Scrap Yamuna riverfront project, panel says

NEW DELHI: DDA's grand plans to develop recreational facilities on the Yamuna riverfront will jeopardize the river's health and should be scrapped, a committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal has said. It has also recommended that a 52km stretch of the Yamuna in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh be declared a 'conservation zone' as restoring the river's ecological functions is heavily dependent on the environmental flow through this stretch, particularly in the lean season.

The report of the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) panel was submitted to the NGT on Friday during a hearing on environment activist Manoj Misra's petition against the dumping of waste on the river's floodplains. All the parties to the case can raise objections or offer suggestions on the report before the next hearing on May 22.

The committee headed by C R Babu, professor emeritus, Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE), Delhi University has said that DDA's Yamuna Riverfront Development (YRFD) scheme will reduce the river's flood carrying capacity, and increase flooding and pollution. It has recommended a ban on development activity within the river's current zone 'O' in Delhi and its active floodplains on the Uttar Pradesh side.

While allowing the development of a biodiversity park in sub-zone 1, because it may not interfere significantly with the flooding of the river, the committee has observed that the plans for sub-zone 2—construction of mounds, parking lots, boating facilities, etc—have a high pollution potential. It has said that the development of a 'Golden Jubilee Park' in sub-zone 4 should be stopped immediately while the project for sub-zone 7 may lead to flooding and degradation.

"The interests of the river and the city will be best served by abandoning the YRFD plan and restoring the remaining floodplain area to bring back its natural functions and biodiversity," the report says.

As for the existing constructions on the river zone, such as Akshardham Temple, CWG Village and Delhi Secretariat, the report recommends treating them as a special zone with a separate regulatory regime. It has proposed a river policing unit to prevent encroachment, dumping of waste and pesticide-intensive cultivation on the floodplains. Among other measures, it has recommended construction of a "cascade" of wetlands on the elevated portions along the western bank and discharging 22 large drains into these wetlands rather than directly into the river.

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