"पर्यावरण संकल्प दिवस" 03 मार्च 2017

Sir, *Thank you for the initiative. Here are some suggestions for your kind consideration.* *Air pollution * Stop burning and dumping of household wastes on roadsides. Remove and relocate all generators installed by residents outside the periphery of their boundary walls – often on roads. Rope in Civic Bodies of adjoining cities/towns in the process, as the air quality there will have a bearing on the air quality here in Noida. Ensure interrupted power supply to reduce use of generators. The power tariff in Noida for domestic consumption is the highest in the country. While the Fixed Charge imposed by NDMC with effect from 2013-14 is only Rs.20/- per Kwh of sanctioned load, it has been Rs.75/- in Noida since 1990s. Fixed Charge was introduced in the beginning to generate revenue from connection without consumption. Now, there are no connections without consumption; and therefore, there is no rational or logical basis for continuance of collection of this tariff when for every unit consumed, the consumer charged extra at rates much higher than elsewhere. *Water pollution* Clean and cover all drains and ditches. Improve the quality of water supplied by the department. Even the good quality pipelines carrying water to households are getting corroded and burst in very short period resulting in seepages on walls. The health hazard this water can cause to human beings is anybody’s guess. After paying for water supplied by the department, the residents have to entirely depend on bottled water supplied by department for drinking – putting a heavy financial burden on lower and middle classes. NCR which borrows water from neighboring States is offering water to households free of cost up to consumption of 27,000 ltrs. per month, and yet, the department has recorded a profit in the last financial year. Noida sources water from within the State, yet its water quality is poor, tariff is higher and no water is offered free of cost to even small families. A State gifted with much inland water sources and sacred rivers cannot give safe drinking water to its citizens. In fact, this is the first step every Civic Body in the country should take. Scarcity amidst plenty is a paradox, and scarcity due to plenty is absurd. While improving its water quality, it should offer water free of cost to small NOIDA households with built-up areas admeasuring 1000 sq.ft. and below. Ordinary people cannot survive with metro-rails, mobile phones and smooth and wide roads. The basic amenity is a matter of much concern to them. Bulk of the population which goes to the Polling Booth comprise of them, and one cannot discount the role of the above factors on the declining and very poor polling recorded in NOIDA this time. With regards, S. Narayanan On 28 February 2017 at 20:29, soman narayanan wrote: > Though people have compelling reasons not to do away with use of all > materials polluting air and water; a general awareness creation would > definitely help bring down use of certain materials in a harmful way. > Identify disposal methods in vogue of wastes in more harmful manner by > citizens and civic bodies and try to stop such practices. People-Civic > Body partnership is very essential in such matters in urbanized > environments. > > When measured minutely, one can fathom the gravity of health hazards due > to pollution. Old people residing here often suffer from acute breathing > problems during winter seasons when the polluted air remain unmoved for > longer periods. When many of them go to villages away from Noida, they > claim to have no problem. > > The size of our nation's population demands a much much larger area for > sustenance without much affecting the ecological balance. But, the land > area remaining unalterable makes it necessary to adjust to it by causing > less pollution and less harm to ourselves. > > On 28 February 2017 at 19:16, Regional Officer, Pollution Control < > support@localcirclesmail.com> wrote: > >> more  

THE WORST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO NOIDA IS ALLOWING THREE WHEELER SEVEN SEAT SHARE AUTOS INTO NOIDA. TRUE THAT THEY CATER TO A BIG VOLUME OF WORKERS. BUT THEY ARE THE BIGGEST POLLUTERS WITH THEIR DIESEL ENGINES. HARDLY YOU CAN SEE AN AUTO WITH SEVEN OR LESS PASSENGERS....THEY ARE OFTEN TEN OR MORE, SOME STANDING ON THE REAR BUMPER OR IN THE REAR WINDOW COMPARTMENT. THEY ARE THE WORST JAMMERS OF TRAFFIC ON THE ROADS IN NOIDA. NO TRAFFIC RULES FOR THEM AT ALL! ONE GETS THINKING THAT WHEN THERE IS SUCH BIG TRAFFIC IN THOSE ROUTS AND PRIVATE OPERATORS ARE MAKING THEIR MONEY, WHY UPSRTC CANNOT CATER TO THE DEMAND OF THE PASSENGERS RUNNING BUSES AT REGULAR INTERVALS! THIS NOT ONLY REDUCES AIR POLLUTION BUT ALSO HELPS UNCLOGGING THE ALREADY HEAVILY POPULATED ROADS. more  

Is any authority or agency taking up to clean the storm water drains? Some effort is usually made each year just before the onset of rains or soon after. But now is the time when drains in which water is stagnating and rubbish is floating serve as breeding grounds for mosquitoes and flies respectively, which spread several diseases. more  

Support UPPCB's move on getting generators to be on rooftops or inside the boundaries of a building. more  

Agree... this can be rescheduled to any weekend or holiday for better participation. more