Those who care for Guahati's health and IMAGE ought to force their
non-government to get the permanent structures at Bharalu bed-- demolished this
winter--NOW!-- and reduce the city foods down by at least 1.5 m.
And force these Govts - by LAW/BYLAW -all families/groups/municipal
Corporation to employ my Simple /Inexpensive/low-energy-consuming
ElectroCoagulating fecal-contaminant separators at the point of exit from
theirsinto Public Domain Bharalu.
And to those living downstreams- recipients of Guahati Shit- all the way to
Sea- I say "Initiate Legal action to effect this" NOW!
For this The Co-RESPONDENT should be Ministry of Environment and Forests(no
trees inside) GOVT Of India- maybe through the UNICEF/WHO/Pachauri-led IPCC.
mm
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:12:46
+0000Subject: [WaterWatch] Permanent structures on Yamuna riverbed to be
demolished
Permanent structures on Yamuna riverbed to be demolishedThe Yamuna (removal of
encroachments) Monitoring Committee has soughtdemolition of all permanent
structures erected in the Yamuna riverbedby the Delhi Development Authority and
the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.In a report submitted on 30th October, 2007 to
Delhi High Court,retired additional district and sessions judge S.M. Aggarwal,
theconvenor of the committee, has also sought that DDA and DMRC should
bepenalised for damaging the river's eco-system by undertakingconstruction of
the massive Metro rail yard, a residential complex in1.85 acres of the river
bed, a huge Games Village Metro station alongwith a mall by Parsvanath
Developers and the Commonwealth Games Village.Delhi High Court had appointed a
committee on December 8, 2005, headedby retired Justice Usha Mehra, to enforce
the orders passed in thisregard by the High Court since 2003. The Yamuna --
Removal ofEncroachments Monitoring Committee, as it came to be known, was
meantto monitor the removal of encroachments on the river bed and floodplains,
specifically within 300 metres of the river banks. On March 3, 2003, the Delhi
High Court had observed: "Yamuna river hasbeen polluted not only on account of
dumping of waste, includingmedical waste as well as discharge of unhygienic
material, but theYamuna bed and its embankment have been unauthorisedly and
illegallyencroached by construction of pucca house, jhuggies and places
forreligious worship, which cannot be permitted any more... We,therefore,
direct all the authorities concerned, that is, DDA, MCD,PWD, DJB as well the
Central Government to forthwith remove all theunauthorised structures, jhuggi
es, places of worship and/or any otherstructure which are unauthorisedly put in
Yamuna bed and itsembankment within two months from today."This order was
flouted for over two years by the concernedauthorities, provoking a Division
Bench, headed by the then ChiefJustice, to rule that the river bed was a water
body (wet land) andhad to be preserved as such. Here is the relevant
excerpt."...it is required to be maintained as a water body by the DDA and
allother authorities. If the water body is not maintained as such
andconstruction illegally goes on unhindered, then it is high time totake the
officers of the DDA to task." As per the court directive, allencroachments on
the river bed were to be removed by the DDA and otherempowered agencies. But,
the follow-up remained tardy.The report has also recommended exemplary action
against the ViceChairman of DDA for deliberate and willful violation of Delhi
HighCourt order directing that the river bed be maintained as a water bodyor
wetland by the DDA and all other authorities.The environmental activists have
sought immediate stay on constructionin the Yamuna river bed and arguments on
this count will be heard onNovember 20.The committee submitted the report in
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