BENGALURU: There’s recent hope for some highly polluted stretches of the Cauvery, Kabini and Arkavathi rivers, with the Karnataka executive forming a “river rejuvenation committee” in accordance with directions the National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued in September.
The NGT famous on September 20 that within the evaluate of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), there were 351 polluted river stretches within the nation, wherein the biological oxygen call for (BOD) content material is greater than 3mg/L.
Dissolved oxygen is fed on by way of micro organism when water accommodates large quantities of organic subject from sewage or different discharge. A low BOD is a hallmark of good quality water, whilst a prime BOD is indicative of air pollution. The tribunal directed that action plans be prepared to rejuvenate these rivers and be sure that they are a minimum of fit to wash in.
Seventeen of the 351 polluted stretches are in Karnataka, within the Arkavathi, Lakshmantirtha, Malaprabha, Tungabhadra, Bhadra, Cauvery, Kabini, Kagina, Kali, Krishna, Shimsha, Asangi Nalla, Bhima, Kumaradhara, Netravathi, Tunga and Yagachi rivers.
According to a government order issued on November 24, the fundamental secretary (ecology and atmosphere) wooded area, ecology and atmosphere department will be the chairman of the river rejuvenation committee. The head of the Directorate of Municipal Administration and the commissioner for business development and department of industries and commerce will be the individuals of the committee and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) member secretary will likely be its memberconvener.
The committee will have to get ready the action plan and will serve as the tracking committee for its execution. The polluted rivers will have to be fit a minimum of for bathing inside six months of the plan’s approval. The action plan will have to “include parts like the id of polluting resources including functioning/standing of STPs/ETP/s/CETPs, solid waste control and processing amenities, quantification and characterisation of solid waste, and trade and sewage generated within the catchment house of polluted river stretches”.
The plan will have to look into issues on the subject of groundwater extraction, irrigation practices, flood simple zones, rainwater harvesting, groundwater recharging, maintaining minimum environmental go with the flow of rivers and plantations on their banks. It may even have to seem into interception and diversion of sewage carrying drains to the STPs and emphasise utilisation of treated sewage to minimise extraction of floor or groundwater.
The action plan will have to have a ‘speedy, particular or particular’ timeline for the execution of steps, and provisions could also be made for pooling of sources, utilising budget from state budgets, native bodies, the state air pollution control board and central schemes. A web site will have to be set as much as invite participation from instructional and non secular establishments as well as business institutions and progress stories must be emailed to the NGT on or ahead of December 15, the NGT stated.
“We could have a meeting on December three to discuss the issue, and conceivable solutions. Once the plan is licensed, we will be able to put up it to the government and it's going to direct the civic businesses concerned to implement the plan. Most of our rivers, are within the ‘C’ category, that means they are fit for ingesting after remedy,” KSPCB member secretary Manoj Kumar stated.
The plan was to be drafted inside two months of the September 20 directive, however this was now not done because the order to set up the committee got here much after the directive, he stated.
Sharachchandra Lele, senior fellow and convenor, Centre for Environment and Development, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, known as for growth of the river tracking proposal.
“The highly polluted Vrishabhavathi river has now not been incorporated because it is not being monitored below the programme,” he stated. “Also, the focus will have to now not simply be on BOD levels, but also on business pollutants.
The committee will have to be expanded to incorporate those who had been skilled in and perceive water control. As for the action plan, it will have to center of attention on enforcement, particularly polluting industries and biological contamination, a results of untreated sewage, and monetary fortify.”
The state of affairs is particularly dire in smaller cities, a lot of which both have insufficient or no remedy amenities, he stated.
The NGT famous on September 20 that within the evaluate of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), there were 351 polluted river stretches within the nation, wherein the biological oxygen call for (BOD) content material is greater than 3mg/L.
Dissolved oxygen is fed on by way of micro organism when water accommodates large quantities of organic subject from sewage or different discharge. A low BOD is a hallmark of good quality water, whilst a prime BOD is indicative of air pollution. The tribunal directed that action plans be prepared to rejuvenate these rivers and be sure that they are a minimum of fit to wash in.
Seventeen of the 351 polluted stretches are in Karnataka, within the Arkavathi, Lakshmantirtha, Malaprabha, Tungabhadra, Bhadra, Cauvery, Kabini, Kagina, Kali, Krishna, Shimsha, Asangi Nalla, Bhima, Kumaradhara, Netravathi, Tunga and Yagachi rivers.
According to a government order issued on November 24, the fundamental secretary (ecology and atmosphere) wooded area, ecology and atmosphere department will be the chairman of the river rejuvenation committee. The head of the Directorate of Municipal Administration and the commissioner for business development and department of industries and commerce will be the individuals of the committee and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) member secretary will likely be its memberconvener.
The committee will have to get ready the action plan and will serve as the tracking committee for its execution. The polluted rivers will have to be fit a minimum of for bathing inside six months of the plan’s approval. The action plan will have to “include parts like the id of polluting resources including functioning/standing of STPs/ETP/s/CETPs, solid waste control and processing amenities, quantification and characterisation of solid waste, and trade and sewage generated within the catchment house of polluted river stretches”.
The plan will have to look into issues on the subject of groundwater extraction, irrigation practices, flood simple zones, rainwater harvesting, groundwater recharging, maintaining minimum environmental go with the flow of rivers and plantations on their banks. It may even have to seem into interception and diversion of sewage carrying drains to the STPs and emphasise utilisation of treated sewage to minimise extraction of floor or groundwater.
The action plan will have to have a ‘speedy, particular or particular’ timeline for the execution of steps, and provisions could also be made for pooling of sources, utilising budget from state budgets, native bodies, the state air pollution control board and central schemes. A web site will have to be set as much as invite participation from instructional and non secular establishments as well as business institutions and progress stories must be emailed to the NGT on or ahead of December 15, the NGT stated.
“We could have a meeting on December three to discuss the issue, and conceivable solutions. Once the plan is licensed, we will be able to put up it to the government and it's going to direct the civic businesses concerned to implement the plan. Most of our rivers, are within the ‘C’ category, that means they are fit for ingesting after remedy,” KSPCB member secretary Manoj Kumar stated.
The plan was to be drafted inside two months of the September 20 directive, however this was now not done because the order to set up the committee got here much after the directive, he stated.
Sharachchandra Lele, senior fellow and convenor, Centre for Environment and Development, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, known as for growth of the river tracking proposal.
“The highly polluted Vrishabhavathi river has now not been incorporated because it is not being monitored below the programme,” he stated. “Also, the focus will have to now not simply be on BOD levels, but also on business pollutants.
The committee will have to be expanded to incorporate those who had been skilled in and perceive water control. As for the action plan, it will have to center of attention on enforcement, particularly polluting industries and biological contamination, a results of untreated sewage, and monetary fortify.”
The state of affairs is particularly dire in smaller cities, a lot of which both have insufficient or no remedy amenities, he stated.
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