Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation 2014-15

Environmental Status Report of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation 2014-15 Foreword Given the dependency on the environmental resources for our daily routine it is highly imperative to maintain them in their natural state for long term sustainability. Urbanization has already been attributed to exert pressure and exploit these resources. Realising this fact various initiatives have been taken worldwide to track and maintain the status of the environment, so that necessary action could be taken to appropriately mitigate the pressures. As per the BPMC (Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act) 1949, it is compulsory for the A class ULB’s to document an annual ESR (Environmental Status Report) of the corporation. Towards this NMMC has been documenting the ESR for more than 14 years and this year it gives me immense pleasure to release the 15th edition of Navi Mumbai’s Environmental Status Report for the year 2014-15. Taking note of the areas which require improvement, during the last year, NMMC not only dedicatedly focused on the issues but also completed a few of the projects thus leading to overall improvement in Environment Quality Index and Urban Infrastructure Index of the city. The improvement in the above index has thus led to improvement in the Quality of Life Index for the citizens in Navi Mumbai. Last year, under the Eco-City initiative NMMC launched the Eco-City cell, which has been developed to serve as a forum for the citizens to interact and learn about various environmental initiatives taken by NMMC and also for citizens to showcase the initiatives taken by them. It is interesting to note that the air pollution levels have been contained and the NOx levels have been successfully reduced owing to completion of major road projects in Navi Mumbai. NMMC is dedicatedly working to reduce the PM pollution and is already in process to implement various new strategies to reduce the same. Reduction in PM levels would directly translate to reduction in air pollution as the pollutants like SOx, NOx, CO and Ozone are already under the standards as prescribed by CPCB. Water pollution levels in Navi Mumbai are already under control, owing to the initiative implemented under the Lake Vision project, erection of gabion walls, efficient sewage treatment facilities and so on. NMMC already has a state of art process to scientifically dispose the Solid waste generated in the city, and the scientific closure of cell IV at the Turbhe land fill site is under process. Last year NMMC also increased the processing of plastic waste thus reducing the overall quantity of solid waste in the land fill. NMMC is also planning to soon install various waste to energy technologies for processing of segregated waste as well as a debris recycling plant. The cumulative effect of the above initiatives taken by NMMC has enabled to improve the quality of life of the citizens of Navi Mumbai and the same has improved from 73.70% in the year 2011-12 to 75.52 in the year 2014-15. I am glad to present this report and I am sure this report would serve as a tool not only for NMMC but also for the citizens of Navi Mumbai. Dinesh T Waghmare I.A.S Municipal Commissioner, NMMC Environmental Status Report of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation-2014-15 Contents FOREWORD ..................................................................................................................................... II LIST OF AWARDS RECEIVED BY NMMC ..................................................................................... 9 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................. 10 ENVIRONMENTAL INDICES FOR NAVI MUMBAI ...................................................................... 16 Environmental Performance Index ............................................................................. 17 Eco City Program ........................................................................................................... 18 NAVI MUMBAI – CITY PROFILE .................................................................................................. 21 Climate............................................................................................................................. 23 Connectivity .................................................................................................................... 25 DRIVERS ........................................................................................................................................ 26 Population growth................................................................................................................ 26 Industrial and Commercial growth ................................................................................... 27 Urbanization and spatial growth ....................................................................................... 29 AIR QUALITY ................................................................................................................................ 31 Status ...................................................................................................................................... 33 Air Quality Monitoring Network ................................................................................ 33 Inter Station Analysis .................................................................................................... 39 Air Quality Index ........................................................................................................... 46 Noise Pollution ............................................................................................................... 47 Pressures ................................................................................................................................ 49 Vehicular Growth .......................................................................................................... 49 Fuel Consumption in NMMC ...................................................................................... 50 Impact ..................................................................................................................................... 54 Diseases caused by air pollution .................................................................................. 54 Response ................................................................................................................................ 54 Proposed initiatives ....................................................................................................... 56 WATER RESOURCES ..................................................................................................................... 57 Status of Water Resources ................................................................................................... 57 Surface Water .................................................................................................................. 57 Ground Water ................................................................................................................. 64 Water Resource Management ...................................................................................... 65 Sewage treatment and public toilets ........................................................................... 69 Storm water Management ............................................................................................ 71 Holding Ponds ................................................................................................................ 75 Pressure and Impacts ........................................................................................................... 78 Silting of holding ponds ................................................................................................ 81 i Environmental Status Report of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation-2014-15 LAND RESOURCE ......................................................................................................................... 83 Status ................................................................................................................................ 84 Built up Area ................................................................................................................... 85 Wetlands .......................................................................................................................... 86 Open Spaces .................................................................................................................... 88 Biodiversity of NMMC .................................................................................................. 89 Pressure & Impact ................................................................................................................ 90 Mining and Quarrying .................................................................................................. 90 Dumping of Debris ........................................................................................................ 91 Destruction of Mangroves ............................................................................................ 91 Poaching of Flamingos .................................................................................................. 91 Other Projected Impacts ...................................................................................................... 92 Urban Heat Island Effect ..............................................................................................

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