Press Release
Date: 4th June 2010
Effluent Treatment Facilities across Golden Corridor does not conform to GPCB Norms.
BUT WHO CARES?
Stop effluent discharge at Tadgam Sarigam Pipeline, from FETP, Ankleshwar, ECP, Vadodara, CETPs of Ahmedabad as the effluent is not able to meet the norms prescribed by Gujarat Pollution Control Board.
- Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti
The problem of industrial pollution first came to light in the nineties, when the issue gained momentum among urban entities about a decade after the Bhopal disaster. Due to pressure from various communities and environmental organizations, courts began intervening in cases to ultimately build the waste “treatment facilities” that exist today. These actions, which were championed by the media, created an entire culture of complacence that “something” great had been done about the pollution. There was a collective urban sentiment that citizens were protected from industries because of the mitigation infrastructure. Despite the “Polluter Pays” principle, even in the nineties the then developing common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) were highly supported by public money; 25% of the cost was state subsidy, 25% central subsidy, 30% loans from financial institute, and 20% directly paid by the industry. In essence half of the proposed solution to the pollution generated for private profit was funded by the general public. Moreover this happened at the same time that the state was withdrawing from its social responsibilities, such as education, health care and transportation. It seems paradoxical that the mounting laissez faire sentiment allowed the state to intervene on behalf of industries – which come to exist by virtue of concentrated resources and power – but not for the welfare of the common masses. Even after such huge investment many of the CETPs including Vapi, FETP - Ankleshwar, Panoli, Nandesari, Vatva, Odhav, Narol etc. are not able to meet the prescribed GPCB norms.
Sarigam: Legal Notice dated 4th December 2009 issued to Sarigam Waste & Effluent Management Co. Ltd., Sarigam, District - Valsad by Gujarat Pollution Control Board under section 33-A of The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 clearly states that “[…] the consent granted to you vide order No. 1623 dated 12-2-2004 has lapsed on dated 31-3-2004 hence, at present you are operating industrial effluent disposal system without CC & A of the Gujarat Pollution control Board under the provision of Water Act.” It further states “[…] during the inspection of your plant on 18-11-2009 … The analysis reports indicates that the concentration like SS, BOD, COD, Chloride, Ammonical Nitrogen, Phenolic Compound, Zinc, & Sulphides, are most of the time higher than the permissible limit specified by the Board.” This clearly indicates that the treatment facility dumps the effluent at village Tadgam without proper permission and effluent does not meet GPCB’s norms.
Vapi CETP: The CPCB report dated 29-3-2010 indicates that effluent being discharged into Damanganga river shows COD: 869 i.e. 347.60% more (GPCB norms 250 mg/l), TDS: 9088 i.e. 432.76% more (GPCB norms 2100 mg/l), and NH3-N: 98 i.e. 196% more (GPCB norms 50 mg/l).
Ankleshwar FETP: The report dated 10-3-2010 of CPCB indicates that effluent discharged into the Gulf of Cambay shows COD: 1241 i.e. 248.20% more (GPCB norms 500 mg/l), and NH3-N: 664 i.e. 1328% more (GPCB norms 50 mg/l).
Effluent Channel Project (ECP), Vadodara: The report indicates that effluent discharged into estuary of Mahisagar river shows pH: 4.6 (GPCB norms 6.5 – 8.5), TSS: 361 (GPCB norms 100 mg/l), TDS: 14458 (GPCB norms 5000 mg/l), COD: 1826 (GPCB norms 250 mg/l), BOD: 334 (GPCB norms 100 mg/l), NH3-N: 387 (GPCB norms 50 mg/l), Cyanide: 2.857 (GPCB norms 0.2 mg/l), and Phenols: 15.37 (GPCB norms 1.0 mg/l).
Ahmedabad, CETP: (1) CETP, Vatva: The report dated 27-1-2010 of CPCB indicates that effluent discharged into Sabarmati river shows COD: 2189 i.e. 879.20% more (GPCB norms 250 mg/l), TDS: 16141 i.e. 768.60% more (GPCB norms 2100 mg/l), and NH3-N: 190 i.e. 380% more (GPCB norms 50 mg/l). (2) CETP M/s GECSL, Vatva: The report dated 29-1-2010 of CPCB indicates that effluent discharged into Sabarmati river shows COD: 1100 i.e. 440% more (GPCB norms 250 mg/l), and TDS: 2506 i.e. 119.33% more (GPCB norms 2100 mg/l). (3) CETP M/s GVMSAVL, Odhav: The report dated 28-1-2010 of CPCB indicates that effluent discharged into Sabarmati river shows COD: 7315 i.e. 2926% more (GPCB norms 250 mg/l), TDS: 6928 i.e. 329.90% more (GPCB norms 2100 mg/l), and NH3-N: 1260 i.e. 2520% more (GPCB norms 50 mg/l). (4) CETP M/s NEPL, Naroda: The report dated 28-1-2010 of CPCB indicates that effluent discharged into Sabarmati river shows COD: 2471 i.e. 988.40% more (GPCB norms 250 mg/l), TDS: 11971 i.e. 570.00% more (GPCB norms 2100 mg/l), and NH3-N: 190 i.e. 380% more (GPCB norms 50 mg/l).
An expensive distraction
In Gujarat, one of the newest such projects is the Final Effluent Treatment Plant (FETP). Touted by the Chief Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), and various Industries Associations as a state-of-the-art solution the structure is designed to divert industrial pollution from Amlakhadi and the Narmada River. First, all of the effluent from the CETPs at Industrial Estates at Ankleshwar, Panoli, and Jhagadia are transported to the FETP plant located in Piraman village, Ankleshwar. Next, the consolidated “treated” effluent is theoretically re-treated to meet GPCB norms. The final “treated” effluent is then transported via a 53 km pipeline to Hansot where it is ultimately discharged into the sea. Operated by Bharuch Eco Aqua Infrastructure Ltd, the pipeline was inaugurated with a capacity of 40 million liters per day (MLD), which has since been increase to 60 MLD to meet the need of the estates.
The FETP was built by the sweat of tax payers. Out of a total project cost of Rs 131.43 crores, the industries paid only Rs 21.75 crores (about 17%); the rest of the tab (Rs 109 crores) was picked up the Central Government, Gujarat Government, and Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) - all of which ultimately draw from public money. It is a familiar story: the profits are distributed privately, but the institutional costs and environmental burden are borne by general public.
The FETP was conceived to relieve local communities of the waste waters from Ankleshwar, Panoli, and Jhagadia Industrial Estates for which it is responsible. It is an open secret that the people living along Amla Khadi, however, are still suffering from industrial effluents. Any passerby can still see the colored water, and the tributary still has fluctuating acidity (some time a pH of 2 to 6). These observations suggest that illegal discharge into the Amlakhadi, the classic industrial dustbin of Ankleshwar, has not ended. But it gets more disconcerting. We investigated the performance of the FETP itself, by exercising our Right to Information regarding this essentially publicly funded and endorsed endeavor. We learned that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has been concerned with the prescribed norms of the FETP from the onset. As early as 2006 and repeatedly in 2007, the CPCB has noted that the FETP is not able to meet the prescribed norms. And because of that no expansions and no new industries can legally be sited in the area from 7-7-2007. At the behest of CPCB, GPCB was forced to issue a letter to the Industries Association of Ankleshwar, Panoli, and Jhagadia that no NOC could be given for new industrial and expansion in this area. Any increased traffic in the FETP would exacerbate the existing non-compliance of environmental protocols. We were shocked to discover through state documentation that between 2006 and March 2010, none of the routine monthly checking of standard pollutants in released effluent was within GPCB norms. This is not solely a failure of the FETP – the waste waters sent to the FETP (“inlet” effluent) were outside the norms in the first place – so it is also a failure of the CETP process of Ankleshwar, Panoli and Jhagadia. There is hardly any dent made by the FETP – not just that outlet norms not are achieved but even inlet norms are not met. In effect, the FETP seems to be a physical structure for consolidating and transporting waste, not for treating it. One of the main shocking information is that this plant was not able to meet the norms since 2006 even then the Chief Minister of Gujarat inaugurated a pipeline of the same plant on 25th January 2007 and Centre and State Government invested more than Rs. 100 crores in the company. The explanation for such an act was asked by us from the Chief Minister Office but there was no reply.
Environmental injustice
Adding insult to tax-payers' injury, pollution mitigation infrastructure is as neglected as the pollutants themselves, causing a mutually reinforcing stalemate in the problem of pollution control. Yet, instead of becoming stricter with environmental clearances given to new and expanding potentially polluting industries, the Centre is taking steps to make the process more lenient so that India can march forward to “develop” without obstruction. Instead of focusing on the infrastructure that we do have and making it functional, the state seems obsessed with building new projects that tend to fail just like their predecessors.
We demand: Stop effluent discharge at Tadgam Sarigam Pipeline, from FETP, Ankleshwar, ECP, Vadodara, CETPs of Ahmedabad as the effluent is not able to meet the norms prescribed by Gujarat Pollution Control Board.
Rohit Prajapati Michael Mazgaonkar Swati Desai
Rajnibhai Dave Anand Mazgaonkar Krishnakant
Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti
VAPI
PERFORMANCE OF CETP AT VAPI- A TREND ANALYSIS BY CPCB,VADODARA
(Grab Sampling)
Sampling Location(s) |
Year(s) |
Parameter(s) |
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|
|
pH |
TSS |
TDS |
BOD |
COD |
O & G |
NH3-N |
Inlet/Design Norms |
6.5-8.5 |
300 |
-- |
400 |
1000 |
-- |
-- |
|
Inlet to CETP
|
2004 |
3.9 |
445 |
12715 |
1143 |
3165 |
35.7 |
445 |
|
2005 |
7.2 |
974 |
9803 |
769 |
2640 |
77 |
238 |
|
2006 |
1.3-6.9 |
296-1260 |
5908-8946 |
343-1340 |
1030-3111 |
40-59 |
142-333 |
|
04.01.2008 |
6.04 |
388 |
8114 |
560 |
1756 |
49 |
245 |
|
22.04.2008 |
7.14 |
273 |
7730 |
403 |
2612 |
-- |
158 |
|
17.06.2008 |
6.27 |
412 |
5552 |
719 |
2337 |
-- |
146 |
|
15.09.2008 |
7.02 |
342 |
4709 |
408 |
1180 |
25.6 |
119 |
|
27.11.2008 |
7.53 |
375 |
7475 |
521 |
1637 |
28 |
304 |
|
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Outlet of CETP |
2004 |
7.2 |
227 |
11238 |
279 |
1112 |
16.5 |
551 |
|
2005 |
7.2 |
81 |
10117 |
221 |
976 |
5.9 |
246 |
|
2006 |
6.3-6.5 |
100-2040 |
7172-7700 |
170-910 |
784-3394 |
5.9-8.7 |
171-239 |
|
May ‘07 |
7.2 |
141 |
9021 |
135 |
836 |
21 |
282 |
|
Nov ‘07 |
6.8 |
286 |
7720 |
92.5 |
837 |
-- |
234 |
|
04.01.2008 |
6.32 |
533 |
7832 |
240 |
973 |
17 |
238 |
|
22.04.2008 |
7.4 |
229 |
7960 |
98 |
996 |
-- |
160 |
|
29.05.2008 |
7.45 |
407 |
7027 |
419 |
1399 |
23.7 |
236 |
|
17.06.2008 |
7.10 |
86 |
5864 |
47 |
497 |
-- |
88 |
|
15.09.2008 |
7.54 |
394 |
4569 |
64 |
706 |
24.4 |
135 |
|
27.11.2008 |
7.66 |
94 |
8492 |
244 |
748 |
19 |
248 |
GPCB Standards
|
5.5-9.0 |
100 |
2100 |
100 |
250 |
10 |
50 |
CETP, Vapi Monitoring Results…..contd….
Sampling Location(s) |
Year(s) |
Parameter(s) |
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|
|
pH |
TSS |
TDS |
BOD |
COD |
O & G |
NH3-N |
Inlet/Design Norms |
6.5-8.5 |
300 |
-- |
400 |
1000 |
-- |
-- |
|
Inlet to CETP |
18.02.2009 |
6.58 |
931 |
8708 |
910 |
5358 |
52 |
104 |
|
20.05.2009 |
7.13 |
272 |
6011 |
333 |
1509 |
-- |
117 |
|
02.09.2009 |
7.60 |
1215 |
5924 |
376 |
1324 |
50 |
63.3 |
|
09.12.2009 |
6.61 |
710 |
9580 |
444 |
1517 |
4.73 |
64.3 |
|
29.03.2010 |
6.95 |
1032 |
7791 |
743 |
2223 |
14 |
71 |
|
||||||||
Outlet of CETP |
18.02.2009 |
7.56 |
711 |
7298 |
417 |
1281 |
26 |
105 |
|
20.05.2009 |
7.32 |
460 |
8177 |
153 |
842 |
14.9 |
98.8 |
|
02.09.2009 |
7.32 |
60 |
5768 |
20 |
481 |
32 |
63.4 |
|
09.12.2009 |
6.90 |
140 |
8916 |
84 |
432 |
4.86 |
68 |
|
29.03.2010 |
6.99 |
233 |
9088 |
178 |
869 |
11 |
98 |
GPCB Standards
|
5.5-9.0 |
100 |
2100 |
100 |
250 |
10 |
50 |
ANKLESHWAR
PERFORMANCE OF FETP AT ANKLESHWAR
- A TREND ANALYSIS BY CPCB, ZOW, VADODARA
Sampling locations |
Date of monitoring |
Parameters |
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|
|
pH |
TSS |
TDS |
COD |
BOD |
NH3-N |
CN- |
Phenol |
S- |
O&G |
Inlet Design Norms |
5.0-8.5 |
150 |
12000 |
1000 |
200 |
- |
-- |
- |
- |
-
|
|
Inlet to FETP |
28.06.07 |
6.50 |
445 |
7500 |
1776 |
453 |
447 |
-- |
7.98 |
BDL |
55.7 |
|
31.10.07 |
6.07 |
721 |
19623 |
4882 |
1261 |
1021 |
-- |
25.7 |
14.4 |
39 |
|
17.01.08 |
8.32 |
503 |
8617 |
2459 |
820 |
477 |
0.89 |
8.9 |
2.0 |
31.0 |
|
07.03.08 |
7.15 |
402 |
9776 |
2538 |
688 |
-- |
-- |
13.3 |
2.4 |
-- |
|
22.04.08 |
7.00 |
411 |
10776 |
2408 |
488 |
496 |
1.98 |
6.06 |
11.2 |
19.5 |
|
27.05.08 |
8.67 |
423 |
10568 |
2698 |
687 |
1657 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
17.06.08 |
6.14 |
344 |
9764 |
2875 |
900 |
633 |
0.72 |
4.27 |
3.2 |
17 |
|
29.07.08 |
6.93 |
532 |
26922 |
2510 |
438 |
900 |
1.19 |
-- |
0.96 |
-- |
|
28.08.08 |
8.15 |
583 |
9838 |
2173 |
705 |
1269 |
0.31 |
9.48 |
3.96 |
17.8 |
|
26.09.08 |
8.60 |
417 |
6122 |
2323 |
600 |
749 |
0.71 |
5.45 |
2.8 |
35 |
|
|||||||||||
Outlet of FETP |
28.11.06 |
7.3 |
375 |
9130 |
1689 |
514 |
661 |
-- |
- |
1.95 |
227 |
|
29.11.06 |
7.4 |
370 |
9274 |
2160 |
408 |
616 |
-- |
- |
1.28 |
17 |
|
28.06.07 |
7.5 |
395 |
9274 |
1341 |
94 |
688 |
-- |
7.3 |
BDL |
26.8 |
|
31.10.07 |
7.02 |
353 |
13567 |
1965 |
175 |
788 |
-- |
17.3 |
8.9 |
33.8 |
|
17.01.08 |
7.6 |
489 |
7954 |
1482 |
659 |
495 |
3.85 |
18.1 |
13.5 |
23.0 |
|
07.03.08 |
7.9 |
290 |
10304 |
2112 |
524 |
661 |
-- |
5.75 |
12 |
10.2 |
|
22.04.08 |
7.8 |
470 |
12457 |
2292 |
351 |
612 |
1.50 |
14.86 |
-- |
-- |
|
27.05.08 |
8.04 |
1220 |
8060 |
3090 |
708 |
725 |
0.11 |
13.68 |
-- |
14 |
|
17.06.08 |
8.0 |
256 |
9216 |
2483 |
475 |
454 |
0.21 |
9.47 |
37.3 |
12 |
|
29.07.08 |
7.76 |
273 |
9629 |
1645 |
356 |
813 |
0.25 |
-- |
34.8 |
22.4 |
|
28.08.08 |
8.31 |
563 |
9162 |
911 |
487 |
636 |
0.37 |
11.36 |
26.4 |
27.5 |
|
26.09.08 |
8.45 |
246 |
6530 |
1223 |
338 |
756 |
0.39 |
8.65 |
17.3 |
14.0 |
GPCB Outlet Norms
|
6.5-8.5 |
100 |
-- |
500 |
100 |
50 |
0.2 |
5 |
5 |
20
|
PERFORMANCE OF FETP AT ANKLESHWAR
- A TREND ANALYSIS BY CPCB, ZOW, VADODARA
Sampling locations
|
Date of monitoring |
Parameters
|
|||||||||
|
|
pH |
TSS |
TDS |
COD |
BOD |
NH3-N |
CN- |
Phenol |
S- |
O&G
|
Inlet Design Norms |
5.0-8.5 |
150 |
12000 |
1000 |
200 |
- |
-- |
- |
- |
-
|
|
Inlet to FETP |
22.10.2008 |
7.8 |
298 |
9546 |
2547 |
926 |
738 |
-- |
9.54 |
3.4 |
-- |
|
07.11.2008 |
8.15 |
281 |
11012 |
2357 |
840 |
695 |
2.01 |
5.62 |
4.0 |
30 |
|
19.12.2008 |
8.31 |
856 |
7488 |
3764 |
1033 |
32 |
-- |
10.67 |
-- |
-- |
|
28.01.2009 |
6.73 |
511 |
8553 |
4127 |
852 |
399.2 |
-- |
13.6 |
-- |
-- |
|
05.03.2009 |
7.67 |
747 |
29081 |
2495 |
733 |
371.3 |
0.27 |
7.35 |
3.87 |
60 |
|
|||||||||||
Outlet of FETP |
22.10.2008 |
8.4 |
553 |
11420 |
2303 |
857 |
953 |
1.85 |
13.60 |
34.2 |
38.0 |
|
07.11.2008 |
8.37 |
386 |
11167 |
2613 |
885 |
708 |
0.91 |
10.19 |
38.1 |
20.0 |
|
19.12.2008 |
8.23 |
571 |
11780 |
3008 |
721 |
338 |
-- |
5.64 |
-- |
-- |
|
28.01.2009 |
7.97 |
430 |
9151 |
4158 |
728 |
642.6 |
-- |
19.33 |
65.9 |
47 |
|
05.03.2009 |
8.20 |
397 |
11853 |
2779 |
630 |
690.4 |
0.21 |
9.37 |
62.5 |
19.5 |
GPCB Outlet Norms
|
6.5-8.5 |
100 |
-- |
500 |
100 |
50 |
0.2 |
5 |
5 |
20
|
|
Note: All values except pH are expressed in mg/l
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PERFORMANCE OF FETP AT ANKLESHWAR
- A TREND ANALYSIS BY CPCB, ZOW, VADODARA
Sampling locations
|
Date of monitoring |
Parameters
|
|||||||||
|
|
pH |
TSS |
TDS |
COD |
BOD |
NH3-N |
CN- |
Phenol |
S- |
O&G
|
Inlet Design Norms |
5.0-8.5 |
150 |
12000 |
1000 |
200 |
- |
-- |
- |
- |
-
|
|
Inlet to FETP |
28.01.2009 |
6.73 |
511 |
8553 |
4127 |
852 |
399.2 |
-- |
13.6 |
-- |
-- |
|
05.03.2009 |
7.67 |
747 |
29081 |
2495 |
733 |
371.3 |
0.27 |
7.35 |
3.87 |
60 |
|
30.06.2009 |
8.00 |
159 |
8500 |
2725 |
585 |
532 |
0.38 |
8.42 |
-- |
19 |
|
10.09.2009 |
8.04 |
638 |
12952 |
2231 |
646 |
1158 |
0.30 |
3.86 |
2.8 |
61.1 |
|
10.12.2009 |
6.66 |
420 |
7896 |
2038 |
683 |
585 |
-- |
8.84 |
-- |
-- |
|
10.03.10 |
7.99 |
209 |
11059 |
2809 |
549 |
391 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
10.03.10(C) |
8.07 |
465 |
6881 |
2598 |
728 |
594 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
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Final Outlet |
28.01.2009 |
7.97 |
430 |
9151 |
4158 |
728 |
642.6 |
-- |
19.33 |
65.9 |
47 |
|
05.03.2009 |
8.20 |
397 |
11853 |
2779 |
630 |
690.4 |
0.21 |
9.37 |
62.5 |
19.5 |
|
30.06.2009 |
7.82 |
327 |
9164 |
1764 |
556 |
475 |
0.19 |
8.04 |
-- |
18 |
|
10.09.2009 |
7.55 |
173 |
8798 |
702 |
39 |
586 |
0.34 |
0.82 |
0.5 |
13.9 |
|
10.12.2009 |
7.11 |
496 |
11228 |
1510 |
294 |
785 |
-- |
4.84 |
-- |
-- |
|
10.03.10 |
7.78 |
371 |
12413 |
1241 |
380 |
666 |
1.61 |
3.41 |
13.1 |
59 |
|
10.03.10(C) |
-- |
405 |
9823 |
1498 |
394 |
664 |
2.12 |
2.75 |
10.4 |
-- |
GPCB Outlet Norms
|
6.5-8.5 |
100 |
-- |
500 |
100 |
50 |
0.2 |
5 |
5 |
20
|
VADODARA
CENTRAL POLUTION CONTROL BOARD, West Zone Office, Vadodara
ANALYSIS RESULTS OF MONITORING CARRIED OUT AT M/ ECPL
Date of Sampling: 18.02.2010 Type of Sampling: Grab
|
Sampling Location(s)
|
pH |
TSS |
TDS |
COD |
BOD |
NH3-N |
TKN |
Cl- |
CN- |
Phenols |
Inlets to ECP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dhanora (Take Off Point), ECP |
Inlet Sump PS-I
|
7.22 |
238 |
14616 |
691 |
137 |
443 |
473 |
7139 |
0.414 |
6.80 |
|
Inlet Sump PS-2
|
7.35 |
27 |
3253 |
89 |
17 |
3.8 |
6.32 |
1391 |
0.105 |
2.42 |
|
Inlet Sump RIL (IPCL) 1 & 2
|
9.56 |
69 |
2273 |
68 |
9.7 |
10.6 |
12.2 |
942 |
0.014 |
1.243 |
Koyali Point (@ 2.5 from Dhanora) |
Inlet Sump GSFC |
7.72 |
39 |
2446 |
185 |
41 |
20 |
32 |
734 |
0.063 |
1.11 |
|
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Along the ECP |
ECP-1, Just after Dhanora Take Off Point i.e. Start of Channel (Mix effluent from PS-I, PS-II & RIL ) |
7.88 |
129 |
6709 |
423 |
50 |
177 |
189 |
3100 |
0.856 |
3.92 |
|
ECP-2, Near Mujpur Village crossing (@ 20 km d/s of Dhanora Take off Point) |
7.58 |
94 |
5481 |
611 |
57 |
195 |
217 |
2136 |
0.793 |
12.76 |
|
ECP-3, J-Point (Final discharge Point, end of Channel, @ 55 km from d/s of Dhanora Take off Point ) |
4.60 |
361 |
14458 |
1826 |
334 |
387 |
419 |
3665 |
2.857 |
15.37 |
GPCB Norms
|
6.5-8.5 |
100 |
5000 |
250 |
100 |
50 |
-- |
600 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
CENTRAL POLUTION CONTROL BOARD, West Zone Office, Vadodara
ANALYSIS RESULTS OF MONITORING CARRIED OUT AT M/ ECPL
Date of sample collection: 10.03.2008, 27.03.2008, 28.03.2008 Type of sample collection: Grab
Sampling Location(s) |
Date of Sampling |
pH |
TSS |
COD |
BOD |
NH3-N |
TKN |
Cl- |
CN- |
Phenols |
@ 2 kms downstream from start of Channel (ECP), Dhanora Take off Point |
10.03.2008 |
7.44 |
63 |
338 |
47 |
35 |
59 |
1797 |
0.03 |
0.20 |
|
27.03.2008, night time |
7.7 |
69 |
407 |
25 |
35 |
39 |
1580 |
0.08 |
0.71 |
|
28.03.2008, morning time |
7.1 |
54 |
357 |
28 |
13 |
50 |
1602 |
0.11 |
1.52 |
|
28.03.2008, afternoon |
7.0 |
77 |
594 |
26 |
50 |
82 |
2753 |
0.15 |
8.23 |
|
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@9 kms downstream from Dhanora Take off Point |
10.03.2008 |
8.01 |
55 |
247 |
42 |
35 |
51 |
876 |
0.02 |
0.29 |
|
27.03.2008, night time |
7.0 |
79 |
428 |
21 |
51 |
65 |
2572 |
0.011 |
0.43 |
|
28.03.2008, morning time |
8.1 |
117 |
1667 |
76 |
57 |
67 |
2414 |
0.16 |
18.67 |
|
28.03.2008, afternoon |
8.6 |
141 |
1806 |
184 |
81 |
235 |
4062 |
0.23 |
21.87 |
|
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Near village Vedach (2 kms upward) @ 36 km from Dhanora Take off Point |
10.03.2008 |
7.75 |
135 |
784 |
243 |
112 |
126 |
2879 |
0.02 |
0.34 |
|
27.03.2008, night time |
2.1 |
94 |
1600 |
109 |
49 |
93 |
2617 |
0.01 |
0.82 |
|
28.03.2008, morning time |
2.6 |
115 |
4216 |
1320 |
134 |
152 |
4535 |
0.03 |
1.22 |
|
28.03.2008, afternoon |
3.8 |
476 |
2083 |
492 |
127 |
148 |
3136 |
0.001 |
0.960 |
|
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J point, End of Channel (ECP) @ 55 Km from Dhanora Take Off Point, effluent discharging into estuary of river Mahi, Gulf of Cambay |
10.03.2008 |
1.1 |
193 |
1490 |
254 |
96 |
171 |
6543 |
0.80 |
0.58 |
|
27.03.2008, night time |
7.0 |
540 |
941 |
163 |
149 |
171 |
3746 |
0.05 |
4.12 |
|
28.03.2008, morning time |
3.4 |
480 |
2419 |
343 |
61 |
87 |
30263 |
0.06 |
5.88 |
|
28.03.2008, afternoon |
4.8 |
560 |
1776 |
219 |
79.0 |
105 |
2256 |
0.07 |
2.10 |
GPCB Norms |
6.5-8.5 |
100 |
250 |
100 |
50 |
-- |
600 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
CENTRAL POLUTION CONTROL BOARD,
West Zone Office, Vadodara
EFFLUENT QUALITY AT J-POINT, END OF ECP, DISCHARGE INTO ESTURY OF RIVER MAHI, GULF OF CAMBAY
Sampling Location(s) |
Year of Monitoring |
Date of Sampling |
pH |
TSS |
COD |
BOD |
NH3-N |
TKN |
Cl- |
CN- |
Phenols |
J point, End of Channel (ECP) @ 55 Km from Dhanora Take Off Point, effluent discharging into estuary of river Mahi, Gulf of Cambay |
2008 |
10.03.2008
|
1.1 |
193 |
1490 |
254 |
96 |
171 |
6543 |
0.80 |
0.58 |
|
|
27.03.2008, night time
|
7.0 |
540 |
941 |
163 |
149 |
171 |
3746 |
0.05 |
4.12 |
|
|
28.03.2008, morning time |
3.4 |
480 |
2419 |
343 |
61 |
87 |
30263 |
0.06 |
5.88 |
|
|
28.03.2008, afternoon time
|
4.8 |
560 |
1776 |
219 |
79.0 |
105 |
2256 |
0.07 |
2.10 |
|
2010 |
18.02.2010
|
4.6 |
361 |
1826 |
334 |
387 |
419 |
3665 |
2.86 |
15.37 |
GPCB Norms |
6.5-8.5 |
100 |
250 |
100 |
50 |
-- |
600 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
Performance of CETP, Nandesari
Date of Monitoring |
Locations |
Parameters |
||||||||
|
|
pH |
TSS |
TDS |
COD |
BOD |
NH-3-N |
O&G |
Phenol |
CN |
19/01/10 |
Inlet |
8.0 |
492 |
21130 |
1371 |
242 |
272 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
|
Outlet |
6.83 |
338 |
42677 |
465 |
170 |
17 |
7.7 |
0.046 |
2.12 |
19/02/10 |
Inlet |
8.28 |
1118 |
31262 |
1857 |
569 |
266 |
--- |
2.23 |
--- |
|
Outlet of Eqt Tank |
7.76 |
184 |
33705 |
2737 |
607 |
1351 |
-- |
5.63 |
1.14 |
|
Outlet
|
8.50 |
329 |
17836 |
1090 |
57 |
480 |
4.6 |
0.67 |
0.063 |
AHMEDABAD
Performance of CETP Vatva, Ahmedabad
Date of Monitoring |
Locations |
Parameters |
|||||||
|
|
pH |
TSS |
TDS |
COD |
BOD |
NH-3-N |
O&G |
Phenol |
27/01/2010 |
Inlet |
6.40 |
550 |
20739 |
3696 |
994 |
134 |
-- |
-- |
|
Outlet |
7.48 |
839 |
16141 |
2189 |
367 |
190 |
26 |
7.25 |
Performance of CETP M/s GECSL, Vatva, Ahmedabad
Date of Monitoring |
Locations |
Parameters |
|||||||
|
|
pH |
TSS |
TDS |
COD |
BOD |
NH-3-N |
O&G |
Phenol |
29/01/2010 |
Inlet |
6.42 |
220 |
3851 |
1496 |
648 |
8.6 |
-- |
0.38 |
|
Outlet |
6.43 |
195 |
2506 |
1100 |
372 |
6.9 |
1.1 |
0.35 |
Performance of CETP M/s, GVMSAVL, Odhav, Ahmedabad
Date of Monitoring |
Locations |
Parameters |
|||||||
|
|
pH |
TSS |
TDS |
COD |
BOD |
NH-3-N |
O&G |
Phenol |
28/01/2010 |
Inlet |
6.18 |
3555 |
10243 |
3447 |
1500 |
370 |
-- |
4.63 |
|
Outlet |
7.27 |
888 |
6928 |
7315 |
2800 |
1260 |
5.4 |
4.13 |
Performance of CETP M/s, OEPL Odhav, Ahmedabad
Date of Monitoring |
Location |
Parameters |
|||||||
|
|
pH |
TSS |
TDS |
COD |
BOD |
NH-3-N |
O&G |
Phenol |
29/01/2010 |
Inlet |
7.08 |
313 |
12306 |
1397 |
256 |
52 |
-- |
1.79 |
|
Outlet |
6.65 |
96 |
9391 |
478 |
119 |
22 |
1.4 |
0.41 |
Performance of CETP M/s, NEPL, Naroda, Ahmedabad
Date of Monitoring |
Locations |
Parameters |
|||||||
|
|
pH |
TSS |
TDS |
COD |
BOD |
NH-3 N |
O&G |
Phenol |
28/01/2010 |
Inlet |
7.27 |
2133 |
62350 |
12778 |
1856 |
1042 |
-- |
28.75 |
|
Outlet |
7.16 |
164 |
11971 |
2471 |
584 |
190 |
8.2 |
1.62 |
Performance of CETP M/s, Narol Dyestuff Enviro Society, Narol, Ahmedabad
Date of Monitoring |
Location |
Parameters |
|||||||
|
|
pH |
TSS |
TDS |
COD |
BOD |
NH-3 N |
O&G |
Phenol |
29/01/2010 |
Inlet |
7.0 |
70 |
26226 |
3267 |
951 |
77 |
-- |
0.39 |
|
Outlet |
8.21 |
155 |
5869 |
579 |
60 |
10 |
6.7 |
0.44 |
The far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman has demonstrated once more its ability to go even further than earlier Israeli governments in trampling international law and basic human decency under foot. Their murderous attack in international waters on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla is a new escalation of the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. It must be met with a forceful escalation in the response from the solidarity movement and world public opinion.
Thanks to the Labour Party’s presence in Netanyahu’s extremist government, the whole Zionist political establishment is complicit in this fresh outrage. Labour defence minister Ehud Barak has declared that the government knowingly accepted the consequences of its act. Knowing, that is, that the world’s governments would reflexively respond with mere words: some diplomatic communiqués, some tut-tutting at Israeli ambassadors. As usual. But this time it must be different. This time an outpouring of protest must force governments to move from words to deeds.
Already Barrack Obama and Ban Ki-mon have spoken of investigation. What is there of consequence to investigate? The Israeli government does not deny that it launched an illegal attack in international waters; it proclaims it. The Israeli army itself says that more than ten activists were killed. The Israeli military’s own spokesperson claims no more than four Israeli injuries as extenuation for the slaughter. Al-Jazeera’s correspondent on the lead boat reports that a white flag was raised, and yet the Israelis opened fire as they stormed it, without provocation. All this points to a deliberate resort, as in 2008-09, to “disproportionate force”, certainly not a case of “self-defence”.
The assault on the Freedom Flotilla was in fact a logical extension of the blockade of Gaza that the flotilla was protesting and challenging. Hardly a government on earth besides Israel’s has a word to say in defence of this blockade, a blatant case of an illegal collective punishment of a civilian population. Yet hardly a government on earth lifts a finger to stop it. And the shamelessly cynical Israeli PR operation makes light of the blockade’s effects, recommending a posh Gaza restaurant to journalists.
Surely that press statement’s author remembers that posh restaurants remained in business in the Warsaw Ghetto as Jews were starving to death in the street outside! Not that there is mass starvation today in Gaza; arbitrary and capricious as the Israeli blockade is, it has so far been calibrated to avoid that degree of devastation. It has led only to widespread malnutrition; only to the traumatization of tens of thousands of children; only to mass unemployment that has left 80 per cent of the Strip’s 1.5 million people dependent on relief; only to the helplessness of a population trying to live among the ruins left by the 2008-09 Israeli aggression, which they are denied any means of repairing; only to the deaths of 28 Palestinians waiting for permission to leave for urgently needed medical treatment.
The protests against the attack on the flotilla, coming on top of the blockade, are more than justified. The picket lines and demonstrations outside Israeli embassies and consulates should continue. But the protests must go further, targeting the governments in each of our countries that have made and are making Israeli outrages possible.
In the United States, which under the Obama administration has remained Israel’s main backer, protests must demand and secure an immediate halt to the $3 billion in annual aid that funds the Israeli government’s crimes.
In the countries of the European Union, which only months ago decided on closer ties with Israel, protests must demand and secure immediate invocation of the human rights clause in the Israeli-EU free trade agreement, suspending the commercial privileges that give Israel an economic lifeline.
In the Arab countries that maintain ties with Israel, the peoples’ fury should frighten their governments into halting their complicity – and especially frighten the Egyptian government into ending its indispensable role in the criminal blockade of Gaza.
In the Israeli state, where protests are also taking place, there should be stepped-up resistance to the far-right government.
Everywhere where the solidarity movement is not yet strong enough to compel governments to break in practice with the Israeli state, people should take matters into their own hands with massive boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns.
Finally, this new Israeli crime should lead to a new wave of discussion and reflection about the bankruptcy of the “peace process” supposedly aimed at establishing a Palestinian mini-state in the 1967 territories alongside an intact Zionist Israel. Today the Israeli government is being “punished” for its attack on the flotilla with yet another suspension of the anaemic process of indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority – a process that it obviously views as nothing more than an occasionally useful distraction from its work of establishing facts on the ground. Movements for peace and solidarity should now be spurred to more clarity and resolve about the need for an alternative, heading towards true peace, with full and unconditional Palestinian self-determination, the right of return for the 1948 refugees (who make up four-fifths of the Gaza Strip’s population), the dismantling of the Zionist state, and a political solution in which the Palestinian and Israeli Jewish peoples can live together in full equality of rights.
Bureau of the Fourth International Paris, 1st June 2010