{"id":20019706,"date":"2016-07-27T12:30:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T07:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thethirdpole.net\/?p=19706"},"modified":"2021-04-29T14:25:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T08:55:29","slug":"green-tribunal-raises-red-flag-over-kolkata-wetlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/nature\/green-tribunal-raises-red-flag-over-kolkata-wetlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Green tribunal raises red flag over Kolkata wetlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

How much difference could a foot of water possibly make? For thousands of fishermen and vegetable farmers in the East Kolkata Wetlands, it could mean the difference between a decent livelihood and chronic want. And now the National Green Tribunal is taking an interest, which might yet save the beleaguered Ramsar site.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government must raise the level of wastewater in the channels going past the bheries<\/em> (fishponds),\u201d Dinabandhu Mandal, a 46-year-old fisherman from Goyalbati village in the wetlands, told thethirdpole.net<\/a>. \u201cIf we have to pump the water into our bheries<\/em> at additional cost, we will surely go out of business.\u201d<\/p>\n

The wetlands in the east of Kolkata are part of a unique ecosystem that thrives on wastewater from India\u2019s third-most populated metro city. It\u2019s the world\u2019s largest organic sewage treatment system that doubles up as a vegetable garden and fishery that supply more than a half of the city\u2019s daily requirement.<\/p>\n

The brackish, low-lying marshes beyond east Kolkata is a natural ecosystem shaped wisely by human intervention. It was brought into use more than a century ago by a clever arrangement of sewage, sunlight and gravity channels to rid a city of its organic waste. Despite their usefulness, the wetlands have been rapidly shrinking due to the hunger for real estate in a crowded city. After being declared a Ramsar site of international importance in 2002, steps have been taken to protect the ecosystem, but with limited success.<\/p>\n

Wastewater for survival<\/strong><\/p>\n

The two unique services that the wetlands provide \u2014 zero-cost treatment of the city’s wastewater and community livelihood-based transformation of the waste to nutritional wealth \u2014 are best served if they receive a sufficient supply of wastewater, according to Santanu Chacraverti, president of non-profit Disha (Direct Initiative for Social and Health Action). \u201cYet, it has not been getting this supply for a long time now,\u201d Chacraverti told indiaclimatedialogue.net.<\/p>\n

To tackle the crisis the fisheries are facing, Disha with a few other concerned organisations and individuals petitioned the National Green Tribunal to take action. The eastern bench of the tribunal on July 20 asked for an accounting of the water.<\/p>\n

\"Wastewater<\/a>
Wastewater is released into the Kolkata wetlands at the Bantala Lock Gate [image by Soumya Sarkar]<\/figcaption><\/figure>The West Bengal Irrigation Department has to \u201cfurnish status report of Bantala Lock Gate with specific reference to its height as compared to the wetland,\u201d justice S.P. Wangdi and expert member professor P.C. Mishra said in their written directive. They will hear the matter again on August 18.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe green tribunal taking notice of the matter is a positive development. This may set the ground for the government to enter into a discussion on diversion of wastewater into the fisheries,\u201d said Dhrubajyoti Ghosh, Special Advisor to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the foremost authority on the Kolkata wetlands. \u201cThe tribunal\u2019s direction to produce a status report of the Bantala lock gate in terms of the sewage water level appears to be a promising turn of events,\u201d echoed Chacraverti.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will get us back to the way fisheries used to work in the 1980s, which means sufficient supply of wastewater,\u201d said Ghosh. The increased supply will also ensure that fishponds that are more than 3.5 km from the Bantala lock gate are revived, boosting aquaculture and livelihoods.<\/p>\n

Well-intentioned mistake<\/strong><\/p>\n

The problem of wastewater supply has been compounded by a well-intentioned directive by the Central Wetlands Regulatory Authority to stop the release of sewage into any of the country\u2019s notified wetlands. As far as the Kolkata wetlands are concerned, Ghosh said the federal watchdog has made a mistake. \u201cNowhere in the world is there an example of such a natural ecosystem providing a vital municipal service to a city,\u201d he had said in an earlier interview. \u201cWe need to take steps to bolster and encourage the processes that strengthen the wetlands rather than raise roadblocks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chacraverti agrees. \u201cAny water that you release into the Kulti River without funnelling it through the wetlands becomes a pollutant that creates havoc on the downstream aquatic environment,\u201d he said. \u201cThe same water passed through the wetlands is not only cleaned but it also creates nutritive wealth. Increasing wastewater flow to the wetlands makes elementary ecological sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

The modern thinking on tackling waste is centred on two approaches: to avoid creating any that cannot be managed and to transform the manageable waste into useful items. The second way is often described as a cradle-to-cradle approach where the waste becomes the raw material in some other useful process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe farmers and fishers of the Kolkata wetlands have developed a cradle-to-cradle approach on their own, silently and without any fanfare, simply by intelligent use of urban waste as nutrient for their fields and fish,\u201d said Chacraverti. \u201cThereby, they not only cleaned the waste water at no cost to the city but also created an abundance of cheap nutrition.\u201d<\/p>\n

At a time when climate action is receiving priority both in India and the world, it is all the more important to preserve and strengthen the Kolkata wetlands, Ghosh avers. \u201cThe East Kolkata Wetlands is a low carbon option, if not carbon negative, for such a big city as Kolkata.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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