BVHA Master Plan for Vrindavan 0. Contents 0. Contents..........................................................................................................................................................1 1. BVHA Master Plan.........................................................................................................................................2 2. Map of all green zones....................................................................................................................................2 3. Making zones of adoptation to clean Vrindavan............................................................................................2 4. Forming committees requesting leading citizens to participate.....................................................................2 5. Preserving the beauty and the presentation of all business around the heritage buildings.............................3 6. Traffic control.................................................................................................................................................3 7. Sewage water..................................................................................................................................................3 8. Stop visual pollution.......................................................................................................................................4 9. Riverland.........................................................................................................................................................4 10. Plant and protect trees: always & everywhere..............................................................................................4 11. Sound pollution.............................................................................................................................................5 12. Air pollution..................................................................................................................................................5 13. Religious Leaders support............................................................................................................................5 14. VIP and technical support.............................................................................................................................6 15. World Heritage status...................................................................................................................................6 16. Legal advise..................................................................................................................................................6 17. Clean Vrindavan...........................................................................................................................................6 18. Yamuna.........................................................................................................................................................7 19. Heritage Tours..............................................................................................................................................7 20. Volunteers.....................................................................................................................................................8 21. Monkey issue................................................................................................................................................8 22. Ground water level.......................................................................................................................................9 23. Drinking water quality................................................................................................................................10 24. Find Political support..................................................................................................................................10 25. Find funding................................................................................................................................................10 26. Making BVHA declarations and petitions..................................................................................................10 27. Awareness & Education.............................................................................................................................11 ASI issues........................................................................................................................................................12 Brij Sevaka instructions...................................................................................................................................12 Vrindavan emergency water management.......................................................................................................12 1 1. BVHA Master Plan Goal To further elaborate this BVHA Master Plan for Vrindavan, also consulting the other existing studies and material: • Original Vrindavan Master Plan written by Sevak Charan 28 years ago • Braj Foundation MP • Ecocity Vrindavan MP • TERI World Bank solid waste management study (not available yet) • Proposal made by Keshi Daman for requesting government to create a special area called Braj Mandal • Proposals of Mr. K.P.S. Gil, Chandi Heffner and Padmanabha Goswami for improving the Vrindavan ghats, Yamuna, forrestation etc. 2. Map of all green zones Goal Make a map of all green zones open to the public and have them cleaned. To Do Gather information on: • Access (open, restricted, closed) • State / conditions (well maintained, neglected, need trees) • Size • Location • Owner • Comments 3. Making zones of adoptation to clean Vrindavan Goal Have different temples, schools, people, … adopt a part of Vrindavan. Each will take care of the cleaning of their part. To Do Make a map of zones: • Streets • Green zones (see point 1.) • Kundas o Govinda Kunda o Davanal Kund o Tadiasthan Kund o Jaipur Mandir Kund o ... Make a list of people interested Make promotion / publicity 4. Forming committees requesting leading citizens to participate Goal Make committees dedicated to one specific task; get the committees organised and make them perform tasks to achieve their goals. To Do 2 Make promotion on BVHA meetings: read out committee list and ask who wants to help to coordinate or participate. (Mayank) 5. Preserving the beauty and the presentation of all business around the heritage buildings Goal Preserving the beauty and the presentation of all business around the heritage buildings, like Govindaji Mandir To Do Make a list of all heritage buildings Take photos Collect business info Take name and phone of managers of businesses around heritage buildings Site info: State: age, condition, stone, repairs needed, trees in the area Owner details: mission name, manager details, acarya, property Business info: beautiful – ugly – encroached, property, … All cement walls in the city one color: pink? (as Chandi Heffner has done with the Parikrama Marg from Keshighat to Tadiasthan) 6. Traffic control Goal Prevent traffic jams and nuisance, preserve the meditative atmosphere in Vrindavan Problem description There is too much traffic in Vrindavan There are big motorised vehicles in old part of the town There is a lack of parking places (now people park in the streets) Speeding To Do Mapping of problematic areas Brainstorm on possible solutions and come up with feasible propositions: • one-way streets • create parking places • restrict access of cars and trucks (loading and unloading) to limited moments of the day • fines • ... Define interlocutors with municipality and police to present propositions Available parkings • Pagal Baba • Madan Mohan • … Voluntary system? 7. Sewage water Goal No untreated sewage water flow directly in river 3 Effective filtering and treatment of sewage water Remarks: Only local solutions will work. Basic and cheapest. Where and how? To Do Possible solutions • dry toilets and only biodegradable soap and washing powder in ashrams • reduce water use • septic tanks (three chambers) • oils from cooking or motors must be sucked in newspapers and burned since no special place for reception of these products exists. Don’t discard them in the sewage water • install metal filters to take out plastic before reaching Yamuna river • leading filtered water into land (for irrigation) through pipes with holes • wet areas to filter sewage water • sewage pipes should not go into Yamuna at the ghats 8. Stop visual pollution Goal No billboards in Vrindavan Advertise on Vrindavan Today Problem description There are big billboards with advertisement. Alternative: advertise on Vrindavan Today for free Shops have large billboards To Do • awareness raising • suggestion: choose special areas to put posters with educational / spiritual messages 9. Riverland Goal Stop illegal construction on Yamuna land and use it as much as possible for solution of black water or as cultivation land To Do Stop constructing, take away encroachments: talk to municipality representatives Bring Yamuna channel back to Vrindavan 10. Plant and protect trees: always & everywhere Goal Maintain and create more green in Vrindavan Problem Description PWD (Public Work Department) destroys trees unnecessarily To Do Forestation of river banks on both sides of the Yamuna Protect Vrindavan’s trees and sand Make Gopinath Gardens 4 Make a list of green areas in Vrindavan (see point 1.) e.g. Brahma Kunda, Vrinda Kunja, Rangaji Bagirha, Yamuna Kunja, Pandavali