IDEAS IMPLEMENTATION
Achievement Level Index IDEA MOOTED IN BOOK " STANDARDIZATION KEY TO SOCIAL REFORMS " IN CHAPTER 6, PUBLISH IN 2005.
This will be a measure of performance of a particular councilor / MLA/ MP in his region. The achievement level can be an index on a scale of says 100. Various scoring measures are appended below as a suggestive way. However this may be modified to make more accurate.
DEVELOPMENT OF AREA
- Roads
- Electricity
- Environment
- Health
- Education
- Attendance in Parliament
- Issues raised in Parliament
- Grievance Addressal
- Visits Carried Out
- Cases of Criminal Activities noticed
- Gain of Personal Wealth / Estate as reported by Special Economic offenece team of CBI
Achievement level Index can be available on a special website which will host index for all Councilor/ MLA/ MPs state wise and updated quarterly.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Will-monitor-MP-MLA-spendings/Article1-680648.aspx
IDEA MOOTED IN INSIGHT CREATING AWARENESS MAGAZINE JUNE 2007
(40 - 41)
REVIVAL PLAN
" What we need is to maximize the use of the existing treatment facilities and ensure reuse of treated effluents," says Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science and Environment. All waste, legal and illegal, sewered and unsewered must be trapped and treated and not mixed with untreated sewage. Centralised sewage treatment plants cannot be the only option. The cost of transporting waste to the treatment facility and transporting treated effluent back to the point of reuse makes them too expensive to run. Therefore, treatment facilities need to be constructed close to the source of sewage generation.
Based on these principles, a detailed plan for the top six drains of the city, which contribute 90 percent of the pollution in the river, should be made and implemented.
Simultaneously, steps should also be taken to achieve dilution in the river mainly by reducing the city's demand for Freshwater. The river needs water for a minimum flow to keep it alive.
Simultaneously an attempt needs to be made to revive the water bodies and their catchment areas to store maximum run0FfQ which could then be used for local water needs or could be released into the river for dilution.
We again quote from Sunita Narain "We must remember that whatever amount of waste we manage to treat will be inadequate, and the technology to treat the waste is hugely expensive. It will be a battle which we will never win if we continue lighting it the way that we have been doing all this while. The only way out is to rethink our approach."
MEASURES TO PREVENT POLLUTION
Catchment area : Catchment area delineation is an important component of water quality management. In order to reduce pollutant loadings at an outfall, it is necessary to examine and improve water use practices in the areas where pollutants originate. In theory, all water released at an outfall originated somewhere within the limits of that outfall's with land use, businesses, and property owners who may be affecting that water quality.
Develop river beds as tourist's spots : Puddles of water in
the rocky riverbed and crevices are a common sight. The government is at times neglecting the revenue generating spots. All around Yamuna river bed, right from Yamnotri (the point of camouflage of melting ice) to Allahabad where Yamuna terminates, should be developed as a tourist spot.
Construction of barricades : The drainage systems have to be so designed as to allow the harvesting of rain water. Construction of barricades along the riverbed will help in prevention of free entry of any canal to the river rather in turn they will diverge to a UL in canal from where they can flow to the river.
Botanical and herbal gardens : Herbal and botanical gardens should be developed alongside the river bed. These can serve as tourist attractions and can also be helpful to the environment and the pharmaceutical companies.
FINDING SOLUTIONS
The quality restoration of any river, especially of the Yamuna at Delhi, is a very complex and interdisciplinary endeavor. River pollution cannot be minimized merely by diverting the
Routes of drains carrying wastewaters and/or establishing sewage treatment plants. The required strategy for pollution control should not only be a multi—line approach but also be ' fool proof The various sources of pollution in the Yamuna river and possible strategies to restore this ailing river to its
Pristine status must be thoroughly examined and effective and enduring solutions established and implemented.
We have to rethink our approach. Money and expensive technology are not the solutions. We have already spent close to Rs 1,500 crore on cleaning the Yamuna; and the river has become dirtier. The situation will worsen if we do not act now.
It may already be too late to avoid a crisis that the polluted Yamuna is creating for us. We must formulate appropriate policies and strategies and act on soon, Our action plan for cleaning the river has to be indigenous and innovative. Whether water is used for agriculture, industry, or municipalities, we must strengthen our ability for eradicating the problem through conservation of water and better management of the crisis.
IDEA IMPLEMENTED AS PER TIMES OF INDIA - 17/06/2010 .
8 - LANE ROAD ALONG GANGA CANAL SOON
E-Way Will Make Delhi - Haridwar Drive Smooth, Steamers To Ply In Canal.
New Delhi : The drive from Delhi to western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will soon be a breeze for commuters and Tourists, with the Uttar Pradesh government all set to start work on an eight-lane expressway connecting Greater Noida and ‘ UP-Uttarakhand border in Muzaffarnagar along the Upper Ganga canal, long snarls on NH-58 —— the existing route ` will be a thing of the past.
The access-controlled expressway project will have the design speed of 120 kmph. The stretch will not only provide E an alternate route to the congested NH-58 (Delhi-Haridwar) but also divert the truck traffic carrying sugarcane from E national highway As per the bid document of the express way project, the canal along the proposed stretch will be Used for navigational facilities. Presently; trucks loaded with sugarcane often cause congestion on NH—58.
" The transportation of sugarcane through water channel will be cheaper than through road network Steamers can Easily navigate in the canal and can carry farm produce and other cargor In certain stretches, the canal may have to be widened marginally " said a senior official UP Expressway Industrial Authority (UPEIDA)The project is set to take off Soon with the state government already holding two rounds of pre-bid meetings. The concessionaire for the Upper Ganga Canal Expressway is likely to be finalized next month. Secondly the biggest advantage for UP government to fast track the project execution is that the land required for the expressway is already available with the state irrigation department, which can easily be leased out to the private developer The project will be completed within 36 months from the date of appointment of the concessionaire.
Ofiicials said that approximately 45 meters of right of way (R0W) is available with the irrigation department on the right side of the canal, which is sufficient to build an 8-lane expressway Five locations along the canal have been identified for the cargo transportation landing facilities. Officials Said that the express way could give boost to economic development in Bulandshahr, Gautambudh Nagar Ghaziabad. Meerut, Muzaffarnagar and Saharanpur districts. To make the project viable and for optimum utilization of the canal water, the developer will also be allowed to generate hydro electricity of approximately 37.4MW Seven locations have been identified for setting up of the electricity generation plants in Meerut, Muzaffarnagar and Ghaziabad districts.
Dipak Kumar Dash