Supply treated sewage water to 'Appu Ghar' in Gurgaon: NGT panel

A high-level committee has suggested the NGT that treated sewage water should be supplied to 'Appu Ghar' in Gurgaon and use of drinking water for commercial purposes should be discouraged.

The committee, which included representatives of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Central Pollution Control Board, Central Ground Water Authority and the Gurgaon district magistrate, told a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel that the amusement park has not been given permission to extract water through tubewells.

"Treated sewage water maybe provided from the existing line in Sector-29 to the International Recreation & Amusement Ltd. Sector-29 Gurgaon and the canal water supply connection from HUDA/HSVP line may be disconnected," the committee told the NGT recently.

"More efforts may be made to recharge all storm water of HUDA/HSVP sectors and other colonies through rain water harvesting structures. The foothills area of Aravali Ridge is acting as recharge zone for aquifers underlying in Gurgaon district," it said.

The committee told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that there was a need to adopt long-term and short-term water conservation strategies to address the water shortage problem in Gurgaon.

Taking note of the suggestions, the NGT said, "The recommendations of the committee need to be implemented at the earliest."