Further action taken report on behalf of District Magistrate, Gonda regarding determination/demarcation of the flood plain zone of Tedhi river, 04/03/2025
Further action taken report on behalf of District Magistrate, Gonda in the matter of Ghir Rau Lal Mishra & Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 04/03/2025. The matter related to determination/demarcation of the flood plain zone of Tedhi river to identify and assess the encroachment in the flood plain area. The NGT, October 18, 2024 directed District Magistrate Gonda to ensure the demarcation and identification of the flood plain zone of river Tedhi and submit a compliance report. In addition to the action / compliance report submitted by the District Magistrate, January 15, 2025, further action taken was submitted on March 4, 2025.
For the delineation of the flood plain zone, NIH, Roorkee was requested to provide their technical assistance and expertise. NIH has stated that the final report would be submitted by June 2025. For the delineation of the FPZ, NIH has recommended the use of high resolution digital elevation model (DEM) data. The government of Uttar Pradesh has sanctioned an amount of Rs 134.64 lakhs and the same has been received by the Irrigation Department.
For the DEM data, a field survey of the Tedhi river area is to be conducted by the Survey of India. With regards to the same, letters have been issued by the Executive Engineer, Irrigation Department, Gonda for the execution of the survey for the floodplain zoning and collection of the 1 meter DEM data. The office of the Uttar Pradesh Geospatial Directorate, Lucknow has informed that the survey work is scheduled to commence from March 3, 2025 and a dedicated survey team has been formed.