Introduction to cGanga - Namami Gange

1. Introduction to cGanga;
Namami Gange
CMMI Mumbai Monthly lecture meeting
1st Nov 2019
Prince of Wales Seamen’s club
“ Water Impact “

2. जल ही जीवन है

3. Planet earth
Some 18000 years ago earth surface
had 30% ice cover / glaciers
• Water is the single most important resource
we have
• Ganga like other rivers due to hydrodynamics
play tends to be deflected away from polluted
slimy banks to more virgin sands on the
opposite sides as has happened in all cities on
the west banks of Ganges downstream to
Hardwar – Kanauji Kanpur Allahabad………the
Kanpur stretch is the worst

4. Water cycle or Hydrologic cycle
• This cycle is known to us from primary
schooling !!!!
• Continuous transfer of water from land
surface, ocean to the atmosphere
(troposphere about 7 miles in altitude or
about two miles above Evrest) – by way of –
evaporation, transpiration, condensation,
precipitation and run off.
• Total amount of water within the cycle
remains essentially constant though its
distribution is constantly changing due to our
deeds & misdeeds

6. Water Impact
• First Summit 2012 December India Habitat centre New
Delhi - consolidation planning phase in collaboration
with WORLD WATER COUNCIL
• Second Summit 2017 December first week
• Third Summit 2018 December Vigyan Bhavan discussed
key issues of afforestation; biodiversity; urban rivers
management; innovation & sewage management
• Conversion of technology into working model s of
sustainability ( 70% demand to be met by only 7%
availability) = 85% consumption in agri +9% Industry +
6% households
Last two Chaired by Prof. Vinod Tare IIT Kanpur
Presided by Mr. U.P. Singh IAS Secretary Water
resources

9. cGanga, Namami Gange Rs 6 lakh Cr
project to get Ganga in its former
glory
• Initiatives –
• Supreme court upholds on 5 Nov 2008 the belief ‘
Ganga as living being”
• Nearly half of India lives in Gangetic plains
• “Swatch Bharat” following from Bindeshwar
Pathak 1968
• Creating awareness – to reduce agri water
footprint
• Water for drinking; irrigation; Navigation
• Current cumulative spend Rs. 10,000 cr

10. ISO
• 14000
• Escape to land, water & air
• Not succeded yet to tackle land waste
management
• Water preservation failure close behind
• Air pollution being tackled but most of us
believe water preservation is much
bigger task – climate adjusts itself water
does not

11. Paryavaran Parivartan
• Indian scriptures were talking about it
10000 years ago
• Rituals designed to spread awreness
• Knowledge about this passed on Father
to son
• Teachings promoted through festivals
teachings
But lately we have been careless to say the
least

12. Water Impact Summit Outcome
• Large scale public participation in water impact movement
• River navigation which aides water aeration, silt agitation and
flood control initiatives while giving tangible transportation
benefits
• Data and communication protocols, real time monitoring like
RIS; sensors and remote sensing and information
dissemination
• Law of ‘Polluter pays’ strengthened, prim facia by a
knowledge based custodial institute
• In depth monitoring of least available depth for navigation –
and drains
• Each smart city should have a lake and water front recreation
activities thus making drains stink free
• Establishing c Ganga centres of excellence water sector skill development
lon the lines of the IT sector
• Ascertain true cost of water and therefore find water trading rights

13. 6 Pillars of Success
India is huge market potential for adopting business technology for water
resources management
1. Invest in Data
Ganga Knowledge
Center
2. Accelerate ETV
ETV Hub
Environment
Trade Validation
3. Deepen
Industry Pool
4. Increase Access
to Finance
5. Involve
Communities
6. Impact Projects

14. Action Approach
Finance to Industry, Government stakeholder,
NGO & local body involvement is essential for Nammami Gange
initiatives and water security agenda of India.
EoI for processing liquid and solid waste; measuring BOD.
DD etc.
GangaBonds
backedbylocal
body
balancesheet
Global
Finance Road
shows
Innovative
Finance
Instruments
Water
Finance
Center

15. IMPACT PROJECTS FOR WATER
RESOURCES AND SERVICES
Delhi
waterfront
Varanasi
Rivers
Kanpur
Drains
Ponds &
lakes
Water market
& Trading
Zero
Waste
Banks
Sustainable
Navigation
Community
Programs
Datamatics;
Waterfront
recreation &
Cruising

16. RIS Data-matics Opportunity
• IWAI share of domestic freight today < 2%
• State Government DGS share in coastal
shipping < 5%
• DGS EXIM < 10% G20 norm 30-40%

17. Need of the Hour
• Join hands to increase public awareness of
preserving & protecting water
• Recycled water for agri use and increasing
efficiency of water consumption; zero leaky taps
and pipes
• Zero tolerance for water pollution – temple
waste, crematorium, civic bodies discharges, civic
amenities, civil works near water bodies, ground
water depletion, degradation.
• Everybody has to pay for water. It will not be free
henceforth
• Modal shift of cargo road rail to water

18. Employment Potential
• Sagarmala
• NW1 – NW5 to 111 other declared national
waterways
• 10 million jobs by 2024 in terms of crew,
ancillary services, ship building, ship repair,
port services, freight services

19. Funding
• Water bonds like NHAI bonds
• PPP viable to both partners
• UNESCO , FDI, WB, ADB, ……..enablers
• Incentive to use water borne transport
• Hubs of Ship repair, bunkering, marine equipment to Indian
standards, domestic CFS/ICD/ DPD etc.
• Dredging by genuine end users such as buiders, shipping
companies for mutual benefit not by those of sand mining
mafia
• Cess on fuel or from savings in fuel bill to maintain river
systems
• CSR
• CiF, FoB, ECB, BBCD enabling policy s

20. Jal Marg Vikas Project – Decongestion of Road & Rail
Bulk/Break Bulk Cargo Carriers
Mode Carrier Type Carrying Capacity (MT)
Road Truck (Normal 10 wheeled) 16
Rail
BOXN Rail wagon (each) 62
Rail Rakes of (40 Wagons) 2200
IWT IWT Vessels 2000
1 standard 2000 DWT vessel compares to 125 Truck Loads and almost 1
complete train rake (40 rail wagons) load from existing road & Rail
infrastructure

21. Legend:
NW1: Food grains:
Fly ash (existing/proposed TPPs): /
Coal: Fertilizers
Stone chips:
Jal Marg Vikas Project – Key Commodities (Map)

22. Key Features
• Project Cost – INR. 169.59 Cr.
• Terminal capacity - o.54 MTPA
• Major commodity – Construction
material, food grain
• Standing Finance Committee
(SFC) appraised and
recommended the proposal on
09.12.2015
• Contract Awarded in May’2016 to
M/s Afcons
• Mobilization completed
• Soil Investigation and Detailed
topographic and Bathymetric
Survey completed
• Pile Load Test in progress
• Casting & Fabrication yard work
in progress
• Project duration – 26 months
Labour Colony Piling Work in progress
Casting Yard Set-up
Site Preparation Work Access Road to Site
Jal Marg Vikas Project – Varanasi MMT

23. Germany does not allow movement of trucks from
Fri 12 am to Monday 7 am on National highways &
over loading of rail and road vehicles is strictly
prohibited. This results in making,
RHINE a viable transport option &
attracting
general public investment in IWT!!
Modality CO2 emission (g/t-km)
Semi-trailer truck (artic) 60 – 80
Truck 10-20 tons (Local delivery)
120 – 150 big polluter
Ship 250-1000 tons 35 – 70
Ship 1000-3000 tons 30 – 55 (clear winner!)

24. Small Incremental
Objectives• Plastic free oceans, rivers, water bodies
• Rain harvesting to increase ground water
• Dredging, river training, embankment, tree
plantation on banks to reduce mostly alluvial soil
erosion / silting and re silting.
• Economic use of potable water for drinking,
recycling waste water, metered drip irrigation like
in Israel for irrigation solutions, navigable channel
maintenance
• Progress towards blue economy; supply chain
dynamics exploiting marine products services
• Development of coastal river bank communities

25. Suction Dredger enable river
drafts
Suction Dredger Made in India – Make in
India
Typical example of appropriate technology and make in India solution suitable
for dredging in alluvial rivers and free flowing clay and sandy back waters

28. Larger Issues
• Long term low cost finance
• Not tarmacking everything in smart cities
• River interlinking – e.g Sone and Damodar - an infra
project of 1950 Prof Taylor LSE recommendation that
was overlooked by then PM in favour of PSU, steel
mills etc.
• Sagarmala – port led development of shipping;
potential saving of Rs. 300 bn by 2025
• First last mile connectivity to make water transport
competitive due to decades of negect such as GRT
based port charges rather than charging on earning
capacity basis and non landlord basis
• Maintaining and managing natural salt cycle

29. SAGARMALA

30. De Regulate - - IWAI - - like JG of Japan –
a local Japanese vessel 20 year old seen by NKK and
operating 500 ‘ SE of Tokyo is being found unsuitable
for service in Indian waters !!!
30

31. National security, energy security
• Blue economy Green gains,
• Domestic shipping & fishing = more business
• more domestic shipping means less darkness
on the coast to prevent 26/11,
• maritime cooperation between MN and IN a two
way street
• India needs to save on fuel and emissions
• Offshore bunkering hubs is golden opportunity
• riverine ports terminals is virgin area for
development

32. Way forward “ Maritime constituency”
Spearheading National Campaign
• Jumpstart Indo Bangladesh protocol river
routes connecting NE, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim
to the South asia region
• Help Canada Australia Israel Singapore EU lock
into Rs. 6 L Cr funding required to revive
Ganges
• TRIGGER SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TO
SUIT WATER BORNE TRANSPORT
• PSUs could incubate water sector
entrepreneurship ; it has immense growth
potential

33. Contd………….
• FG CS IWT synergy
• Procedural changes of port clearance, customs,
immigration, security etc.
• Carriage of mix EXIM Domestic cargo on same
Indian ship on the coast
• Cabotage relaxation by way of new primary
legislation governing merchant shipping, MPA,
IPA, IV
• Lock into cGanga technology solutions provider
groups
• Scientific landfill sites
• STP capex opex
• Increasing green cover

34. Way forward contd…..
• Long term cargo carriage contracts of PSU, big
corporates; public distribution offices etc.
• Private mortgage law at least for acquiring
domestic use ships
• Duty exemption as there is little ship building
capacity
• Every GHAT must have water flow ensured
• Coastal clean up
• Energy from waste
• Development of coastal river bank
communities

35. INNOVATION
win win solutions = IWT freight 30% cheaper; LNG
30% cheaper, cleaner, efficient than fuel oil

36. Example of Innovation made to
happen

37. SEA TRUCK – shallow draft RoRo pax
tendered by MMB GMB
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38. REWIDENING & REBUILDING
A RIVER

39. This is an example developed in Germany to quickly
augment Port capacity and unitization of cargo
Port Feeder Barge – alternative to port
infra – equivalent of transhipment

40. Times to come in all Indian
rivers

42. Hon Minster for “Jal Shakti” GOI Shri. G.S. Shekhawat ji
Prof. Vinod tare IIT Kanpur
Mr. Sunmit Ahuja London
Capt. Sudhir V Subhedar
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