environment both at short term or long term basis. The planning should focus on minimizing negative impacts of development at Municipal level in cities and panchayat level in villages by involving local communities’ as an important stakeholder. Proactive administrative approaches for waste management, soil conservation, air, water and noise pollution abatement are some of the areas where concrete planning can be made. 1.2 Objectives: 1) The sustainable and equitable utilisitatioin of resources within the territorial jurisdiction of the district. 2) Regenerating the life supporting capacity of air, water and land ecosystem. 3) Managing solid waste, biomedical waste and e-waste. 4) Protecting soil resources along water courses. 5) Implementing the Govt. order related to protection and improvement of environment in letter and spirit. 6) Hiring environmental experts as consultants for feedback on best practices. Environmental Plan District Kargil 4 1.3 About Kargil District Kargil is a district in Union Territory of Ladakh in northern India. It has a population of 1.40 lacs with a geographical area of 14086 Sq Km. The district is flanked by Jammu and Kashmir to the west, Leh district to the East, Pakistan-administered region of Gilgit–Baltistan to the north and Himachal Pradesh in the south, It lies to the northwest of the Great Himalayan range and encompasses the majority of the Zanskar Range. Important valleys with population inhabitations are Zanskar, Suru, Chiktan and Drass. Climate is aired with short summer and long and cold winters. Temperature often drops upto −34 °C, with recorded temperatures of −60 °C, in Drass subdivision, situated 56 km, from the Kargil town. National Highway 1D, connecting Srinagar to Leh, passes through Kargil. This highway has strategic importance and remains closed for around six months due to heavy snowfall at Zojila. The district was created in 1979 by carving it out of the Leh district. In 2003, Kargil was granted autonomy by making Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) with Strength of 30- Councilors, out of which 26 are elected and 04 are nominated. On October 31st 2019, the Parliament of India passed J&K reorganization Act 2019, that contains provisions to make Kargil a district of the new union territory of Ladakh. The District consists of 05-Sub-Divisions, 07-Tehsils, 15- Administrative Blocks, 127-Villages (02-Un-inhabitted) and 95-Panchayats. According to the 2011 census Kargil district has a population of 140,802, comprised of 124464 rural & 16338 urban populations, male-77785 and female - 63017 Nos. The district has a population density of 10-persons per square kilometer. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.02%, and a sex ratio of 810-females per 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 71.34% . Environmental Plan District Kargil 5 Fig: 1. Location map of district Kargil Environmental Plan District Kargil 6 Table:1 .1 Brief Profile of the District Kargil is as under. S. No. Item Magnitude 1. Number of villages as per 127 Census 2011. 2. Number of Blocks 15 3. Number of Sub-Divisions 4 4. Number of Tehsils 07 5. Total Population 1,40,802 (as per the 2011 Census) 6. Male Population 77785 7. Female Population 63017 8. Total literacy as per Census 83.55 % 2011 9. Total Geographical Area 14036 sq. km 15 Sex Ratio 810 r thousand Table 1.2 District level Committee under District environmental Plan: 1. Additional deputy Commissioner K argil Chairman 2. Divisional Forest Officer Kargil Member 3. Chief Planning Officer Kargil Member 4. District Panchayat O fficer Kargil Member 5. Executive Officer Municipal Committee Kargil Convener 6. Representative of Pollution Control Board Member Environmental Plan District Kargil 7 2. Solid Waste Management 2.1 Solid Waste Management for Urban local bodies: A District level Task force has been constituted by the Government, vide rderNo.192GAD of 2019 dated07-02-2019,inpursuance of the Hon’ble National Green Tribunal order dated 16-01-2019 passed in Original Application No.606/2018 for ensuring compliance to the Municipal Waste ManagementRules,2016 under the chairmanship of District Magistrate, Kargil to review the status of Solid Waste Management(SWM) periodically and to create awareness about the scientific disposal and segregation of waste at citizens, Trade and Commerce Bodies, Industrial Associations, besides Religious and Social organization of District Kargil. Land measuring 50 kanals situated at Changrah Tehsil and District Kargil has been identified for waste treatment and establishment of Solid Waste Management plant. Work order awarded for preparation of DPR of solid waste Management Project and the tender for the execution of the works shall be floated in the first week of march-2021.For sewage Treatment Plant Technical evaluation completed & work done to be awarded by 1st march for preparation of DPR of Sewerage Treatment Plant. Presently i n municipal area the solid waste generated from the said local bodies is being collected on daily basis and lift it at 13 km away at disposing site for segregation and dipping of soil. ‘ Table 2.2 Sol id Waste Management Plan (for ULB) Please enter Details of Data Units of Measurable No. Action Areas Measurable Requirement Outcome Outcome for District Name of Urban Local Municipal [name of ULB] Body (ULB) Committee Kargil No of ULBs in the [Nos] 1 District [Nos as per 2011 Population 16832 census] Report on inventory of SW1 total solid waste Generation Total solid waste [in MT/Day] or [Not SW1a 12.6 Generation estimated] [in MT/Day] or Qty. of Dry Waste SW1b [Collection Not 11 segregated initiated] [in MT/Day] or Qty. of Wet Waste SW1c [Collection Not 0.5 segregated initiated] Environmental Plan District Kargil 8 [in MT/Day] or Qty. of C&D Waste SW1d [Collection Not 0 segregated initiated] Qty. of Street [in MT/Day] or [Not SW1e Not Estimated Sweeping estimated] [in MT/Day] or [Not SW1f Qty. of Drain Silt Not Estimated estimated] Qty. of Domestic [in MT/Day] or [No SW1g Hazardous No Facility Facility] Waste(DHW) collected Qty. of Other Waste [in MT/Day] or [Qty SW1h (Horticulture, Not Estimated not estimated] sanitary waste, etc.) SW1i No of Old dump sites [Nos] or [None] 1 Qty stored in [MT] or [Not SW1j Not Estimated dumpsites estimated] No of Sanitary SW1k [Nos] or [None] 1 landfills SW1l No of wards [nos] 13 Compliance by Bulk SW2 Waste Generators [numbers] or SW2a No of BW Generators 1 [inventory not done] No of on-site [numbers] or [No SW2b facilities for Wet No Data data] Waste Compliance in segregated waste
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