CITY LEVEL PROJECTS REJUVENATION OF NAJAFGARH WATERWAY Vision for Delhi (West Zone) (An ISO 9001 : 2008 Certiied Organisation) Delhi Urban Art Commission Prof. Dr. P.S.N. Rao Chairman Sonali Bhagwati Member Samir Mathur Member Sonali Rastogi Member Durga Shanker Mishra Member & Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development Vinod Kumar Secretary DUAC Staf Rajeev Kumar Gaur, Raghvendra Singh, Amit Mukherji, V. K.Tyagi, Uma Bhati, Nishi Sachdeva, Manju Anjali, Siddharth Sagar, Indu Rawat, Nihal Chand Senior Consultant Rahoul. B. Singh Consultants Snigdha Sarkar Nikhil Pandey (3D Visualiser) Preface DELHI URBAN ART COMMISSION with gratitude duly acknowledges the valuable contributions of the following in making this report: Raj Rewal Former Chairman, DUAC The city of Delhi, capital of this vast land of diversities, is a city laden with layers of history, Satish Khanna Former Member, DUAC Eric P. Mall Former Member, DUAC a place where civilizations have lived, prospered and perished over centuries. The modern D. Diptivilasa Former Member DUAC & Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development city today, built over and around a rich tapestry of heritage, presents an opportunity at every turn, to allow for co-existence of the past, present and the future. In order to understand this multidimensional urban spectrum and attempt to plan the future, various Organisations/Others city level studies have been initiated by the DUAC. I hope that these studies will help Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India the planners of modern day Delhi to carefully articulate urban space, structure, form and Delhi Development Authority environment and sensitively address future requirements. Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi I convey my thanks to all the Consultants and Members of the Commission who have North Delhi Municipal Corporation tirelessly worked on this research project to bring out this document. I also take this East Delhi Municipal Corporation opportunity to place on record my sincere appreciation of the efforts of Secretary and South Delhi Municipal Corporation other staff of DUAC for providing the necessary administrative support to make this New Delhi Municipal Council happen. Geospatial Delhi Limited I fondly hope that the authorities of the local, state and national government take these Delhi Metro Rail Corporation studies seriously and implement, in right earnest, the suggestions given herein. Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board BSES Rajdhani Power Limited March, 2015 BSES Yamuna Power Limited RWA Prof. Dr. P.S.N. Rao Chairman, DUAC Summary Delhi’s waterscape heritage is unique as it has a continual natural water system and there is a huge potential Contents for pedestrianisation and urban connections along these waterways. The aim is to channelize pedestrian 1 Context 6 movement within the city, using the existing waterways, greens, historic and transit features of the city in order 1.1 Aims and Objectives 8 to enhance connectivity within the urban fabric. The endeavour is to create a pedestrian-friendly city. 1.2 Drain Channels in Delhi 10 The project re-imagines part of Najafgarh Waterway in West Delhi. It starts from Vikaspuri and ends at Mundka. 1.3 Najafgarh Waterway 12 The aim of the design is to provide a continuous pedestrian and cyclable trail system along the waterway that 1.3.1 Historic Overview of Najafgarh 13 complements the existing context and proposes various activities that supplement the facilities found in the 1.3.2 Najafgarh Flood Data 14 neighbouring communities. These include a monumental park around Hast Minar; Dilli Haat – a shopping hub; 1.4 Current DDA Proposal for Drains of Delhi 15 a festival ground and sports grounds. The project site will be stitched into city’s waterway system. This is a 2 Mapping and Site Analysis 16 11 km long trail. 2.1 Location of Site 18 Within the project, by adopting a strategy that accepts and embraces lood levels especially in the middle stretch 2.2 Area of Study 19 of Najafgarh Waterway, seasonal activities like urban farms and weekly markets are proposed. Such an approach 2.3 Existing Circulation Networks 20 yields a design enabling a reading of nature that provides ecological education and encourages a healthy respect for water management. Pedestrian bridges are proposed for people to cross over the banks of the waterway. 2.4 Existing Land Use Patterns 22 2.5 Study of Najafgarh Waterway 24 Design proposals have been done with a compendium of conceptual drawings and details with 3D photorealistic 2.6 Precincts of Najafgarh Waterway 28 images, that can be used as pilot projects to be applied on other waterways of Delhi. 2.7 Site Analysis of Najafgarh Waterway 32 3 Design Proposal 36 3.1 The Approach 38 3.2 Waterway Edge Design Proposal 39 3.3 Flood Control Approach 40 3.4 Program of Activities 41 3.5 Proposed Activities on Najafgarh Stretch 42 3.6 Proposed Overall Sketch of Najafgarh Waterway 44 3.7 Node 1 of Najafgarh Waterway 46 3.7.1 Analysis and Proposal of Node 1 of Najafgarh Waterway 48 3.8 Node 2 of Najafgarh Waterway 58 y 3.8.1 Analysis of Node 2 of Najafgarh Waterway 60 Najafgarh Waterwa 3.8.2 Hast Minar Park 64 Area of Study NAJAFGARH 3.9 Central Stretches of Najafgarh Waterway 70 WATERWAY 4 Landscape Details 80 4.1 Structural Constraints of Toilet Block 82 4.2 DEWATS System 84 4.3 Toilet and Bridge Design 87 4.4 Before/After 94 4.5 Secondary Channel Section 96 4.6 Green Route Sections 98 5 Future Intervention 100 CONTEXT CONTEXT Section 1 • Aims and Objectives • Drain channels in Delhi • Najafgarh Waterway - Historic Overview of Najafgarh - Najafgarh Flood Data • Current DDA Proposal for Drains of Delhi 6 CITY LEVEL PROJECT REJUVENATION OF NAJAFGARH WATERWAY 7 1.1 Aims and Objectives Aim • Use DEWATS system to clean black/grey water from Najafgarh Waterway to fresh water which can be used for Establishing a greenway pedestrian connection along the NAJAFGARH waterway irrigation. CONTEXT • Create E-rickshaw trail for people to go to different places on the edge of Najafgarh waterway. CONTEXT Objectives • Water Taxi as an alternative mode of transport for people to cross from one edge of Najafgarh waterway to the • To create a continuous pedestrian trail system connecting the edges of Najafgarh Waterway with green zones along other with designated water taxi stands and spill out spaces. the waterway. • Najafgarh Edgefront Development along its tributaries by developing edge condition along the waterway and by • To create environmentally sustainable public amenities such as toilets. introducing seasonal programmes like urban farms, weekly markets and other spaces such as entrance plazas, festival • To create and rejuvenate Hast Minar Park, to designate a deined green space for the monument and revive its grounds and a Dilli Haat. heritage value. • Detail landscape design of various potential Nodes along Najafgarh Waterway Yamuna River y Area Taken up for Study aterwa Najafgarh W Central Ridge Najafgarh Waterway Source: Google Earth 8 CITY LEVEL PROJECT REJUVENATION OF NAJAFGARH WATERWAY 9 1.2 Drain channels in Delhi Delhi is a city with a natural Drainage Pattern. Delhi’s topography created a drainage system that carried rain and Man-made Drainage System storm water from the higher elevations of the west to the Yamuna in the east. The total length of drains is 1700 kms spread over 12 CONTEXT municipal zones. There are around 1300 drains with 339 CONTEXT Natural Drainage System km in Civil Lines Area and 5 kms in Paharganj Sadar Area. The city has been divided into six drainage zones In 90% of these drains, the discharge is comparable to a (i) Northern Zone, (ii) Western Zone, (iii) Central North range of weak to strong domestic sewage. West and South East Zone, (iv) Central South and South East Zone, (v) East Zone and (vi) South Zone. The length of natural drain in the city is 350 km carrying discharge of 1000 m3. Man-made drains in Delhi Natural drains in Delhi Natural Drainage Channels/Catchments for Delhi Length of Drainage S.No. Catchment Location main drain Discharge (km) channels (cumecs) 1 Alipur North 140 Supplementary 141 Bhiwana Escape – No. 6 drain – New Drain 33 2 Kanjhawala West 120 Mungeshpur 52 3 Najafgarh Central-North, 105 Najafgarh 283 West and Palam 86 South-West Bhupania- 40 Chudania (from Haryana) 4 Khushak-Barapulla Central-South Khushak and 120 and Barapulla drains South-East (‘nullah’) 5 Trans Yamuna East 45 Shahdara outfall – 158 Ghazipur Trunk drain No. 1 86 6 Mehrauli South 5 Source: Dept. of Urban Development, Govt. of Delhi Consultant : IL&FS Ecosmart Limited Existing Drains in Delhi under MCD S.No. Zone Number of Drains Total Length of drains (km) 1 Central 41 47 2 South 127 102 3 Sadar–Paharganj 10 4.5 4 Karol Bagh 47 23 5 City Zone 10 8.6 6 Civil Lines 77 339 7 Shahdara South 174 134 8 Shahdara South 197 135 9 Narela 84 83 10 Rohini 142 180 11 West 185 410 12 Najafgarh 202 228 Total 1296 1694.1 Source: Irrigation and Flood Control Department, Govt. of Delhi 10 CITY LEVEL PROJECT REJUVENATION OF NAJAFGARH WATERWAY 11 1.3 Najafgarh Waterway 1.3.1 Historic Overview of Najafgarh • Previously known as River Sahibi • It is named after the Kiledar (Fort Administrator) Najaf Khan Baloch (1733- • It gets this name from the once famous and huge 1782) of the Mughal dynasty during the 18th century. Khan was a powerful CONTEXT Najafgarh Jheel (lake) near the town of Najafgarh in Persian noble in the later Mughal court and later this place became the CONTEXT southwest Delhi, now within urbanized Delhi. stronghold of the Rohilla Afghan chieftain Zabita Khan.