Vadodara: Complete flood plain zone of Vishwamitri river which moves in the center of Vadodara ought to be mapped out and demarcated.
Unauthorized, prohibited constructions ought to be eliminated, and river ethics ought to be restored and maintained.
That is exactly what the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has arranged the government in relation to this Vishwamitri River Action Plan (VRAP).
NGT’s principal chair led by chairperson justice (retired) Adarsh Kumar Goel has noticed that Vishwamitri river is just one of 351 contaminated river stretches characterized by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
“Demarcation of the whole flood plain zone of the lake has to be undertaken.
Further, measures are needed for farm and keeping the integrity of this river from totality,” NGT’s command says.
NGT has now issued the arrangement according to a plea transferred by a number of concerned citizens headed by surroundings activist Rohit Prajapati.
“While directing thought of all of the problems from the candidates, we stipulate that the path for execution of the Vishwamitri River Action Plan such as the measures for removal of unauthorised constructions, demarcation and protection of flood plain zone along with other actions points according to the river recovery program,” the seat, ordering the action ought to be done by the government concerned within three weeks.
Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has, but advised the NGT the job hasn’t yet been finalised and it was just in a conceptual phase.
Advocate Maulik Nanavati, who seemed to the VMC and Gujarat authorities stated that problems like illegal structures impacting the riverine ecology of this river are still independent of this undertaking.
Nanavati also said that the grievances will be addressed and when any specific grievance stays, the offender can take treatments independently, in accord with law.
The team of taxpayers had transferred the ecological watchdog saying that the project lacked the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2006, necessitating prior environmental clearance, even following evaluation of the effects of the project in the surroundings.
“We (worried citizens and specialists ) as a group are eager to work with all the concerned government toward the execution, in spirit and letter, of this NGT arrangement,” said Prajapati.
‘Map flood plain Drains, Eliminate encroachments’
