First Students’ National Conference on River Basin Planning Welcome to (BRiP – 2011) Organized by Consortia of 7 IITs

November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Consortia of 7 IITs Welcome to the First Students’ Conference on River Basin Planning (BRiP ) Om ! May He protect us both together; may He nourish us both together; May we work conjointly with great energy, May our study be vigorous and effective; May we not mutually dispute (or may we not hate any). Om ! Let there be Peace in me ! Let there be Peace in my environment ! Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me !

November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Consortia of 7 IITs Why This Conference Rivers? How should we behave with rivers? Why should we protect rivers? How to plan our activities to protect rivers? Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary approach required. To prepare next generation to manage natural resources related to river systems Water and Energy?

November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Consortia of 7 IITs Organisation Keynote speeches Poster and Exhibition Section Discussions Debate Expectations Learn as much as possible Sincerely participate Spread the knowledge Work for rivers

November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Consortia of 7 IITs IIT Bombay IIT Delhi IIT Guwahati IIT Kanpur IIT Kharagpur IIT Madras IIT Roorkee Ganga River Basin Environment Management Plan First National Students’ Conference on River Basin Planning Outreach Complex, IIT Kanpur by SWaRA IT BHUBESU JNU DU PU ISI Kolkata WWF-IndiaNEERICFRI … … …

November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Consortia of 7 IITs Premise River Ganga is lively, holy and unique amongst all river of India, if not of the world. River Ganga is viewed as worlds natural heritage. River Ganga must flow uninterruptedly from her source to destination, and sustain all natural and indigenous living forms and systems.

November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Consortia of 7 IITs Model of a River Basin

November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Consortia of 7 IITs  Continuous flow ( )  Un-polluted Flow ( ) Panch Sutra’s of River  Longitudinal, lateral and vertical connectivity  Adequate space for various river functions  Ecological entity

November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Consortia of 7 IITs Can not afford to Experiment with River Like Ganga! Precautionary Principles must apply wherever knowledge gaps and uncertainties exist Apply modern science and new technologies but with traditional wisdom Gyan Dhara + Jana Gyan Supportive Capacity and Assimilative Capacity Our Major Principles

November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Consortia of 7 IITs Subtle Quality of Ganga Water: Accept until proven otherwise rather than not accepting until established scientifically The qualities of the Ganga water are: Coolness, sweetness, transparency, high tonic property, wholesomeness, potability, ability to remove evils, ability to resuscitate from swoon caused by dehydration, digestive property and ability to retain wisdom

Origin of the River Ganga The goddess of the Ganges is nesting in Shiva’s dreadlocks

Origin of the River Ganga

Gangotri Ganga Sagar River with unique Ecosystem and Biodiversity Socio-Cultural Heritage Water Resource Management Environmental Quality and Pollution Geomorphological Changes: Erosion, Sediment Transport/Deposition And Floods Our Approach

Gangotri Ganga Sagar River with unique Ecosystem and Biodiversity Socio-Cultural Heritage Water Resource Management Environmental Quality and Pollution Geomorphological Changes: Erosion, Sediment Transport/Deposition And Floods Our Approach

Gangotri Ganga Sagar Our Approach

November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Consortia of 7 IITs Working: Parts to Whole Parts ! Priority: Immediate Attention; Availability of Resources; Time Required Our Strategy Thought Process: Whole to Parts

GRB EMP * Main Document GRB EMP * Main Document Goals & Objectives Objectives GEN WRM FGM ENB SEC PLG GDM COM PIC EFL MIS Literature (SOA) Literature (SOA) Methodology (MTH) Methodology (MTH) Data (DAT) Data (DAT) Analysis (ANL) Analysis (ANL) Suggestions & Recommendations (S&R) Suggestions & Recommendations (S&R) nn Ver (MMM YYYY) Ver (MMM YYYY) WorkPackagesWorkPackages Areas Sewage Treatment EQP GRB EMP : Recommendations and Guidelines Nirmal Dhara Nirmal Dhara Aviral Dhara Aviral Dhara Ecological Restoration River Course Development River Course Development Water Resource Development Water Resource Development Flood prevention Sustainable Agriculture Navigation & Recreation FinancialLayoutFinancialLayout StrategyStrategy Implementation Schedule Monitoring Mechanisms 004_GBP_IIT_EQP_S&R_02_Ver 1_Dec 2010 Concept MapReport Indexing

Water Resources Management Reduce Momentum Reduce Momentum Distributed Storage Distributed Storage Ground Water Recharge and Enhance Base Flow

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Discharge Flood Year Normal Year Drought Year E-Flow, Normal Year E-Flow, Drought E-Flows Concept

Demand Management Cropping Pattern Organic Farming

Every river is clean at all times, you and I sitting on the banks of the river are dirtying it. The ‘we dirtying it’ is not stopped, but we are purifying the river. Stop dirtying and poisoning it, and the river will purify itself.

Water Quality: The Mantra:  Defecation  Ablutions  Discharge of wastewater  Throwing of used floral offerings  Rubbing of filth  Body shampooing  Frolicking  Acceptance of donations  Obscenity  Offering of inappropriate praises or even hymns in a incorrect way  Discarding of garments  Beating and  Swimming across, in particular Thirteen actions are prohibited on approaching the scared waters of the Ganga, namely:

Consortia of 7 IITs November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Wastes Point Non Point Solid (non-point) Liquid Domestic Agriculture (non-point) Industrial CitiesVillages Small DrainsOpen Defecation Old New Sewage CollectionTreatment

November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Consortia of 7 IITs Unpolluted Flow Unpolluted Flow Zero Discharge Zero Discharge STP Unsatisfactory Performance Unsatisfactory Performance Cynical Attitude Expensive/Unaffordable/ Energy Extensive ULBs ! 1 Paisa Per Liter 1 Paisa Per Liter

Ecosystems in Ganga Basin Structural Components Abiotic Biotic Functional Components Transport of Elements Features of biochemical Cycling Interactions Energitics Production Consumption Fluxex of C, N, P, S Mass balance Subsystems Fresh water Estuarine Wetlands Terrestrial Flowing Storages/Pondages Main Stem Gangotri To Farakka Artificial Natural Tributaries Farakka to Gangasagar Hoogly - Matlah Permanent Transient Diara Lands Riparian Cultivated Forests Grasslands / Scrublands Chemical Characteristics Chemical Characteristics Flow Sediment Load Sediment Load Habitat Nutrients Salanity Decomposables Recalcitrant Dissolve Gases Toxicants MetalsPesticides Producers Consumers Decomposers Phytobenthos Phytoplankton Macrophytes Zooplankton Macroinvertibates Vertibrates Zoobanthos Fish Higher Vertibrates Bacterial Fungus Culturable Non Culturable Aquatic Extra Aquatic

Environmental Flows + …… Environmental Flows + ……

Consortia of 7 IITs November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Created Condition Restored Condition Turning point Degraded Intact Restored CreatedTrajectories of change Intact Degraded Turning Points

Consortia of 7 IITs November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Flood Plains and Valley Margin River Styles Stream power

River Space River Space Permissible Activities Valley Margin and Active Flood Plain

National River ! Ganga Panchayat ?

November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Consortia of 7 IITs Ganga Basin Information and Communication Network

November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Consortia of 7 IITs Gangapedia Home Page

Consortia of 7 IITs November 4-5, 2011 Students’ Conference on RBP Thank You !