GuruJal OCTOBER 2020 Gurujal Society, Mini Secretariat, Rajiv Chowk,Gurugram [email protected] | +91-124-2331003 | www.gurujal.org Follow GuruJal on Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube 1 Table of Contents PROJECT UPDATES: SUPPORT A POND ........................................................................................................... 3 PROJECT UPDATES: BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT ................................................................................... 9 PROJECT UPDATES: WATERPROOFING ........................................................................................................ 15 PROJECT UPDATES: CONNECT THE DROPS ................................................................................................. 17 PUBLICATIONS .................................................................................................................................................... 20 ANNEXURE-1 ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 2 PROJECT UPDATES: SUPPORT A POND Sr. No. Jurisdiction Pond Site Ongoing Activities Status WWTP has been commissioned 1 Khentawas and completed. Landscaping WIP work is in process WWTP construction is currently 2 Tajnagar WIP underway Water Hyacinth removal is in 3 Budhera WIP process 4 Iqbalpur Site has been completed Completed 5 Nawada Site has been completed Completed WWTP Collection Tank and 6 Kasan WIP pond cleaning has taken place 7 Hariahera WWTP to be commissioned WIP 8 Harchandrpur Site has been completed Completed Panchayati Raj WWTP Construction is currently 9 Institute Dhaula WIP underway WWTP construction has to commissioned 10 Bilaspur WIP Desilting and dewatering is currently taking place 11 Palasoli Construction has to be started WIP 12 Bohra Kalan Site has been completed Completed 13 Mojabad Site has been completed Completed 14 Wazirpur RCC, PCC has been completed WIP Construction of wetland and 15 Dharampur- I WIP landscaping has to be started 16 Dharampur – II Dewatering has to be started WIP 17 Daulatabad Work Oder has to be Issued WIP 18 MCG Dhanwapur I DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 3 19 Dhanwapur II DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 20 Godaui Kalan DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 21 Ghata I DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 22 Ghata II DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 23 Ghata III DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 24 Badshahpur I DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 25 Badshahpur II DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 26 Badshahpur III DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 27 Badshahpur IV DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 28 Shubash Nagar DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 29 Sihi DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 30 Darbaripur I DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 31 Darbaripur II DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 32 Sarai Alawardi DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 33 Tigra DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 34 Samaspur DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 35 Begampur Khatola DPR Awaited WIP 36 Bandhwari DPR Vetted by GuruJal Completed 37 Nathupur DPR Awaited WIP 38 Moti Dungri Johad Pre-studies complete WIP MC Pataudi 39 Ram Johad Pre-studies complete WIP Samshaan Ghat 40 Pre-studies complete WIP MC Johad Farukhnagar Main Haily Mandi 41 Pre-studies complete WIP Johad Baba Mashnath 42 MC Haily Pre-studies complete WIP Johad Mandi 43 Chitar Kund Johad Pre-studies complete WIP 44 MC Sohna 28 Ponds Estimate Completed WIP Table 1: Updates of the projects under ‘Support A Pond Note: Panchayati Raj Institute Ponds - Palra, Bondsi and Naurangpur to be started. Chauma, Basai, Jahajgarh, Surat Nagar and Gwal Pahadi ponds in MCG to be started. 4 Major updates of the month under ‘Support A Pond’ 1. Kasan Site Visit - Sh. Amit Khatri (IAS), Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram and Mrs. Shubhi Kesarwani, Program Manager GuruJal has visited the WWTP at Kasan site. The purpose of the visit was to understand and review the work of pond restoration and rejuvenation on the site. The visit was accompanied by Mr. Satdev, Kasan Sarpanch. Image 1: Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram at Kasan Site Visit 2. Dewatering and desilting has been completed at Bilaspur site. Image 2: Desilting at Bilaspur Site 5 3. A settler and ABR tank has been completed at Dharampur - I site. Image 3: Civil Work at Dharampur-I Gram Panchayat Site 4. WWTP has been commissioned at Hariyaheda site. Image 4: WWTP at Hariyaheda Site 6 5. Landscaping work has been started at Khetawas site. Image 5 – Landscaping Work at Khetawas Site Image 1 – Wall Construction at Khetawas Site 7 6. Groundwater Recharge Proposal for Tauru Block has been submitted to District Administration Nuh. Recharge through pond restoration and rejuvenation and rain water harvesting structures in Tauru has been suggested. 7. GuruJal has provided consultancy for the designing of WWTP at Sikandarpur site to ‘I AM GURGAON’. 8. Proposal for Retrofitting and Repairing of RWH - Functionality check analysis was done for 413 rainwater harvesting sites. Out of 413 rain water harvesting structures, 66 structures require retrofitting and 58 structures required repairing. Proposal for Retrofitting and Repairing of RWH Structures was submitted to MCG. 9. First draft of the Flood Management Action Plan has been submitted to MCG. Five sites will be identified in the MCG jurisdiction area for further proposal. Image 2 – Water Logging/Flood Water Stagnation Points in Old Railway Road, Gurugram 10. 18 DPRs has been vetted for Municipal Cooperation Gurugram pond sites. 8 PROJECT UPDATES: BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT Status of Biodiversity Parks Biodiversity Sr. Ongoing Park/Urban Village Block Activities Status No. Activities City Forest Reconnaissance Survey, Aanganwadi Meetings, Completed Damdama Dependency Survey, Drone Survey Damdama Floral Survey WIP and Kherla (Sampling) 1 Sohna Pre-Study Biodiversity Reconnaissance Park Survey, Aanganwadi Completed Meetings, Drone Kherla Survey Dependency Survey, Floral Survey WIP (Sampling) Table 1 - Updates of Biodiversity Parks under the intervention ‘Biodiversity Management’ Status of Plantation Drives Sr. No. Rural/Urban Jurisdiction No. of Samplings Planted 1 Urban MCG 63335 Panchayati Raj: 2 Rural 400 Bohra Kalan 3 Rural Panchayati Raj: 350 9 Iqbalpur Panchayati Raj: 4 Rural 60 Harchandpur Panchayati Raj: 5 Rural 910 Mojabad Panchayati Raj: 6 Rural 84 Kasan Total 65139 Table 2 - Updates of Plantation Drives Updated Summary of MCG Plantation Drive Sr. Zone RWA/NGO Common Area Geo-Tagging No. 1 Zone 1 12,000 680 34 2 Zone 2 20,068 1060 19 3 Zone 3 4,678 155 20 4 Zone 4 14,064 630 40 5 Forest Nursery 10,000 - - Total 60,810 2525 113 Table 3 - Updates of MCG Plantation Drives Major updates of the month under ‘Biodiversity Management’ 1. Site visit to Mangar Bani for Research and Case Study - Mangar Bani is a sacred grove hill forest next to Mangar village on Delhi-Haryana border. It is an important biodiversity area within the Northern Aravalli. Mr. Sunil Harsana, Ecologist from Mangar village accompanied the team for guidance in identification and better understanding of the local species in the forest. The profound knowledge of Mr. Sunil helped the team in gathering important information about the process of development of Mangar Bani which will be very helpful in developing the Biodiversity Park at Damdama and Kherla village. 10 Image 3 – GuruJal Team visited Mangar Bani Forest Figure 4 – Check Dam at Mangar Bani Forest 11 2. Visit to Forest Nursery in Raipur, Sohna - Aim of the visit was to see how the nursery is operating, how they are cultivating their trees using resources effectively, and the kind of instruments they are using etc. Mr. Raseed Khan (Head of Nursery) guided about the nursery operation and some methods for cultivation of plants. Image 5 – GuruJal Team at Forest Nursery Site Visit Image 6 - Mr. Raseed Khan explaining the Cultivation Methods 12 3. Door to Door Dependency Survey - GuruJal team conducted door to door survey (90 households) in Damdama village to know the dependency of the villagers on the Pahad area where Biodiversity Park is to be constructed. Image 7 - Dependency Survey in Damdama Village Image 8 - Firewood Collection by Villagers 4. Sampling was done in Aravalli hills of Damdama village to plot sample for vegetation assessment and identify the dominant species. Vegetation study using standard tree survey methods was done to assess the height and girth at breast height of individual stem of trees, and to identify the species. 13 Image 9 - Sampling Survey 5. Navjyoti India Foundation Meeting - Meeting with Navjyoti India Foundation (NIF) held on 20th Oct 2020 with an objective of collaborating with the organization for community engagement and for better understanding about roles and responsibilities. Image 10 - Meeting with NIF 14 PROJECT UPDATES: WATERPROOFING Functionality Check of Rainwater Harvesting Structures Sr. No. No. of RWH Structures Jurisdiction Activity 1 MCG 413 Cleaning Completed 2 MC Sohna 75 3 MC Pataudi 6 Checking Completed 4 MC Hailey Mandi 8 5 MC Farrukhnagar 11 6 Panchayati Raj 572 Checking Completed Total 1085 Table 4 - Updates of Rainwater Harvesting Structures 15 Major updates of the month under ‘Waterproofing’ Bore Cleaning using Bokey in 89 sites in MCG jurisdiction. Sr. Total No. of RWHs (Bore) Total No. of RWHs under Division No. Cleaned Progress/Pending 1 Division I 0 0 2 Division II 15 1 3 Division III 12 1 4 Division IV 4 0 5 Division V 15 0 6 Division VI 0 0 7 Division VII 41 0 8 Division VIII 2 0 Total 89 2 Table 5 - Rainwater Harvesting Structures Cleaning in MCG Image 11