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Mangaluru: Rainwater harvesting, toilets compulsory to obtain building licence

  •   Wed, Jun 08 2016 04:41:56 PM

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (EP)

Mangaluru, Jun 8: Rainwater harvesting will be essential on houses built on an area of 2,000 square feet and above as per resolution passed in the Zilla panchayat meeting on Tuesday, June 7.

N R Umesh, Deputy Secretary of Zilla panchayat also said that construction of toilets also will be mandatory in order to make Dakshina Kannada free from open defecation. Building licenses will be issued to houses and commercial complexes only after the two preconditions are met.

There are 1,589 households without toilets in the district though the district has won several awards for sanitation. Member Asha Thimmappa Gowda supporting his views said that recharge of bore wells should also be mandatory. “The grama panchayat should make arrangements to collect plastic waste from the houses”, she added.

Zilla panchayat CEO Shreevidya said 300 recharge structures were built last year and the work will be taken up under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

The Zilla Panchayat also approved purchase of anti rabies vaccine at a cost of Rs 1.58 lacs by the department of Health and Family Welfare. While the members approved budget outlay of Rs 232.53 crore for 2016-17, they resolved that 50% of the Rs 13 crore under planned grant should be set aside for the action plan related to drinking water project and the remaining amount can be used in other projects.

The members held lengthy discussion on revenue division of Zilla Panchayat and its jurisdiction. The term of the standing committee will be twenty months. The panchayat nominated Sucharitha Shetty and Harish Kanjipili to Central Library Committee. Zilla Panchayat President Meenakshi Shanthigodu and Vice President Kasturi Panja were present.
  

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  • Jawar D'Souza, M'lore /Mumbai/

    Thu, Jun 09 2016

    I was working as a water well driller in Qatar. We were given a contract by Qatar govt to drill wells in barren land, which were very low. We had to drill a 12-1/4" well upto the water table, build dykes to divert the rain water, fence the well, 2 meters by 2 meters put a casing with holes drilled, put aggregate around it between the fence and casing big ons outside and small ones near the casing. The fain water will be filtered into the well. this was called as a recharge well. we have drilled a number oh wells like these. why cant we adopt these types of Ideas.

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  • Harold D'cunha, Mangalore, India

    Thu, Jun 09 2016

    I heard this RAIN HARVESTING very often. Can some one in this forum advise, What is "Rain Harvesting", so that readers like me, who are either ignorant or/ and want to implement rain harvesting will benefit.

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  • Rudolf, Mum

    Thu, Jun 09 2016

    Due to indiscriminate drilling of bores and no proper planned sewage lines, many potable water wells have gotten contaminated with filthy sewage making them unworthy even for washing clothes!

    Moreover, water table has dropped down considerably! Hence bores should be strictly regulated by a series of guidelines!

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  • ನಾಗರಿಕ, ಸೇನೆ

    Thu, Jun 09 2016

    !!!!!ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಸಿದಿದೆ ಅಂತರ್ಜಲ.....ಎರಗಲಿದೆ ಭೀಕರ ಅಪಾಯ !!!!!!
    ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನ ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂತರ್ಜಲ ಮಟ್ಟ ಕುಸಿಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಕಡೆ ಜಲಕ್ಷಾಮ ಹೆಚ್ಚುತ್ತಿದೆ. ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಅಂತರ್ಜಲ ತಜ್ಞರ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಮು೦ದಿನ ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಳೆಯ ಪ್ರಮಾಣವು ಗ೦ಭೀರವಾಗಿ ಕಡಿಮೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಾ ಅಂತರ್ಜಲ ಕುಸಿದು ಭೀಕರ ಜಲಕ್ಷಾಮವಾಗಲಿದೆ. ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಅಂತರ್ಜಲ ತಜ್ಞರ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಭಾರತವು ಭೌಗೋಳಿಕವಾಗಿ ಸಮ ತಟ್ಟಿಲ್ಲದ ಏರು ತಗ್ಗುಗಳಿ೦ದ ಆವ್ರತವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲ್ಭಾಗ ಮುರಕಲ್ಲಿನಿ೦ದ ಕೂಡಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಈ ತರಹದ ಶಿಲೆಗಳು ಅತೀ ಶೀಘ್ರವಾಗಿ ನೀರನ್ನು ಹೀರಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಹಾಗೂ ಅತೀ ವ

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  • RitheshRB, mANGALORE

    Thu, Jun 09 2016

    What about the rain harvesting rule to big Builders, Why only to poor people who build homes of 2000sqft .Where these ideas were gone when the builders violated all the rules,No need of press meet ,the people of Mangalore know the double standard of MCC & Zilla Panchayath very well.

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  • Pramod, Kundapura

    Thu, Jun 09 2016

    People who are illiterate are ruling the muincipalities...

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  • Heri Fernandes, Mangalore/UK

    Thu, Jun 09 2016

    Very good move.. implement it with full force and penalize the offenders for non-compliance!

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Frazer Town,B'lore

    Thu, Jun 09 2016

    This is a good step need to applied and emulated into practice in the full state.

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  • Sanjeev Kamath, Udupi

    Thu, Jun 09 2016

    Rainwater harvesting may be complicated in 'NY' but made compulsory by Amma in TN, so why such armchair comment from Nel Yalyadi (NY)?

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  • Robert Pais, Mangalore

    Wed, Jun 08 2016

    Please make sure to heavily penalize land developers( builders) who connect rain water outlets to the drains.

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  • Sumith, Mangalore

    Wed, Jun 08 2016

    All speeches and press meetings without much use. I would like to site a small example. The Govt. First Grade Women's College at Jyothi has about 1000 plus girls studying and if you see their toilet you would rather go to the pay toilet outside than use this one. What is the use of having toilets when they are not maintained properly. The college management should do something about this and these People Representatives should check these matters first hand.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, NY

    Wed, Jun 08 2016

    Rainwater Harvesting is complicated subject.
    We need more roadshows & seminars for effective ...

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  • Basil, dubai

    Wed, Jun 08 2016

    rain water harvesting is a good idea.It is the need of the hour.Store the water in the soil to keep it more cool.Let it be old dried well(pottu guvel or kalpande)Connect the flowing water to such aria where it can be reach to the depth of the soil.Remember the next summer will be still more hot,hence prepare to face with rain water harvesting,storing and by planting more cooling trees.

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  • abdulla, india

    Wed, Jun 08 2016

    Ask the Architects/designers to draw/standardize and specify in the Building drawings/compulsorily...
    in every villa/house/ building
    along with SOLAR /WIND mills.
    all GOD provided free nature..
    Use technology to do the best.

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  • Deepak, Bajpe

    Wed, Jun 08 2016

    In Bajpe kinnipadav area after Royal Park building came up many wells near by are contaminated due to the building people constructing large pits for sending their waste. My well which used to provide clean water through out the year is also contaminated. In this situation where ground water is allowed to contaminate by giving permission to apartment building, how can rain water be harvested?

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  • VR, Udupi

    Wed, Jun 08 2016

    Good point. Builders or contractors, whether it is small or large builders need to pass some sort of licensing exam given by the state government or the central government to do the job correctly. Building quality has improved over the years, but much more needs to be done in following standard best practices. Stiff fines for violations will deter the contractors from making mistakes.

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  • Nilesh, Mangalore/Dubai

    Wed, Jun 08 2016

    Der Aaye Durust Aaye..... Good Move by the authorities. Hope this should solve the water scarcity problem a bit.

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  • Lydia Lobo, Kadri

    Wed, Jun 08 2016

    Rain water harvesting is a good idea. But, tell us how to do it while houses are built on so small plots, they leave barely 6' essential distance from their boundary wall !

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  • vnayak, mangalore/switzerland

    Wed, Jun 08 2016

    In western countries, the harvested rain water (from the roof) is going through the drain and flows underground to a central location for usage in irrigation and watering gardens along with the cleaned sewage water.Size of the plot is no issue.There is no point in harvesting individually.

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  • Lydia Lobo, Kadri

    Thu, Jun 09 2016

    Vinayak,

    Never know how many centuries will it be by the time India becomes Western-like. In Mangaluru city, initially drainage pipes were laid. Digging around the entire city went on for this purpose about 4-5 years back. This year, the city is dug-up again. For what ? to lay drainage pipes of a bigger dia. Why did they not have plan for impending new buildings/dwellings ? To what duration are current pipes ? Another four-five years ? Each Corporator/DC wants to pocket his share during his term.

    The worst is, rains have begun to pour but the dug up trenches are still not attended to. With such an arrangement, tell me, how and when will we have rain-water-flowing canals directly leading to a central water reservoir ?

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  • peter, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 09 2016

    I echo your views. In politics and public service areas it goes like this " haati ka daanth dikane ka alag, khane ka alag ". Most of the schemes ultimately ends with corruption or nowhere as there is no proper studies are not being done. Current trend is as such "jiska laati uska basins"
    To construct a building already many criteria are in place, but fact is that they are not properly implemented and they are twisted as per their requirement.
    Other than God whom else we can put forward our petition

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