EIA Studies of 3 Pre-Identified Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites in ...

Rapid EIA Studies of 3 Pre-identified Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites in NCT - Delhi:
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As per the requirement of ASI, no construction work is permissible within
300m distance from the boundary of the monument of national importance.
Site-II: Wazirpur CETP Site
Location on toposheet: This site is located on Survey of India Toposheet No. 53
H/2/NE and lie in B2 North West Grid (1:25000 Scale), and lies between 77 o 7'36" and
77 o 13'46"N Latitude and 28 o 39'29" and 28 o 44'53"E longitude.
Physical location: It is located to the south of Azadpur Railway Station and lie
adjacent to the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP). The site lies near the
intersection of Northern and Azadpur railway line. Figure 4.4 depicts the layout of the
site. Photoplate 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 shows proposed site at Wazirpur.
Acessibility: Fig. 4.5 shows the major roads and settlements around the site. It is
bounded by river Yamuna in east and National Highway 1 and 2 on the northeastern
side.
Settlements around the site: Broadly, Jharoda Majra Burari in the North; Rani Bagh
and Shalimar Bagh in the North-West; Nehru Nagar, Anand Parbat, Sarai Rohila in
the south and part of northern ridge forest, Kamala Nagar, Timarpur, Dr. Mukherjee
Nagar in the east are some of the important residential areas around the site.
Area: The total area of the site is 12747 sq. m.
IMPORTANT FEATURES
Some of the important features of the site are:
• The site at present is a wasteland.
• The Northern Railway main line network connecting Agra-Delhi-Ambala,
Nizamuddin section, as well as to Rohtak pass by adjacent to the site (around 1
km away from the site). Another railway line passes by the site with a junction
near the Azadpur Railway station.
• An open ground in the east, Ashok Vihar residential area is about 750 to 1000
meters in the South, Wazirpur industrial area in the west and J.J. cluster in northwest
of the site
• There is no drinking water well within 1 Km radius from the site. The drinking
water is supplied by the municipality in the residential areas.
• Nearest road is beyond 0.75 to 1 km. distance.
• Distance to nearest stagnant pool is beyond 750 m; however, a small creek of
this pool lie 250m near the site.
• Depth to ground water is reported to be beyond 10 meters.
Environment Division, National Productivity Council, New Delhi
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