Submission of Monthly Progress Report by State of Assam for River Stretches under priority I & II. (Hon’ble NGT in the matter of O.A. No.673/2018 dated 06.12.2019) Sl. Activity to be monitored Timeline Submission of Progress by State/UT- No. Compliance Status 1 Ensure 100% treatment of sewage at 31.03.2020 1. Superintending Engineer (Mech) least in situ remediation submitted proposal to the Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Guwahati Development Department for improving the Water quality of the Borsola beel with cascading effect to cleanse the Bharalu river downstream of the Chabi pool. A copy of notice inviting EOI for similar work involving river cleaning is also submitted for ready reference. Annexure –Ia to Ic 2.Guwahati Municipal Corporation has been cleaning the following water bodies regularly: a) Bharalu River b) Mora Bharalu c) Bahini d) Lakhimijan e) Basistha Channel The beels and pamohi channel are being cleaned by GMDA. (Annexure- II) Discharge of toilet and Sewage to the targeted rivers is not allowed. A total number of 4697 toilets has been constructed and geo-tagged under Swach Bharat Mission. (Annexure-II) Disposal of Municipal Waste, Plastic, Bio Medical Waste etc. in the river bodies are prohibited. (Annexure-II) Commencement of setting up of STPs 31.03.2020 3 nos. of concept papers submitted by and connecting all the drains and other Assam Urban Water Supply and Sewage sources of generation of sewage to the Board to the Govt. under NESIDS, Govt. STPs must be ensured of India. (Annexure-III) Sewer line is not available in 3 AMRUT cities. Sl. Activity to be monitored Timeline Submission of Progress by State/UT- No. Compliance Status Sewer line is not available in 1 Municipal Corporation. Sewer line is not available in 17 Municipal Boards. (Annexure-IV). 2 Timeline for completing all steps of 31.03.2021 DPR for STPs to be completed within one action plans including completion of month. (Annexure V) setting up STPs and their commissioning 3 Chief Secretaries may set up List Enclosed as Annexure VI appropriate monitoring mechanism at State level Specifying accountability of nodal authorities not below 22.01.2020 the Secretary level Chief Secretaries may have an 22.01.2020 Avinash Joshi, IAS accountable person attached in their office for this purpose Principal Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Sports & Youth Welfare, Excise and Environment & Forest Departments Monitoring at State level must Fortnightly State Level Monitoring was held on take place Commenci 14.02.2020 under the Chairmanship of ng Principal Secretary to the Govt. of 21.12.2019 Assam, Environment and Forest Department. Chief Secretary, Assam will again review the matter on 25.02.2020 alongwith the Review of Compliance of Hon’ble NGT orders in OA No. 606/2018. 4 Progress report may be furnished by Monthly Monthly report for month of February the States/UTs to (preferably submitted on 17.02.2020 Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti before 20th Member Secretary, CPCB Sl. Activity to be monitored Timeline Submission of Progress by State/UT- No. Compliance Status of every month) 4.1 Progress Report may be comprised of details along with completion timelines on: i)Superintending Engineer (Mech) i. Identification of Polluting submitted proposal to the Secretary to sources including drains the Govt. of Assam, Guwahati contributing to river pollution Development Department for improving and action as per NGT order on the Water quality. (Annexure I) insitu treatment ii. Status of STPs, I & D and ii) DPR for STPs to be completed within sewage networks one month. (Annexure V) Details of Existing Infrastructure, Gap Analysis, Proposed along with completion timeline, iii. Status report on closure of industries iii. Status of CETPs to which closure notices were issued on Details of Existing CETP and the ground of not having ETPs are ETP Infrastructure, Gap enclosed (Annexure-VII). Analysis, proposed along with completion timeline, No. of There is only one major industry namely, industries and complying Guwahati Refinery, IOCL and it has status online monitoring system. Step shall be taken to insure Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) in the major polluting industrial units. (Annexure-VII). iv. Status of Solid Waste iv. Disposal of municipal waste, plastic, Management & Details of bio medical wastes etc. in the river Processing Facilities bodies are prohibited. (Annexure-II) Details of Existing Infrastructure, Gap Analysis, proposed along with completion timeline Sl. Activity to be monitored Timeline Submission of Progress by State/UT- No. Compliance Status v. Latest water quality of v. PCBA is monthly monitoring the water polluted river, its tributaries, quality of the polluted stretches. drains with flow details and (Annexure-VIII a & VIII b) ground water quality in the catchment of polluted river; vi. Preventing dumping of waste vi. Disposal of municipal waste, plastic, and scientific waste bio medical wastes etc. in the river management including bio- bodies are prohibited. Annexure-II medical wastes, plastic wastes and decentralizing waste processing, including waste generated from hotels, ashrams, etc. vii. Ground water regulation vii. Quantity categorization for Future Ground Water Development is safe. Resource estimation and categorization of Kamrup Urban area is enclosed. Annexure-IX PCBA has been requested by the Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board North-east Region for providing communication details of the identified industries /infrastructure projects those who are extracting Ground Water without NOC from CGWA. PCBA has already provided the list of industrial details to CGWB. (Annexure-X) viii. Adopting good irrigation viii. As the river Bahini and Bharalu practices traverses through the dense urban area of Guwahati city and there is no any agricultural land along its bank till its confluence with river Brahmaputra at Bharalumukh area as such there is no scope for irrigation practices. ix. With regard to modification of ix. Protection and management consent conditions in and around the of Flood Plain Zones (FPZ), polluted stretches, following condition is Sl. Activity to be monitored Timeline Submission of Progress by State/UT- No. Compliance Status incorporated in the consent condition “Effluent Analysis Report should be submitted quarterly without fail. Annexure-III The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority has constructed guard/flood wall from Bhangagarh upto ASEB Colony. The river Bharalu passes through a congested urban habitation in most of its run till its outfall at Bharalumukh. The river bed is not directly approachable in most of the areas due to private patta land except in some locations wherein footpaths in patches were constructed time to time by the State PWD Department. Identification of locations where path ways can be provided by the PWD Department will be done. As regards demarcation of flood plain zone Bharalu and Bahini river basin in greater Guwahati area, the following areas are vulnerable to water level in Bharalu: Zoo road, Anil nagar, Tarun nagar, Nabin nagar, Lachit nagar areas etc. Further ASDMA have already prepared the flood hazard map of Assam. Flood hazard map, the flood prone area of Bharalu and Bahini basin of Guwahati city will be proposed by the Department for vetting by the Government. x. Rain water harvesting x. Provision for rain water harvesting has already been incorporated in a building by laws for Guwahati. Annexure-II. xi. Maintaining minimum xi. It is contemplated to establish a Gauge environmental flow of river discharge Station of Bahini/ Bharalu Sl. Activity to be monitored Timeline Submission of Progress by State/UT- No. Compliance Status River. Namely one at Hengerabari RCC bridge, one at Jonali RRC bridge and one at Shantipur Sluice Gate from 01.04.2020. Earlier, an attempt was made to induct fresh water into Bahini river by diverting a part discharge of Basistha River through a Sluice Gate at Basistha, Natun bazaar area. A Scheme was taken up having nomenclature, “Resectioning and regarding of River Bharalu, Mora Bharalu, Bahini, Basistha, Lakhimijan Channel including reopening of Bahini Sluice gate at Natun bazaar” which was administratively approved by the Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Water Resources Department, Guwahati-06. The work was taken up during 2014-15 but due to Court Case vide No. WP (C) 709/2016, the work remained incomplete. xii. Plantation on both sides of the xii. State Forest Department will take up river plantation programme . (Annexure-XI) --- xiii. Setting up Biodiversity parks on flood plains by removing encroachment xiv Annexure-XII xiv. Encroachment PROJECT REPORT Cleaning of Borsola Beel & Bharalu River By using Latest and the most advanced technology of Phycoremediation Without using any harmful Chemicals By Trinity Impex International & Phycospectrum Environmental Research Center, Chennai C-5/2 SFS DDA Flat, Saket, New Delhi 110017 E mail: [email protected] Telephone: 91-11-9871405657 PHYCOREMEDIATION- A GREEN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY OF FUTURE FOR IN SITU WASTE WATER TREATMENT Objective of the Report: The basic objective of the report is to find & propose the most effective and most economical solution to clean the polluted water in Bharalu drain/river flowing through Guwahati in the least possible time with the following main purpose: ✓ To improve the quality of polluted water up to D/E standards as per CPCB norms , so that the water could be used for irrigation, Animal drinking and Industry ✓ To improve quality of ground recharge water ( removal of E coli , FC and TC) ✓ To remove the foul smell by 100 % so that quality of Air Improves with positive effect on Human Life. ✓ To improve Oxygen level around drains due to Bio-oxygenation in the drains ✓ To remove nuisance of Corrosion due to Foul smell ( Hydrogen Sulphide) ✓ To reduce Mosquitoes up to 60 % ( Bio-oxygenation) About Bharalu Bharalu River has its origin in the Khasi Hills, then it bifurcates into two rivulets: the Basistha River, which flows towards Deepor Beel, and the Bahini River, which flows downstream & is called the Bharalu .Bharalu finally merges in to Brahamputra while flowing through Guwahati.