What Is This Campaign About?
What Is This Campaign About? What Is This Campaign About?
WHAT CAN AND SHOULD BE DONE? IMMEDIATE MEASURE - MOEF to notify a River zone Regulation under the EPA 1986 on the lines of the CRZ notification - Delhi government to enact a law for protection of the river Yamuna flood plain (Zone O in Delhi) against any unlawful activity including encroachment (of any kind), pollution and unauthorized drawal of ground water - An ordinance declares the constitution of a ground water reservoir sanctuary in the Zone O (river Yamuna) in Delhi - MOUD to accordingly revise the MPD 2021 to ensure that the Zone O is made inviolate as recommended both by the MPD 1962 and 1982 - MOEF to move the Hon. SC to seek full implementation of the water sharing MOU between the states of UA, HP, UP, Haryana and Delhi to ensure the minimum flow in the river Yamuna - The proposed site of the CG 2010 village is immediately changed so that no time is lost in making requisite preparations for the organization of the said games. - Similarly any work on the proposed Signature Bridge is stopped till its feasibility and desirability is fully established - All other ongoing earth works (including the so called Global Village) in river Yamuna are put on a hold till an environmental review has been conducted by an independent panel SHORT TERM MEASURE - A citizen’s white paper on river Yamuna is prepared and presented to the nation’s Parliament through the people’s representatives - A thorough professional and transparent review of YAP is carried out in a time bound measure and till then all plans to clean the Yamuna including the so called Thames model plan is put on a hold - Delhi government promulgates a rain water harvest law to ensure that it becomes a practice enforceable by law - All existing encroachment in the river bed and flood plains (both by the state and by private agencies / individuals) be reviewed and recommended by a independent panel consisting of experts and concerned civil society representatives including the representatives of the RWAs - The nation’s parliament and the states consider the advisability of including the rivers and the water in to the concurrent list of the Constitution so that a national law on the vital issue is possible to enact and implement - A notification under EPA empowers the MOEF to get periodical EIAs (post construction) carried out of all such structures and constructions which have a potential to either pollute or endanger the safety of natural systems like rivers and lakes. 10 What Is This Campaign About?
LONG TERM MEASURE - A people’s movement all along the length of the river (Delhi, Mathura and Agra in particular) takes up the task of the cleaning of the river Yamuna with a missionary zeal - Rain water harvesting becomes a well accepted norm in the country - A regulated drawal limited to an annual recharge estimates from the Ground water reservoir Sanctuary (Zone O) in Delhi meets most of the water shortfall in the city - The proposed dams on the key tributaries of the river Yamuna are taken up to augment dry season flow in the river - The WYC and EYC are repaired to plug transport losses - Proposed Satluj- Yamuna link and Sharda – Yamuna link are established What Is This Campaign About? 11
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LONG TERM MEASURE<br />
- A people’s movement all along the length of<br />
the river (Delhi, Mathura and Agra in<br />
particular) takes up the task of the cleaning<br />
of the river Yamuna with a missionary zeal<br />
- Rain water harvesting becomes a well<br />
accepted norm in the country<br />
- A regulated drawal limited to an annual<br />
recharge estimates from the Ground water<br />
reservoir Sanctuary (Zone O) in Delhi meets<br />
most of the water shortfall in the city<br />
- The proposed dams on the key tributaries of<br />
the river Yamuna are taken up to augment<br />
dry season flow in the river<br />
- The WYC and EYC are repaired to plug<br />
transport losses<br />
- Proposed Satluj- Yamuna link and Sharda –<br />
Yamuna link are established<br />
<strong>What</strong> <strong>Is</strong> <strong>This</strong> <strong>Campaign</strong> <strong>About</strong>?<br />
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