Action Plan for Rejuvenation of River Ganga,West Bengal JULY, 2020
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Action Plan for Rejuvenation of River Ganga,West Bengal Priority – III Nodal Agency Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority Department of Urban Development & Municipal Affairs Government of West Bengal Approved by River Rejuvenation Committee, West Bengal (constituted in compliance to the order of the Hon’ble National Green Tribunal) Submitted to Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi JULY, 2020 Action Plan for Rejuvenation of River Ganga Page | 2 Action Plan for Rejuvenation of River Ganga Executive Summary Sl. Description of Item Details 1. Name of the identified River Ganga polluted river 2. Identified polluted stretch of Tribeni to Diamond Harbour the river 3. Total length of the polluted Length approximately 120 KM river 4. Towns in the catchment of 29 Ganga Towns :1) Diamond Harbour, 2) Budge Budge, 3) Maheshtala, the polluted stretch of the 4) Kolkata MC, 5) Howrah MC, 6) Rishra, 7) Uttarpara-Kotrung, 8) river Chandannagar, 9) Baranagar, 10) Kamarhati, 11) Panihati, 12) Khardaha, 13) Barrackpore, 14)Bhatpara, 15)North Barrackpore, 16)Garulia, 17) Titagarh, 18) Kanchrapara, 19) Halisahar, 20) Naihati, 21) Kalyani, 22) Gayeshpur, 23) Konnagar, 24) Champdani, 25) Serampore, 26) Baidyabati, 27) Bhadreswar, 28) Bansberia, 29) Hooghly- Chinsura 5. Is river perennial Yes. Perennial, tidal effect from Tribeni to Diamond Harbour. Length Approximately 120 KM 6. No. of drains contributing to 55 drains have been identified. pollution and names of Out of 55 drains, 33 Drains are either connected or proposed to be connected to different STPs. Details provided in Annexure-A1. major drains For remaining 22 drains, as per the CPCB guidelines (published in Feb. 2020), the feasibility of the work in these channels will be completed by February 2021 taking into consideration of COVID-19 Pandemic and the ensuing monsoon period. The details of 22 drains provided in Annexure – A2. Action plan for each drain will be submitted, and it would consist of 3 parts – 1. Reconnaissance survey including preliminary feasibility report from a reputed Engineering Institution 2. Short term remedial action 3. Community awareness programme on Solid and liquid waste management. Drainage system mapping to be done by Municipalities and Gram Panchyat, so that connecting drains discharging into main drains can be identified and suitable measure can be adopted. Drains specific Action plan will be submitted soon. 7. Whether ‘River Rejuvenation Committee’ Yes. 07th January 2019 (RRC) constituted by the State Govt./UT Administration and If so, Date of constitution of ‘RRC’ 8. Major Towns on the banks of 29 (twenty-nine) Ganga towns (Annexure-B) the river with population. a. Total water consumption Total water consumption: 1355 MLD and sewage generation Total sewage generation: 1084 MLD in MLD (Annexure-B) b. Operational – 20 nos. & Capacity: 277.98 MLD Under construction: 8 nos. & Capacity: 183.33 MLD Total no. of existing Non-operational: 11 nos. & Capacity:286 MLD STPs and the total Under tendering: 4 nos. & Capacity: 61.06 MLD capacities in MLD Under DPR: 2 nos. & Capacity: 47.05 MLD Page | 3 Action Plan for Rejuvenation of River Ganga Proposed: 4 nos. & Capacity: 146 MLD (Annexure-C) c. Gaps in sewage 72 MLD treatment in MLD and no. of towns not having NIL STPs d. Total MSW generation in 7548 TPD (Annexure-D) TPA e. Existing treatment and As per Annexure -D disposal facilities and total capacity 9. Major industrial estates located with total no. of industries a. Total no. industries As per Annexure-E discharging wastewater directly/indirectly in to the river b. Total water consumption 1435.5 MLD; As per Annexure-E c. Total industrial effluent 1117.5 MLD generation As per Annexure-E d. No. of industries having captive ETPs and their treatment capacity As per Annexure-E e. No. of CETP’s and their treatment capacity As per Annexure-E f. Gap in industrial wastewater treatment As per Annexure-E g. Total HW generation in TPA in the catchment area All hazardous waste generating industries are disposing their hazardous h. Existing HW Treatment wastes through one (1) Common Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities and Disposal Facility operating at Haldia. and total capacity with life span 10. Action plan includes mainly Whichever applicable has been taken into account covering aspect such as appropriate management of sewage, rain water harvesting, measures for regulating ground water use, protection and management of flood plain zone, plantation on both sides of the river, setting up of bio- diversity parks etc., as per Hon’ble NGT Orders dated 20.09.2018 and 19.12.2018 Page | 4 Action Plan for Rejuvenation of River Ganga 11. Responsible Organization (s) KMDA, KMC , WBPCB, Agriculture Dept., Irrigation Dept., SUDA, Forest for implementation of Deptt.,P&RD Deptt.,SWID Dept., UD & MA Deptt., IT Deptt., proposed action plans (Please enclose details as annexure ) 12. Nodal Agency KMDA, Unnayan Bhaban, Salt Lake, Kolkata Page | 5 Action Plan for Rejuvenation of River Ganga Proposed Mechanism for execution of action plans: This action plan implementation is to be monitored by the River Rejuvenation Committee (RRC) through meetings every month. The Central Monitoring Committee constituted by the Hon’ble NGT under the Chairmanship of the Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti, GoI also holds meeting in every month with the Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary, Environment of the State to assess progress of work. Every month Monthly Progress Report is sent to Ministry of Jal Shakti, GoI. An Environment Monitoring Cell in the Office of the Chief Secretary, WB has been constituted to oversee the progress of work. Expected deliverables with respect to achieving goals : The river Ganga shall be managed as a single system in an ecologically sustainable manner. The chemical, physical and biological quality of river Ganga water to be restored and maintained in a time bound manner. It has to be ensured that no industrial effluents are discharged without being properly treated and complying the discharged standards prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986. The target for water quality for the stretch is to be fit at least for bathing purposes (i.e. BOD< 3 mg/l and FC < 500 MPN/100 ml). Page | 6 Action Plan for Rejuvenation of River Ganga Response of the RRC, WB on comments of the Task Team for ensuring compliance to Hon’ble NGT (PB), New Delhi in OA No 673/2018 held during 26.02.2020 and 11.06.2020 Comments of Task Team Corresponding response(s) of RRC_West_Bengal Latest water quality of PRS covering all parameters Latest water quality of river Ganga covering all not provided parameters also provided for the months of Jan-April 2020. Projected population not taken into account for Projected population till 2022 considered for assessment of sewage generation. assessment of sewage generation Detailed gap analysis (Town wise/ ULB wise) w.r.t Available information included in the report. sewage, Industrial Effluent and Waste Management along with infrastructure available not included Aspects such as Utilization of treated waste water, Department of Urban Development and Municipal Removal Affairs, GoWB has prepared a policy on use of treated of encroachments not covered in action plan wastewater. The policy has already been finalised and published through Govt. notification on 30th June’20 that has been submitted to CPCB. Timelines for construction of STPs is exceeding The time line is extended by NGT upto 30th June March, 2021 2021. CPCB will be moved in time for allowing extended time as required. Actions be initiated against industries functioning All GPIs and SPIs under consent administration of without captive ETPs or connection with CETPs. WBPCB are having captive ETPs. Detailed gap analysis w.r.t present generation, Available information included in the report. projected generation existing infrastructure, existing capacity utilization, gap observed in the catchment for management of industrial effluent and waste management (solid waste, hazardous waste, C & D waste, bio-medical waste) need to be detailed in a separate table clearly. Page | 7 Action Plan for Rejuvenation of River Ganga Background: The West Bengal is the land of rivers. An intricate network of three major river basins (the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Subarnarekha) drain this State. Human settlement and related activities on the banks of the rivers have gradually increased over the years. Considering very reach ecological diversities of the water resources and the benefits of river network, most of the industrial development in this State took place near the rivers and the population density is also very high in these areas. As a result, these rivers receive liquid wastes like industrial discharges and municipal sewage and solid wastes are also dumped near the banks of the rivers. Since early eighties, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB), in collaboration with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), initiated monitoring of water quality of all important rivers, canals, ponds and reservoirs. The CPCB conducted water quality assessment based on available data have collected till 2016 to identify polluted river stretches in the entire country. An application was registered before the Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi as O.A. No. 673/2018 on the basis of a news item dated 17.09.2018 in ‘The Hindu” under the heading “More river stretches are now critically polluted: CPCB”. The Hon’ble Tribunal was pleased to pass an order on 20.09.2018 identifying seventeen (17) polluted river stretches in the State of West Bengal and categorized these polluted stretches in five priority classes (Table-1). The Hon’ble Tribunal directed the State to prepare action plans for rejuvenation of these 17 polluted river stretches for bringing all the polluted river stretches to be fit at least for bathing purposes (i.e. BOD< 3 mg/l and FC < 500 MPN/100 ml). The Hon’ble NGT further directed on 19.12.2019 that action plans for rivers are to be reviewed by the CPCB before acceptance.