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STATE OF DELHIFlood Prone

1977, 1978, 1988, 1995, 200.. (Devastating decadal floods)

-NEERI report (2005) Environmental Management Plan for Rejuvenation ofRiver Yamuna in NCT advises due caution

The Yamuna crossed its danger level (fixed at 204.83 m) 25 times during the last 33 years.(page 3.7)Except the Palla embankment, no other bund in the river would withstand a 25 year floods(page 3.9)No permanent structures of residential or industrial nature should be raised in the riverbed (page 3.33)

-Uncertainties related with Climate Change with possibilities of increased anddevastating floods all over advice extra precaution and permit little liberty tobe taken with natural systems like rivers

-All developmental planning is ideally to be done keeping the 100 yr frequencyfloods in mind


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STATE OF DELHIWater Scarce

Demand 830 mgd (DJB)Supply 520 mgd (DJB)

DJB Sources River Yamuna (410 mgd), Bhakra (40 mgd),UGC (100 mgd)

DJB Extracted ground water (2300 tube wells) 100 mgd

Real ground water extraction 100 + 310 (shortfall)

= 410 mgd (Pvt suppliers, Bottled Water, Pvt extraction estimated 3000 tube wells) 50% of water needs met fromunderground

River Flood Plain (Zone O) is, along with the Ridge, theMOST vital and valuable natural area in the city


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STATE OF DELHIWater Scarce

A bird in hand is better than two in the bush

Flood plain is an underground reservoir

Annual recharge and dilution of polluted ground water throughbenign

floods each year

An estimate (Prof. Vikram Soni) puts the economic value of existing floodplain in terms of just ground water recharge potential as a staggering Rs

10,000 crores annually

Delhi is water wise badly DEPENDANT

We will build dams in Uttarakhand (MPD 2021)We will develop river bed (MPD 2021)


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STATE OF DELHIEarthquake prone

Delhi sits over an Earthquake fault line (Zone IV)

893 ; 1505 ; 1720 ; 1803 ; 1842 ; 1905; 1956; 1960; 1966;

1991; 2001; 2005

River bed is most vulnerable

According to Iyengar 2000, in a 50 yr window 1983 2033,Delhi would experience PGA = .2 g (80% probability of7 richter scale quake in the region)

F d t l D t f th t t (A ti l 48A)


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Fundamental Duty of the state (Article 48A)

The State shall endeavour to protect and improve

the environmentand to safeguard the forests andwild life of the country.

The Supreme Court observed (In the well known SpanMotels Case (MC Mehta vs Kamal Nath and others, 1997) :

The state as a trustee is under a legal duty to protect thenatural resources.

In the absence of any legislation (Rivers fall in this category), theexecutive acting under the doctrine of public trust cannotabdicate the natural resources and convert them into

private ownership or for commercial use.


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High Court of Delhi

Observations of the Hon. HC, Delhi in the case WP (Civil ) No. 2112 /

2002 and WP ( C ) No. 689 / 2004 dated 08.12.2005

River Yamuna is lifeline for the citizens of Delhi right from its entry intoDelhi till it leaves Delhi. The purity, sanctity and the cleanliness of itswater has to be maintained. It is repeatedly claimed that theGovernment is doing its best and has already spent thousands ofcrores of rupees in the name of Cleanse Yamuna Project.

But the common man does not find any visible change. Encroachmentson river beds and embankment have become order of the day. Noeffective steps have been taken to make Yamuna free fromencroachments and pollution of all kinds.


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It is because of this realization that we have entrusted the task to theCommittee headed by Justice Usha Mehra (Retired). (VC-DDA; CC-

MCD; CP-DELHI)

We direct the Committee to take up in right earnestness and day-to-day basis the task of removing encroachments up to 300 meters

from both sides of River Yamuna in the first instance.

No encroachment either in the form of jhuggi jhopri clusters or inany other manner by any person or organisation shall be permitted.Yamuna has to be re-developed in such a manner that it becomes thehabitat for trees, forests and center for recreation.

We are making it clear that no structure whether it pertains toreligious, residential or commercial or any other purpose shall beallowed to exist.

Usha Mehra Committee


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Let us get back into time for a while

News Item: TOI, 4.5.2000

'Land allotment to temple trust flayed in RS'

The DDA's'surreptitious' allotment of 30 hectares of land on the Yamuna bedto atemple trust came in for sharp criticism in the Rajya Sabha (RS) on Wednesday.

Making a special mention, Ambika Soniof the Congressaccused both the DDA andDelhi's Lt. Governor of damaging the capital's environment. She alleged that the land

mentioned in the Delhi master plan as part of green belt was given to a Gujarat basedtemple trust at a 'throwaway price'

If a temple is constructed on that low land by raising an embankment, Soni alleged,that would lead toserious water loggingandinundation of trans-Yamuna areaslike

Mayur Vihar and Mandavali. she in fact mentioned an address from where moneywas being doled out to farmers to silence them.. [and] demanded to know who the police

officers had referred to when they claimed they had 'orders from the top'.


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IF THE TEMPLE IN RIVER BED WAS A PUBLIC SAFETYISSUE IN 2000

THEN WHY IS GAMES VILLAGE IN THE SAME RIVERBED NOT A GREATER PUBLIC SAFETY MATTER IN 2007????

Our Whole case is just this..


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Excerpts from CG 2010 Evaluation Commission 2003 report

(What was presented to the Voting members of CGF)

3.4.2 Village

1. The Government is constructing the Village on a pleasant and highquality site.

2. Delhi has guaranteed that the Games Village will be constructed well in

advance of the Games although no specific development schedule has beenprovided (Village construction timetable is anticipated to be 2 years).

3. Post games the Village will become University accommodation.

4. The Village will feature low to medium rise buildings.

5. The proximity of the Village to the airport, city and the venues is excellentand will allow all athletes to live in one Village.


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WHAT IS THE STATE CLAIMING ?

We have all the approvals !

Consider the facts:

1)Yamuna Standing Committee (CWC)2) Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA)

3) Usha Mehra Committee of Delhi HC4) Ministry Of Environment and Forests (MOEF)5) Delhi Urban Arts Commission (DUAC)

Recommendations of the NEERI report (2005)

Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS) report2007

Yamuna Standing Committee


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Yamuna Standing Committee

RTI Act response from CWC dated 25 July 2007

No specific permission was accorded by the Yamuna Standing Committee(YSC) to DDA for raising of permanent residential multi storied flats in the nameof Common wealth Games (20100 village alongside the Akshardham Templein the flood plain in river Yamuna.


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Central Ground Water Authority

Yamuna Flood plain notified dated 2 September, 2000

RTI Act response from CGWA dated 16 July 2007 seeking

Is the CGWA aware of the plan of DDA to build residentialcomplex in the name of CG 2010 ..including a mall underconstruction ?

No permission for construction of any borewell / tube well hasbeen accorded by CGWA for this purpose.


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Usha Mehra Committee

No report (18 reports till date) of Usha Mehra Committee makesa mention of it


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DUAC

Accorded approval to the Building Plan in the month of May

2007

27 June 2007 YJA presented to full membership of DUAC

The presentation gave evidence for not locating the CGGames Village in the Yamuna Flood Plain. The Commission

was of the view that it would be appropriate to set up anindependent Committee headed by an eminent scientist forinstance Prof. MGK Menon for looking into the merits orotherwise of the matter. (Letter no. 31(7)/2006 DUAC datedJuly 5, 2007).

MOEF


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MOEF

RTI response received from MOEF informs

a) MOEF issued 4 Clearance letters (14.12.06; 22.1.07; 29.3.07 and 2.4.07)b) Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) expressed serious environmental

concerns and recommended change of siteon 3.11.2006c) First Clearance letter provided for raising only temporary dismantable

structures so that river bed could be restored to the riverd) DDA served ultimatums on MOEF on two occasions 16 Jan 07 and 7 March

07.e) If Akshardham could be built then why not Games Village.f) MOEF found serious shortcomings in the CWPRS report of Feb 2007g) 2nd and 3rd clearance letters on 22 Jan and 29 March 07 provided for DDA to

plan for permanent or temporary structures subject to..h) 4th clearance letter on 2 April 07 provided for DDA to construct permanent or

temporary structures subject toClearly the DDA has extracted the clearance from MOEF not on merit butpersuasions and ultimatums (Mockery of EIA process at MOEF)


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Where are the approvals?

Yamuna Standing Committee (-)

CGWA (-)

Usha Mehra Committee (-)

MOEF (+?)

DUAC (+?)

NEERI (-)

CWPRS (+?)


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The Site itself in river bed is RISKY, UNSAFE and DISTURBED

Earthquake (Residents ever in risk)

Floods (What if the decadal floods come calling in July 2010)

Disturbed (Next to NH 24 and Railway Line)

Sunken bed at site and Polluted water (Ground water is contaminated and unfit for

use)

WHO WOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE IF AN EARTHQUAKE (remember Mexico 1985) OR ADEVASTATING FLOOD (Mumbai 2005, London 2007) WERE TO HAPPEN and bring

devastation made worse from construction in the river bed ?

In the light of above

Do we have a contingency plan for the proposed site? If NO then why NOT

If yes, then why cant that plan become THE PLAN today?

DWARKA SECTOR 20


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DWARKA SECTOR 20

SAFDARJUNG AIRPORT


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SAFDARJUNG AIRPORT

JASOLA SPORTS COMPLEX


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JASOLA SPORTS COMPLEX

LODI COLONY


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LODI COLONY


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PONDERABLE

Clearly a dangerous, wrong and unauthorised / illegal act ishappening in the RIVER BED in the city which would badlycompromise the ability of the river to recharge ground waterbut become yet another precedence for concretisation of theriver bed.

Concerned authorities are not only, not listening to reasonand expert advice but resorting to issuing incorrect

statements and half truths

Safe alternatives exist for the games village site in the city

WE SEEK


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CG 2010 Village

Immediately shift the site out of the river bedas a win win step from all angles. Heritage

issue will get automatically resolved.

Future of river Yamuna

GONCT1. Moratorium on any new construction in the river (Zone O)2. An independent expert committee to review (with public hearing) all

existing structures from public safety and environmental impact angle4. Set up Yamuna Preservation Authority and begin desilting of river bed

GOI

1. Notify RRZ (Rivers Regulation Zone) whose draft is lying with MOEF since2002

2. Implement 1994 MOU between six riparian states of Yamuna for minimumflow of 10 cumesec

3. Review and re-notify EIA norms so that EIA is not required to becommissioned by an interested Party but only by an independent body


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Thank you

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