Page 138 - Built Expressions - Online Construction Magazine - November 2014 Issue

Green Strokes drainage and sewerage should work together to evolve coordinated water supply-sewerage-drainage and food control schemes, and preparation of integrated environment management plans. The regularization of encroachments, religious structures, bp.blogspot.com industries, commercial activities and unauthorized colonies in River Zone should be avoided and carefully dealt with, keeping in view its eco-sensitive Table Sub-Zones of River Yamuna (Zone ‘O’) nature and within an overall policy Sub Zone Reach Approx.Area (Ha) framework. Keeping in view the magnitude of the area, morphology, 01 UP Border-Wazirabad Barrage 3620 drainage and the nature of the 02 Wazirabad-ISBT Bridge 1100 problems, it is proposed to divide the 03 ISBT Bridge-Old Rly Bridge 225 Delhi river zones into following sub- zones: 04 Old Rly Bridge-I.P.Barrage 800 Conservation of River Yamuna in 05 I.P.Barrage-New Rly Bridge 365 Delhi involves pollution abatement, 06 New Rly Bridge-NH 24 Bridge 390 cleaning of drains falling in River, sewage and sanitation in the adjacent 07 NH 24 Bridge-Okhla Barrage 1300 areas, control of solid waste and fyash 08 Okhla Barrage-Haryana Border 1900 dumping, removing landfll site, bus Total River Yamuna Area (NCTD) 9700 depot and power plants, interconnected parkways along drains and canals, development of bio-diversity parks and recharging of groundwater. Foremost railway lines are passing over the River Delhi along the river. It is necessary is the connecting the riverfront with Yamuna connecting both sides of the to prepare Comprehensive Mobility the people. city. The Signature Bridge connecting Plans, as a sub-plan of Environment The area between water course and NH -1 and Marginal bund Road south of Management Plan and Landscape- embankment is to be conserved as Wazirabad Road is under construction. cum-Biodiversity Plans for an food plain. Any kind of development or Geeta Colony Bridge and Road integrated and sustainable river front change of land use should be prohibited; (30 m R/W) connecting Marginal bund development and to bring the river the area outside the food plain should Road and Ring Road and new bye- closer to the citizens. BE be conserved and developed mainly for pass from Salimgarh Fort to Yamuna greens/recreational use considering Velodrome behind Samadhi Complex the eco-sensitive nature of the river are already functioning. N.H-2 by-pass zone. Pedestrian promenades, ghats (90 m R/W) from Ring Road at DND Author and landscape development can fyway to UT Border along Agra canal A.K. Jain as Commissioner provide new opportunity for citizens is at the planning stage. Part of 30 m (Planning) DDA worked on to connect with the river and engage R/W elevated road from Ring Road Master Plan for Delhi-2021, in active recreation. These can be along Barapula Nallah to Mayur Vihar National Urban Housing taken-up in the safe stretches along the is already functioning. and Habitat Policy, existing roads between Wazirabad, ITO The MRTS corridors from National Urban Transport and New Railway Bridge. This way the Shahadara to Rithala, passing along Policy and various urban river would be more accessible and also the ISBT Road, and from New Ashok projects. As a member of UN Habitat (HS Net) he aesthetically pleasing. Certain highland Nagar to Barakhamba Road passing contributed to its various reports. He is author pockets can be identifed in the river along Marginal bund Road connecting of several books and is a visiting faculty at basin for parks and recreational the Commonwealth Games Village Delhi School of Planning and Architecture and activities, while the lowland pockets to Connaught Place and from Anand other Institutes. He was awarded 2nd Urban should be utilized to create reservoirs Vihar to Barakhamba Road have been Professional Award 2014 at World Urban Forum and to store the monsoon water. built which provide better connectivity 7 in Medellin, Colombia in recognition of being A number of roads, bridges and to the Eastern and Western sides of an exemplary city changer. PG 138 Built Expressions Vol: 3 Issue: 11 November 2014