Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
URBAN SETTLEMENTS
Urban settlements with dense populations in small areas stand
second as water polluters. Only less than 30% of the sewage generated
gets treated. Stringent actions need to be taken to reduce the discharge of
untreated sewage from urban settlements into rivers.
Secondly, urban areas have diverted water from rivers for domestic
use, and also over-exploited their groundwater. Urban Local Bodies
should mandate measures for water demand management.
Activities by Urban Local
Bodies
Owner Institution: Ministry of Urban
Affairs
Supporting Institution: State Pollution
Control Boards
City municipal authorities should develop
Sewage Treatment Plant capacities and
standards of effluent treatment based on
their population density.
State Pollution Control Boards must
help implement these standards and
monitor the households/communities for
compliance.
Set up effluent treatment
norms for housing
complexes. Independent STPs
to be mandated in housing
complexes based on number
of houses
Incentives and dis-incentives in the form
of reduced property tax and penalties for
violators should be followed to ensure STPs
are set up.
Collect charges for treating sewage
generated by households and industrial
establishments.
Set up independent STPs if the number of
households in the housing complex are
more than 50 in number.
Levy fines on housing complexes that do
not set up STPs and link to the existing
sewage system of the city.
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