Context :
To
ensure water recycling in housing societies, Centre to mandate double-piping
for approvals
( Business Line –
05 June 2021 )
Extract :
Ø The Centre will issue a double piping criterion
for building approvals to new housing
societies to ensure that water is recycled and reused on the premises,
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar
said on Friday
Ø “We are now issuing a new criterion for
building approvals where there as to be DOUBLE PIPING, one of which is to reuse
water at the housing
society level. That will be stored in a separate storage tank and used for
flushing only “, Javadekar said at TERI World Sustainable Development Summit
Ø NEW housing
societies will need to install a COMMON EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT on the
premises to treat water for reuse, he added
===================================================
Dear Shri
Javadekarji,
Congratulations on this initiative for recycling of
water
But why limit it to only NEW housing societies, when
quite likely, we have over 200,000
OLD / EXISTING housing societies, which continue to waste water ?
I agree, we cannot MANDATE this NEW CRITERION to OLD
societies, retrospectively . It would be unfair
But how about offering to these OLD housing societies,
some VERY POWERFUL INCENTIVE as suggested in my following , 5 YEAR old e-mail ?
Ø Incentivize
Housing Societies …………………………….. [ 27 Apr 2016 ]
Extract :
Here is how
:
*
The society where I live ( Marol / Mumbai ) has 200 Members ( flats )
*
Each member pays monthly Municipal Tax of ( approx ) , Rs 600
*
That translates to Rs 1.2 lakh per month ( Rs 14.4 lakh / year )
*
In 5 years , Society pays to Municipality, Rs 72 lakhs
*
Govt / Municipality to make it compulsory for each big society ( size to be
decided ), to install on its premises :
# Methane gas generating plant or
Compost Fertilizer plant
( to take care of wet /
organic garbage )
# WATER RECYCLING PLANT ( TO FILTER AND REUSE WATER
FROM
FLUSHING PURPOSE )
# A Compacting
Press for dry waste ( paper / bags / cartons etc )
* Towards installation of such plants , Municipality to give a discount of 25 %
to the Society in monthly taxes
That is a rebate of Rs 150 / month / flat for 5 years
This would work out to a saving of Rs 18 lakh ( 25 % of Rs 72 lakh )
*
This amount should be sufficient for the Society to invest in these plants
and for paying wages for persons needed to look after their operations
I
believe such a positive
incentive will motivate most of the Societies to undertake to
install such facilities
As a negative incentive , Govt
/ Municipality should levy additional surcharge of 25 % on the
monthly taxes ( ie raise to Rs 750 / month in our case ) to those societies
which fail to implement this scheme within ONE YEAR of notification
It is
high time citizens are involved and motivated ( through negative as well as
positive incentives ) in keeping their cities clean and its environment pleasant
===================================================
Dear
Shri Javadekarji,
In last 5 years since sending this e-mail, no doubt the
financial numbers would have undergone changes. That apart, monthly property-tax
rates / amounts, differ from municipality to municipality
But nothing stops the Central Govt to append following
to the “ APPROVAL “ guidelines :
“ Any loss of “ Property Tax Income “ suffered by a
State on account of introduction of such INCENTIVES, will be reimbursed by the
Central Government, upon submission of relevant documents “
Just imagine 2 Lakh OLD housing societies, each needing 1000 feet of
Galvanized Pipes !
And if wet / organic Garbage is converted to Methane Gas ( for use in kitchens of all members of a
housing society ), then the requirement for pipes could well become 2,000 feet / society
!
That would give a huge boost to PIPE / PIPE-FITTINGS MANUFACTURERS
This incentive will also provide lakhs of jobs to :
Ø Plumbers
/ Plumbing Contractors
Ø Architects
Ø Masons
( constructing concrete water-filtration / storage tanks and Garbage Compost
Tanks )
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 05
June 2021
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