Minutes of the fifth meeting regarding GAP held on July 11, 2006 under the chairmanship of DM Kanpur Nagar
Mr. Anurag Srivastava

The meeting was attended by officials from GPCU-UPJN, KJS, KNN, UPPCB, CPCB, KESCO, Industries Directorate and Dr. Binayak Rath from IITK.

1. The chairman was apprised that a sub-committee to monitor GAP works had been constituted by the then DM Kanpur Nagar Mr. Deepak Kumar. This sub-committee has been meeting almost every month. The last meeting under the chairmanship of earlier DM was held in Feb. 2006. The sub-committee since then has met on the following dates:

Feb.6, 2006
Mar.8, 2006
Apr.13, 2006
June 3, 2006
July 10, 2006

The sub-committee should meet at regular interval, directed the DM.
(Action-GPCU-UPJN)

2. The chairman was informed that a sub-committee to mitigate groundwater pollution problem owing to industrial waste in Jajmau, Noraiakheda,Juhi Rakhimandi and Panki areas was formed on Feb.1 by the then DM. The sub-committee met on July 7. The chairman was apprised that a pilot project for groundwater remediation in Noraiakheda had been carried out by CPCB. Dr. RK Singh who was present in the meeting gave a power point presentation on the project. He informed that the project was successful but expensive. The full scale remediation would need massive resources which the department lacked. He requested the DM to incorporate this project under some scheme so that the resources could me managed.
(Action-KJS, UPPCB, CPCB, KNN)

3. The chairman was apprised that there were three treatment plants in Jajmau area. The O&M costs for 36 mld CETP (including 4 tannery pumping stations and 25 mld sewage pumping station) is to be borne equally by KNN and tanneries as per the direction of Supreme Court of India.
This was also brought to the fore that UPJN had spent Rs. 2385.731 lakh on O&M of CETP till May 2006. KNN has paid only Rs. 108.015 lakh out of its share of Rs. 1192.731 lakh. Rs. 346.769 lakh is to be paid as electricity bills. Thus KNN owes Rs. 737.947 lakh to UPJN.

Similarly tanneries owe Rs. 702.097 lakh to UPJN.

The chairman was also apprised that as a follow up to the decisions taken by the committee under your chairmanship and sub-committee, camps to realize money from the tanneries were held on following dates:

Feb.14-Feb.22
Mar.8-Apr.1 (7 tannery owners contributed their share for the first time)
Apr.25-Apr.27
May 14-May 17
June 19-June 21, 06

On an average Rs. 4-4.5 lakh was realized every month. The chairman directed that the camps be held on a regular basis.
(Action-GPCU-UPJN)

4. The chairman was apprised that action on the following points was awaited from KNN:

• The issue of sewage overflow at Bhagwaddasghat which should be pumped through Guptarghat pumping station was raised in the meeting held on Feb.1. GM, KJS had informed that the situation had arisen because the drain was full of garbage and silt. The problem would be solved if the drain could be cleaned. A report from KNN in this regard is awaited.
• A compliance report on scientific landfill site for tannery sludge
• A progress report on sludge removal from 36 mld CETP to Rooma dumping yard
• M/S UP Leather Industries Association representatives had complained in the last meeting that the solid waste removal from their area was slow, though they were paying @ Rs. 350 per trolley for the sludge removal. The then chairman had directed KNN to take action and file a report. The compliance report is awaited.
• Mr. Rakesh Jaiswal had desired to know the date of completion for CCRP and its system of functioning. The Health Officer had explained the system. The status report on CCRP is awaited.

The chairman directed KNN to make the information in above regard available at the earliest.

5. The chairman was apprised that action was awaited from UPPCB on the following points:

• The chromium content in the influent and effluent of 36 mld CETP was checked by CLRI and results were reviewed. GPCU-UPJN had requested UPPCB to control the chromium content in the wastewater reaching the CETP through letters dated Mar.10. In response, UPPCB had sought clarification on certain points through a letter dated Mar.17. UPJN had sent the clarification through a letter dated Apr.1. Again UPJN wrote to UPPCB to control the chrome content through a letter dated May 24. The compliance report is awaited.
• Mr. Rakesh Jaiswal had informed that the effluent containing harmful chemicals used by goldsmiths’ shops in Nayaganj, Shiwala, Birhana road and Chowk areas is discharged in their sewer system. This needs to be checked. The sub-committee had decided that UPPCB should identify such places, test the sewage quality and produce the result so that further action could be taken.
• Mr. Jaiswal had suggested in the last meeting held on Apr.13 that water quality, especially heavy metals contents, of the river Ganga should be checked at Barrage. The compliance report is awaited.
  The chairman directed UPPCB to make all the information available at the earliest.

6. Mr. Rakesh Jaiswal suggested that fishing should be banned in river Ganga. He informed that Jal Police (River Police) had been constituted in Kanpur by UP State to control non-point sources of pollution like dumping of human corpses and animal carcasses, cattle wallowing, laundering of clothes, defecation along the river bank, floating trash etc. The river water quality could be improved by reviving the river police. A direction was issued that a letter in this regard should be written to SSP Kanpur Nagar. The then DM had written a letter on Feb.18 to SSP. As a follow up, UPJN had sent a reminder on Mar.25. The compliance report is awaited.
(Action: SSP Kanpur Nagar)

7. NGOs had suggested that volunteers should be given I-cards and some rights. A direction was issued in this regard that VOs should produce the list of volunteers and the detail of the volunteers should be verified by the concerned police stations, then they should be given the I-cards.

VO Gayatri Pariwar has already produced the list of volunteers.
(Action: ADM Kanpur Nagar, SSP Kanpur Nagar, VOs)

8. Mr. Ramji Tripathi had raised the issue of drains from Azadnagar, Nawabganj areas falling into river Ganga. A discussion was held to solve the problem. During the discussion Prof. Binayak Rath had suggested an oxidation pond as an economical option to solve the problem of sewage drains from Kalyanpur and Vikasnagar areas. Dr. Rath who was present in the meeting told that soon he would present a proposal.

(Action: Dr. Binayak Rath- IITK, Mr. Ramji Tripathi-Convener-Ganga Pradushan Mukti Abhiyan)

The chairman was apprised about the drinking water problem in Nauraiyakheda. The chairman directed to convene a separate meeting on this issue.

(Action: Executive Engineer XIV Circle UPJN, KJS, KNN)

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