{"id":534402,"date":"2010-04-19T14:13:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T18:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dirt.asla.org\/?p=4370"},"modified":"2010-04-19T14:13:20","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T18:13:20","slug":"from-open-sewers-to-scenic-waterways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/534402","title":{"rendered":"From Open Sewers to Scenic Waterways"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nCNN<\/a><\/em> writes that Indian\u00a0architect Manit Rastogi\u00a0wants to\u00a0transform “filth-filled, age-old drains” of New Delhi into scenic waterways lined with walkways and bicycle infrastructure. Rastogi believes using bio-remediation technologies, the 350-kilometer network of dirty streams that feed household sewage into the River Yamuna could be turned into green infrastructure.<\/p>\n

According to CNN<\/em>,\u00a0New Delhi, a city of 17 million, uses nullahs, a centuries-old system of channels,\u00a0as stormwater management systems. However, recently, the nullahs\u00a0have been inefficiently transporting\u00a0untreated waste. Given\u00a0that almost\u00a0five million residents walk to work each day, often passing\u00a0the nullahs, the stink makes commutes unhealthy and unbearable. Additionally, there’s no housing near the channels because of the smell, missing opportunities for housing in a city in need of new apartments.<\/p>\n

Rastogi sees\u00a0renovating the\u00a0nullahs as an opportunity to\u00a0apply green infrastructure. CNN<\/em> writes that he has identified three locations to be sites for experiments. Using bio-remediation technologies, enzymes can be used to attack contaminants. “We can treat sewage at its source with the help of mini-equipment before it flows into the nullahs,” Rastogi told CNN<\/em>.<\/p>\n

While the enzymes are breaking down the sewage and cleaning the water, tracts around the channels can be turned into “landscaped passages.” Rastogi said: “The city will then be interconnected with an eco-friendly and safe transport network.” Given the network is already some 350-km long, the system could really become city-wide\u00a0multi-use infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Rastogi\u00a0identified the\u00a0main challenge preventing\u00a0this from occuring:\u00a0the local bureaucracy.\u00a0”The main challenge of a project like this surprisingly is not funding, it’s not technology either. The main problem that a project like this faces is a multiplicity of agencies and the fact that our city has no CEO, the fact that there is no one person accountable for the city of Delhi.”<\/p>\n

Read the article<\/a>\u00a0and see a brief video. Also, check out Rastogi’s DelhiNullah Web Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Image credit: Delhi Nullah.org<\/em><\/p>\n

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CNN writes that Indian\u00a0architect Manit Rastogi\u00a0wants to\u00a0transform “filth-filled, age-old drains” of New Delhi into scenic waterways lined with walkways and bicycle infrastructure. Rastogi believes using bio-remediation technologies, the 350-kilometer network of dirty streams that feed household sewage into the River Yamuna could be turned into green infrastructure. According to CNN,\u00a0New Delhi, a city of 17 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6808,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}