| Action Taken Report on Public Participation and General Awareness in Delhi (2001) | ||
| Action to be Taken (with Target Date if Any) | Agencies Responsible | Progress / Action Taken |
| Public Participation and General Awareness | ||
| Launching Special Programmes for Generating Awareness focusing on Specific and Varied Target Groups | ||
| Motivating Self Initiated Groups Like Civil Defense, Territorial Army, Regimental Units and enhancement of Green Cover | ||
| Involvement of NGOs & other Committees to Concentrate on their Localities | ||
| MoEF to Equip the above Organizations with aids Like Water Testing Kits, Books, Literature etc. | ||
| Highlighting the NGO Efforts Through Press & TV | ||
| Multimedia National Environment Campaign Launched by MoEF in 1986 to Continue | ||
| Expanding Eco-Club Programme for Participation of School Children in Environmental Protection to every School in Delhi | ||
| Obtaining Feedback from Paryavaran Vahini Scheme Launched in 1992 Re-afforestation and Survival of Plants | ||
| Sample Meter Testing Kits Developed by CPCB to be Made Available to Paryavaran Vahinis | ||
| Paryavaran Vahinis to Monitor Water Quality and Ambient Air. | ||
| Disseminating the Message About Pollution on TV and focussing attention of citizens of Delhi to the Need for Protecting the Environment & Preventing Pollution in daily Activities | ||
| Making Private Sector more Socially Responsive Particularly About Products which Generate Pollution e.g Automobiles, Plastics etc. | ||
| Promoting Initiatives in Private Sector for Inspection and Maintenance Camps for Vehicles, Collection of Plastic Wastes for Recycling etc. | ||
| Increasing Public Awareness for Cleaner Environment to force Corporate strategies Compelling Greater Investment in Anti Pollution Efforts | ||
| Deploying Eco-mark Scheme with Eco-labling for Shaping Consumer Preferences Through Motivations for a Cleaner Environment | ||
| Experience Shaping on Methods a Combat Pollution Interaction Between Members of Waste Minimization Circles for Technological Up gradation, Professional Groups etc. | ||
| General Action Points | ||
| Special Drive to Motivate Public for Depositing Domestic Refuse in `Be-bags` and Encouraging `Seggregation` Fine for Dumping Refuse | ||
| Making Available Large Waste Bins at all Major Markets & Tourist Spots to Avoid Littering | ||
| Municipality to Implement a Concerted Drive for Shifting Stray Cattle to Cattle Ponds | ||
| Concerted Efforts to Remove Street Dogs and to Municipalities to Devise Methods to Sterilise Dogs and Destroying Rabbit Dogs | ||
| Removal of Encroachments to facilitate Free Movement of Traffic | ||
| Clearing Pavements for Movement of Pedestrians | ||
| Pedestrianisation of Certain Areas Like Karol Bagh, Chandani Chowk etc. | ||
| Problem of Old Trees Posing Danger to Passers-by to be Tackled by Municipality. Where Necessary Uprooting old Trees | ||
| Motor Bicycle Pathways to be Provided | ||
| Developing Parking Areas Distinct Distinct from Congested Market Places | ||
| Providing Battery Operated Buses to Ferry Shoppers to the Market Venues | ||
| Levying Deterrent Parking Charges in Certain Areas to Restrict Vehicular Movement | ||
| Devising scheme for Reducing Vehicles on Roads at Certain Prescribed Times, not Allowing Certain Zone Vehicles to Ply on Certain Days in a Week | ||
| State Agencies and Local Bodies to Step up Afforestation Using Resources of railways, Military and Para-military Forces for Landscaping and Afforestation of Land Adjacent to Rail Tracks | ||
| Appointment of Basti Managers for Preventing Growth of Squatter Settlements and to Register on Current Residents and Ensuring that there is no Increase in Encroaching Household | ||
| Shifting Offices Out of Delhi as Per NCR Planning | ||
| Not Allowing Public Sector Undertakings to Build/rent Guest houses or Develop Residential Colonies | ||
| Constructing "Through Traffic Expressway" to Relieve Congestion on Main Roads | ||
| Using Effectively the Ring Railway Dovetailing it with Road Transport | ||
| Inventorisation of Industrial Units Producing Hazardous Wastes and Enforcement of Relevant Laws, Particularly Ensuring that Drinking Water Sources are not Contaminated | ||
| Concerted Drive for Disposal of Bio-medical Wastes Generated by Hospitals, Nursing Homes & Clinics and Strict Regulation Through Incineration & other Safe Methods | ||
| Development of a Major Facility for Treatment, Storage. Disposal & Incineration of Hazardous & other Toxic Wastes for such Units who do not have the Capacity to set up Individual Facilities | ||
| Delegating Requisite Statutory Powers to 27 Zonal Magistrates to Enable them to Undertake Enforcement Functions for Pollution Abatement in Delhi | ||
| Impetus to Private Sector for Participating in Biological Processing of Municipal Domestic Wastes. | ||
| Commercial Possibilities Arising out of Solid Waste to be Implemented Through Contractors who have Shown Interest | ||
| Parking Lots on BOT Basis in Private Sector | ||
| Channelising Efforts of Civil Defense Organization, Committees into Civil Projects for Abatement of Pollution Particularly Handing of Solid Wastes | ||
| Environmental Projects as Extra Curricular Activities in Schools Aiming at Community/neighborhood Improvement, Also Aiming at Sensitive Young Students to the Environmental Quality of their Surroundings | ||
| Preservation of Cultural Heritage as Reflected in Monuments etc. | ||
| Controlling Pollution for Protection of Climate and Natural Sources | ||
