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NALA GARDENS: Beautiful Storm-water Drains

NALA GARDENS: Beautiful Storm-water Drains. Mrs Almitra H Patel 50 Kothnur, Bangalore 560077 Member, Supreme Court Committee for Solid Waste Management almitrapatel@rediffmail.com. Waste from apartments or slums is thrown into them They are used as public toilets

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NALA GARDENS: Beautiful Storm-water Drains

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  1. NALA GARDENS:Beautiful Storm-water Drains Mrs Almitra H Patel 50 Kothnur, Bangalore 560077 Member, Supreme Court Committee for Solid Waste Management almitrapatel@rediffmail.com

  2. Waste from apartments or slums is thrown into them They are used as public toilets Keepers of street pigs break drains and man-holes to create mud-wallows in nalas for their pigs Sewage is let out into nalas by new buildings, contaminating drinking-water lines nearby Storm-water drains are the dirtiest parts of most cities

  3. 12 acres of degraded wasteland beside a sewage-ridden stream became a lovely Zen Garden, 900 m long x 60-70m wide. Pune city beautifies its Nalas. Osho Teerth was first, in 1991

  4. 2 settling ponds with 30 - 20 cm level drops remove 80% solids. Gambusia fish control mosquitoes.

  5. Sludge removed regularly is used for garden contouring & nursery plants.Eqpt removes oil coming from Railway Yard.

  6. Summer water flow is 2mld.Peak monsoon flows of 300 mld bypass the 2 biological ponds.

  7. After 2 serpentine aeration ponds, small water-falls aerate water. Bends create needed turbulence.

  8. This 2 km long garden pays for itself ! 2 km upstream are planned

  9. Pune City’s Ambiloda garden uses a giant water-jet & rocky stream-bed to aerate 10-12 mld nala flow

  10. Fully Fencing any new nala garden is the 1st and costliest requirement. Firms may sponsor sections for advts.

  11. Half-round pipe for Nala training is inexpensive and effective

  12. … but freak floods can wash off the unpaved side gardens

  13. Nala-training with Stone Pitching protects plantings during floods

  14. Manholes are repaired for sewage to run below Karve Rd garden strip

  15. Pune’s Horticulture Supt Mr Khaire needs a temporary watchman cabin at the entrance of new gardens

  16. Watchman uses a portable pump to water garden with nala waste-water

  17. Settling pool cleans 5 mld water flow at start of 1 km Kondwa nala garden

  18. Turbulent flow in rocky nala-bed aerates the water, reducing smell

  19. Nala-bed grasses are encouraged. Man-holes are regularly cleaned.

  20. Over-Bridge to Slum is fenced so residents can cross with dry feet.

  21. Tall chain-link fence on over-bridge keeps garbage out of nala garden.

  22. Debris in nala was used as soling for paths, then covered with soil

  23. Long winding walk-ways lead to cuddapah-stone crossings

  24. Quick-growing 6-month-old poplars hide the nala fencing

  25. Soil+planting costs Rs 5 lac per km Ornamental grasses are cheap and easy to maintain.

  26. Creepers conceal the stone embankments of steep nalas

  27. Open seating invites public activities in nala garden

  28. Lt Col Suresh Patil of Green Thumb Nursery planted bajra to attract birds

  29. Pimpri-Chinchwad Mnicipal Corp has transformed a stinking quarry to a scenic lake.

  30. 13a quarry with 3-6 m water gave 5a forest,7a lake, 4a activity area

  31. Slums of 8000 population were fenced but undisturbed

  32. Toilets are provided to the slums before open spaces are fenced.

  33. Waste-water inflow channel to the quarry was cleaned and concreted

  34. Cannas planted where waste-water enters quarry help in initial cleaning. Creepers beautify the rocky walls.

  35. Rock ‘islands’ in quarry lake will be developed for recreation

  36. PCMC is making a jogging track around a dying pond to save it.

  37. The benefits of storm-nala beautification are enormous Ribbon parks spread throughout the city provide recreation and reduce air pollution. Local health and hygiene are improved Stray pig and dog menace is minimised Annual drain desilting costs are slashed Contamination of fresh-water is reduced Sewage-treatment costs come down Lake quality downstream is vastly improved

  38. The cost - benefits of beautification are unbeatable Storm-drain gardens cost Rs 50 lacs per km Most of this is for good permanent fencing, concrete channels for low-flow water, and stone pitching of steep nala banks, which reduces siltation downstream. Pay-back in savings on desilting, sewage treatment cost & health care is 3-4 years.

  39. What are we waiting for ?? Plan a nala-garden in every city today! For this CD or more info, contact almitrapatel@rediffmail.com

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