GRBMP 2nd Newsletter_Final.pdf - GANGAPEDIA
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Mark off<br />
Completionn<br />
of One Yeaar<br />
Since Signning<br />
of Mem morandum of<br />
Agreement<br />
between IITs<br />
and MOEEF:<br />
A<br />
meetingg<br />
was held with Shri Jaairam<br />
Rameesh,<br />
Hon’ble e Minister, MMoEF<br />
and rrepresentativ<br />
ves of IIT TTeam<br />
including<br />
Professor DDevang<br />
Khakkhar,<br />
Directoor,<br />
IIT Bomba ay, Professorr<br />
Sanjay Dhande,<br />
Directo or, IIT Kanpurr<br />
and<br />
Professoor<br />
Vinod Taree,<br />
Coordinattor,<br />
GRBEMPP<br />
Project at New N Delhi onn<br />
July 7, 20111<br />
to mark on ne year of siggning<br />
of MoA. . The First <strong>Newsletter</strong><br />
(VVol<br />
1‐4) prepared<br />
by the IIT Team waas<br />
presentedd<br />
to the Hon n’ble Minister.<br />
In<br />
the meeeting,<br />
the Hoon’ble<br />
Minisster<br />
suggesteed<br />
that the project titlee<br />
may be moodified<br />
as Ganga<br />
River BBasin<br />
Environmment<br />
Managgement<br />
Plan (GRB EMP) . Project Coo ordinator presented<br />
the highlights of o the First Set<br />
of<br />
Reports and stated that the draft<br />
reportss<br />
have been n revised considering<br />
thhe<br />
comment ts received from<br />
various stakeholderrs.<br />
The Honn’ble<br />
Minister<br />
stated that<br />
IITs shoould<br />
give reecommendations<br />
with their<br />
considerred<br />
opinion and suggesteed<br />
that the FFirst<br />
Set of Reports R should<br />
be submittted<br />
shortly for the followw<br />
up<br />
action by<br />
the ministrry.<br />
Third PICC<br />
Meeting, , July 26, 20111,<br />
IIT Delhi:<br />
The meetin ng was chaireed<br />
by Professsor<br />
Vinod Ta are, Coordinator,<br />
Team GGRB<br />
EMP. Thhe<br />
Thematicc<br />
Group leaders<br />
and institute<br />
representatives<br />
attended th he meeting. The<br />
contentious<br />
issues rrelated<br />
to thhe<br />
First Set of Reports were w discusssed<br />
in the mmeeting.<br />
Pro ofessor Purneendu<br />
Bose, Grroup<br />
Leader, , EQP presennted<br />
detailedd<br />
account of f various meetings,<br />
particularly<br />
the meetings m helld<br />
on<br />
May 18, , 2011 and Juuly<br />
7, 2011, with the minnistry.<br />
After considerable<br />
discussions<br />
PICC unanimously<br />
resoolved<br />
that IIT reports shhould<br />
reflectt<br />
the considdered<br />
opinio on of the cconcerned<br />
TThematic<br />
Groups<br />
after due<br />
considerration<br />
to the<br />
commennts<br />
receivedd<br />
from various<br />
individduals/groupss/governmen<br />
nt departmeents/<br />
ministriees.<br />
EQP Grouup<br />
was authoorized<br />
to revvize<br />
its report ts included in<br />
the First Seet<br />
of Reports s.<br />
Third Workshop<br />
of EENB<br />
Group: The third woorkshop<br />
of ENB E Group wwas<br />
held on AAugust<br />
6, 20 011 at IIT Kannpur.<br />
The worrkshop<br />
was aattended<br />
by the invited eexperts<br />
in th he field, Dr R K Sinha, Dr R C Trivedi, Dr K K Vass, Dr K<br />
D Joshi, Dr R S Ambhast,<br />
Dr Prakash<br />
Nautiyaal,<br />
and Dr Na aveen Ambhhast<br />
besides members of f Team ENB from<br />
various IITs (Kanpurr,<br />
Roorkee, Guwahati, KKharagpur)<br />
and a WWF‐Inndia.<br />
Professsor<br />
Vinod Ta are, Coordinator,<br />
Team GRRB<br />
EMP and Professor R P Mathur, GGroup<br />
Leader r, ENB coorddinated<br />
the pproceedings<br />
of the worksshop.<br />
In the Brrain<br />
Storming<br />
Session following<br />
thinggs<br />
emerged through t conssensus:<br />
Gannga<br />
river ecosystem,<br />
ass<br />
of now, is by and large<br />
an altereed<br />
eco‐systeem.<br />
It is diff ficult to sett<br />
any<br />
refeerence<br />
condiition<br />
as not mmuch<br />
historical<br />
informat tion is availabble.<br />
For ecological rrestoration<br />
inn<br />
the Ganga River Basin,<br />
main stem of the riverr,<br />
some impo ortant tributaries<br />
andd<br />
some repreesentative<br />
wetlands<br />
mayy<br />
be consider red as repressentative<br />
of tthe<br />
basin.<br />
Bassed<br />
on the sscattered<br />
hisstorical<br />
inforrmation<br />
and expert opinnion<br />
indicatoor<br />
flora and fauna species<br />
in<br />
various<br />
stretches<br />
on mainn<br />
stem and important tributaries, along with desired den nsities wherrever<br />
posssible,<br />
can bbe<br />
used to set target environment<br />
management<br />
class. SSimilar<br />
exerc cise can alsoo<br />
be<br />
atteempted<br />
for tthe<br />
riparian fflora<br />
and fauuna.<br />
It iss<br />
important tto<br />
consider ddesired<br />
riverr<br />
conditions (channel as well as activve<br />
flood plain)<br />
for survivval<br />
as<br />
welll<br />
flourishing of indicator species.<br />
Linkkages<br />
betweeen<br />
biotic ( (mostly of identified in ndicator speecies)<br />
and aabiotic<br />
components<br />
cann<br />
be<br />
estaablished<br />
based<br />
on informmation<br />
availaable<br />
in literat ture and connsultation<br />
with<br />
experts.<br />
Inteerventions<br />
mmay<br />
mostly bbe<br />
required to improve the abiotic componentss<br />
(e.g. maint tenance of wwater<br />
quaality/pollutioon<br />
prevention,<br />
reducing water abstra actions, avoiding<br />
or proper<br />
design of o barriers inn<br />
the<br />
formm<br />
of barragges/dams<br />
too<br />
ensure smmooth<br />
movem ment (both upstream aand<br />
downstream)<br />
of crritical<br />
indiicator<br />
speciees,<br />
maintenaance<br />
of ecological<br />
flows and substraate<br />
conditionns<br />
for surviv val and breeding,<br />
etc. .). These willl<br />
be suggesteed<br />
by the othher<br />
thematic c groups, nammely<br />
EQP, WWRM,<br />
FGM an nd PLG.<br />
In ssome<br />
cases ddirect<br />
biotic interventionns<br />
may also be required.<br />
These wouuld<br />
be in the form of suppport<br />
for breeding inddigenous<br />
speecies.<br />
It is noot<br />
desirable to<br />
introduce exotic speciees.
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