Slides for presentation at the Regional seminar on "Media, Human Development and Governance" on "Is the PMC a seat of bad governance? The Devnadi case study".
A quick summary of how bad governance is the chronic way of life at the PMC.
Smart Projects for Smart Cities: The Government Way (Updated to Nov 2015)Anupam Saraph
This is a case study illustrating how bad projects are the norm in smart cities. It illustrates the bad governance and failure of the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Urban Affairs, the State government and the Urban Local Body to protect public interest.
This case study demonstrates with the example of one stream of how the Pune Municipal Corporation and the JNNURM have been instrumental in destroying urban streams across Pune. JNNURM has funded similar projects across the country.
This has resulted in heavy costs to citizens, particularly:
• 66 Crores of tax money wasted on one streami alone in private interest to steal the green belt and water stream
• Project aimed to continuously waste more money in private interest to destroy all natural streams in Pune and in every urban centre under JNNURM
• Approximately 90 crores worth of wetland and green belt stolen from the public in Devnadi alone
• Water table for entire Baner in Pune (aprox 10 sq Km) destroyed (aprox annual cost of replacing the services 5X the current annual supply of water by tanker mafia)
• Pollution of the ground water and spread of water borne disease by laying sewage lines in the stream (Aprox 44 crores per year in purified drinking water costs for Baner alone + medical expenses to treat water borne disease and mosquito borne disease)
• Crime, failure of the Development Plan by promoting slums to grab the land of the river (Cost to mental health, peace and well being for entire Baner; crime rate up in Baner by more than 100% in last 5 years)
• Risk of damage by flooding increased at least 60 fold as the stream is channelized, constricted and flow changed to 1/60 of its avg. width
• Biodiversity and lungs of the Baner area destroyed by removing the trees and vegetation from the green belt and the river
The presentation highlights the various initiatives of BWSSB in promoting RWH in Bangalore. These include rain barrels, recharging an open well and other initiations.
Rainwater harvesting in a megacity presentation for BWSSBzenrain man
How a city strategy for water management can incorporate rainwater harvesting too.
Policies and bye-laws , demonstration , from the house to the city as an approach.
We conducted a survey on the condition of Lakes in Bengaluru and here are our findings. Do take a look and take part in our Wake The Lake Campaign for helping out in improving the condition of the Lakes in our City. :)
Team United Way Bengaluru.
Smart Projects for Smart Cities: The Government Way (Updated to Nov 2015)Anupam Saraph
This is a case study illustrating how bad projects are the norm in smart cities. It illustrates the bad governance and failure of the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Urban Affairs, the State government and the Urban Local Body to protect public interest.
This case study demonstrates with the example of one stream of how the Pune Municipal Corporation and the JNNURM have been instrumental in destroying urban streams across Pune. JNNURM has funded similar projects across the country.
This has resulted in heavy costs to citizens, particularly:
• 66 Crores of tax money wasted on one streami alone in private interest to steal the green belt and water stream
• Project aimed to continuously waste more money in private interest to destroy all natural streams in Pune and in every urban centre under JNNURM
• Approximately 90 crores worth of wetland and green belt stolen from the public in Devnadi alone
• Water table for entire Baner in Pune (aprox 10 sq Km) destroyed (aprox annual cost of replacing the services 5X the current annual supply of water by tanker mafia)
• Pollution of the ground water and spread of water borne disease by laying sewage lines in the stream (Aprox 44 crores per year in purified drinking water costs for Baner alone + medical expenses to treat water borne disease and mosquito borne disease)
• Crime, failure of the Development Plan by promoting slums to grab the land of the river (Cost to mental health, peace and well being for entire Baner; crime rate up in Baner by more than 100% in last 5 years)
• Risk of damage by flooding increased at least 60 fold as the stream is channelized, constricted and flow changed to 1/60 of its avg. width
• Biodiversity and lungs of the Baner area destroyed by removing the trees and vegetation from the green belt and the river
The presentation highlights the various initiatives of BWSSB in promoting RWH in Bangalore. These include rain barrels, recharging an open well and other initiations.
Rainwater harvesting in a megacity presentation for BWSSBzenrain man
How a city strategy for water management can incorporate rainwater harvesting too.
Policies and bye-laws , demonstration , from the house to the city as an approach.
We conducted a survey on the condition of Lakes in Bengaluru and here are our findings. Do take a look and take part in our Wake The Lake Campaign for helping out in improving the condition of the Lakes in our City. :)
Team United Way Bengaluru.
An integrated programme. Involves different ministries--water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, environment and forest, shipping, tourism, urban development, drinking water and sanitation and rural development Talks for the first time about involving people living on the banks of the river, urban local bodies and panchayati raj institutions Plan includes establishing a Ganga Eco-Task Force, a Territorial Army unit and roll out of legislation to check pollution and protect the river Cleaning programme to be implemented jointly by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), which is the implementation wing of NGRBA, and State Program Management Groups (SPMGs) Talks about strengthening monitoring system through committees at national, state and district levels
Some water management systems in Bengaluru - Principles of IUWMzenrain man
Here are some nice water management systems kicking in in Bengaluru.These include rainwater harvesting,restoration of lakes, groundwater recharge,waste-water treatment and the creation of wetlands.
Water conservation & management in rural Punjab_S.R. Aggarwal_Deptt. of Water...India Water Portal
How Punjab is planning to cover the villages with piped water supply and improved sanitation through World Bank funding and community-based behavioural changes. A presentation by Er. S.R. Aggarwal, Chief Technical Coordinator, Deptt. of Water Supply & Sanitation, Govt of Punjab, at an event on water conservation organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce on August 19, 2015.
Agadir, Morocco Vishwanath IRCSA Rainwater Clubzenrain man
The presentation puts forward some examples of rooftop rainwater harvesting in rural and urban Karnataka State, India.
Rainwater harvesting is now part of policy at the National and State level. Cities are also making it mandatory to supplement water requirements
Shri S.V. Ranganath (IAS Retd.), Board Member – CSTEP, delivered a talk at CSTEP on ‘Water and Future of Bengaluru’, as the first part of a series of lectures that he will be delivering on a range of governance-related issues, February 3, 2016.
IGI grant applications made to finance alley improvements to improve stormwater runoff to 7+ alley’s across Berwyn. Submitted: December 2013. (Status: Known).
An integrated programme. Involves different ministries--water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, environment and forest, shipping, tourism, urban development, drinking water and sanitation and rural development Talks for the first time about involving people living on the banks of the river, urban local bodies and panchayati raj institutions Plan includes establishing a Ganga Eco-Task Force, a Territorial Army unit and roll out of legislation to check pollution and protect the river Cleaning programme to be implemented jointly by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), which is the implementation wing of NGRBA, and State Program Management Groups (SPMGs) Talks about strengthening monitoring system through committees at national, state and district levels
Some water management systems in Bengaluru - Principles of IUWMzenrain man
Here are some nice water management systems kicking in in Bengaluru.These include rainwater harvesting,restoration of lakes, groundwater recharge,waste-water treatment and the creation of wetlands.
Water conservation & management in rural Punjab_S.R. Aggarwal_Deptt. of Water...India Water Portal
How Punjab is planning to cover the villages with piped water supply and improved sanitation through World Bank funding and community-based behavioural changes. A presentation by Er. S.R. Aggarwal, Chief Technical Coordinator, Deptt. of Water Supply & Sanitation, Govt of Punjab, at an event on water conservation organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce on August 19, 2015.
Agadir, Morocco Vishwanath IRCSA Rainwater Clubzenrain man
The presentation puts forward some examples of rooftop rainwater harvesting in rural and urban Karnataka State, India.
Rainwater harvesting is now part of policy at the National and State level. Cities are also making it mandatory to supplement water requirements
Shri S.V. Ranganath (IAS Retd.), Board Member – CSTEP, delivered a talk at CSTEP on ‘Water and Future of Bengaluru’, as the first part of a series of lectures that he will be delivering on a range of governance-related issues, February 3, 2016.
IGI grant applications made to finance alley improvements to improve stormwater runoff to 7+ alley’s across Berwyn. Submitted: December 2013. (Status: Known).
PLANNING AND DESIGN OF SEWERS USING ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR PROPOSED SEWERA...Rajnish Bajaj
This presentation gives an overview of planning and design aspects of sewers using advanced technique. It is based on a proposed sewage system of kanpur city district-I under NGRBA PROJECT
A study on best practices of Water Supply infrastructures in 3 Indian cities and 2 International cities- towards the partial fulfillment of credits for the course CB1- Infrastructure and Transport Planning at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi (November 2019)
Concept and approach of springshed development and management 22 jan 2020India Water Portal
Over the last decade, demand for spring management has increased as traditional spring sources have started drying up or becoming contaminated. In response, communities, NGOs and state agencies began dedicated spring protection programmes. In the Himalayas, the State of Sikkim and organizations such as Central Himalayan Action and Research Group (CHIRAG) and People Science Institute (PSI) started identifying and protecting spring recharge areas around 2007. The difference between these programmes and many other previous efforts is that they went beyond supply-side improvements to focus on the use of hydrogeology to map springsheds for targeted interventions.
The Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), a research and capacity-building organization comprised of hydrogeologists and other experts began lending their expertise and building capacity of stakeholders. ACWADAM provides technical support, training and materials in hydrogeology to all network partners as well as others in India and the region. Similar programmes began independently in most of the mountain regions of India. Arghyam, a funding organization that was supporting many of these programmes, noticed that these disparate initiatives shared commonalities despite geographic diversity. They thus organized and funded a meeting of these various organizations in June 2014, and the Springs Initiative was born.
The springs initiative aims to tackle the current water crisis and to ensure safe and sustainable access to water for all, by promoting responsible and appropriate management of aquifers, springsheds, and watersheds and conserving ecosystems in partnership with communities, governments and other stakeholders.
This presentation has been developed as a part of the springs initiative to promote an understanding of springs and their role in mountainous areas.
The first phase of the Northern Collector Water Tunnel project is located along the eastern fringes of the Aberdare Conservation area approximately 60 kilometer north of Nairobi county.
The works are located in Kangema and Kigumo sub counties of Murang'a county
This is one of the biggest drinking water project of Nepal for Kathmandu valley. We have included the brief description of all the updates that have been done, so far in this project along with how the project is funded. It also includes the recent photographs and maps of reservoir and tunnel showing the progress of the projects.
Wastewater Discharge System in Dhaka City.pptxParvez Ahmed
A presentation about Wastewater Discharge System in Dhaka City on our Environmental Engineering subject. Due to privacy concern, only the group members names are kept where the student ID's were removed.
Lake front property is very expensive because many people want access to the water for creation. Lakes and water bodies have always attracted and shaped many urban development resulting close and integrated water city relation.Our study area is kanelav.
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हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
4. • The PMC has no records of any floods in any Nalla
• In their own admission flooding is due to release in excess of 45,000 cusecs
from the Khadakwasla Dam by irrigation department
No Nallas in Flood Locations
7. • 23 Basins in Pune with 360 Km nallas on natural fresh water streams said to
cause floods
• Freshwater streams labeled as “stormwater drains”
• Reducing the width to upto a tenth of their original, concreting the freshwater
streams and replacing their freshwater with sewage said to be the solution to
rid these streams of floods
• Three Phase Project with First Phase costing 388 crores created to rid Pune of
floods
• When JNNURM reduces funds sanctioned three basins from Phase I dropped
saying they were less critical
IDF Curve used to claim floods across Pune
8.
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10. Storm Water Drainage Project for Pune City PriMove
Chapter 4 Project Institution Framework
Pune Municipal Corporation 88
4.5 Construction Packages for Works Construction
The works covered by the project, costing Rs.388.03 crore are proposed to be
divided into six packages excluding the work of environmental compliance.
All the works included in one basin forms an independent package. This has
been planned, so as to ensure that responsibility of all works in one basin is with
one agency. These are described below:
Package
No.
Package Description Estimated cost
in (Rs) crores
1 Storm water drainage project for Pune
City- Storm water drainage works in Basin
G- Baner Balewadi area.
Rs. 66.67
2 Storm water drainage project for Pune
City- Storm water drainage works in Basin
M- Wadgaon Sheri
Rs. 57.44
3 Storm water drainage project for Pune
City- Storm water drainage works in Basin
N-Kharadi
Rs. 50.86
4 Storm water drainage project for Pune
City- Storm water drainage works in Basin
P- Kondhawa
Rs. 171.07
5 Storm water drainage project for Pune
City- Storm water drainage works in Basin
V- Wadgaon Bk
Rs. 36.49
6 Storm water drainage project for Pune
City- Supplying drain cleaning machinery
Rs. 5.00
Total Rs. 387.53
Environmental Compliance cost Rs.0.50
Total Base Cost Rs. 388.03
388 Crores to control non-existent floods, 0 crores for existing floods
11. • Most of the city roads do not have road side drains. Increasing paved areas
and development is causing water to flow on the roads. The total length of
roadside drains was 55 kms up to year 2006. The corporation has added
another 100 kms. of drains.
• July 25, 2005 experienced unusually high rainfall of 102.30 mm, inundating
many areas of Pune. Another day of heavy rainfall was June 5, 1976, with total
daily rainfall 120 mm
• The number and extent of flooded areas is increasing in recent years. This has
caused widespread disruption of traffic, damages to vehicles, loss of man-
hours and damage to roads.
PMC’s Justification of the Project
12. • Why it has failed to protect the width of the streams and rivers as per the DP/Survey Maps
• Why PMC has failed to check the tenement density per Ha as per Town Planning norms
• Why it has failed to make roads with drains
• How natural streams, which in most cases are far from roads, flood the roads
• How one day of rain, which caused floods in the Mutha due to release of water from
Khadakwasla, is used to justify a project with an overall outlay of over 1,000 crores that
promises to destroy the city’s natural fresh water streams and its groundwater recharge
• How constricting and cementing natural streams will rid the city of flooding when world over
creating unpaved corridors with tree cover that is used to control floods
What PMC does not explain
36. • Planning purposeless projects based on fraudulent data and premises
• Excluding the citizens and their participation
• Destroying the environment that they should protect
• Perjury by misrepresenting facts before court
• Aiding and encouraging illegalities while harassing the legal projects
• Demonstrating habitual contempt of law, justice and court orders
• Forgetting that they are the servants of the citizens and accountable to them
Bad Governance