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DESign, conStruction AnD o&M ArrAngEMEnt of tHE

forESt coMPLEx, SAS nagar, Mohali by Department of forest and

Wildlife Preservation

he ‘Forest Complex’ – a green building design of the Principal Chief Conservator of over Chandigarh and Mohali were shifted into three out of the five towers of the complex.
TForests (HAG+) was constructed by Department of Forest and Wildlife Preservation, The remaining two Towers were rented out.
Punjab on a 2 acre institutional plot with all modern amenities. The Complex was comprised The priorities established for this project included construction complying with the Green
of five inter-connected Towers (RCC structure with attractive Aluminum Composite Panel/ Building design principles having special emphasis on energy conservation. The complex
DGU’s of High Performance Glass on Façade). Constructed at a cost of Rs.57 crores, the to generate adequate funds for payback of loan and its sustainable O & M was designed.
100 ft high building with covered area of 1,51,385 sq.ft. (14, 070 sqmt.) had a basement,
ground and 7 upper floors. The complex was environmentally sustainable as a host of ‘Green Building’ and ‘Energy
Efficient’ measures were adopted in its construction. Particularly noteworthy in this regard
Earlier the working conditions (especially for staff) were very poor and there was huge were the Occupancy/LUX level sensors, which controlled the A/C Cassettes and all lights.
wastage of time, energy and money on correspondence between different offices. The Installed at cost of about Rs.51 lacs, these sensors were estimated to result in saving
general public was also subjected to great inconvenience on account of the scattered minimum 25% of the Electricity consumption (or average saving of Rs.2 lacs per month).
location of the offices. Hence as a result of the above project initiative, all the offices of The complex attracted large number of students from colleges of architecture in the region
Punjab State Forest Department and Corporation (PSFDC), which were earlier located all
who imbibed the practices adopted in this project.

Year 2011-12

iMProVing tHE city’S LiVing EnVironMEnt by Suryapet

Municipality

uryapet Municipality, a Grade – I Municipality in Nalgonda District of Andhra Pradesh all stakeholders including the beneficiaries to educate, communicate and bring behavioral
Swith total population of 1.05 lakhs, was pioneer in Solid Waste Management and changes that would result in the community members taking responsibility towards
many environmental conservation activities to help conserve the ecological balance sustaining the projects and bringing greater socio-economic gains to the people.
and environmental protection. Earlier in the year 2009, the town became infested with In two years on planting of numerous trees by the team of Suryapet Municipality involving
mosquitoes and 100 Dengue cases were reported. The tanks in the town were encroached the Self-Help Group (SHG) network, NGOs, Philanthropists and the District Administration,
upon. The ground water table had gone down, affecting the quality of ground water. The the ambient air quality became good in the town and compost yard as well. Fruits and
consumption of energy had gone up in municipality and town.
vegetables such as drumstick, banana, and papaya were made available to the poor through
In order to focus on to the issues identified, the municipal staff mobilized the urban poor usufruct plantation and kitchen gardens. Waste water was utilized for plants, allowing
through Self-help groups and harnessed a sense of ownership and responsibility among recycling of water. Dry waste selling, wet waste recycling also increased, which generated
the urban poor. The projects that were taken up by the women groups with the support of small quantity of revenues to the local body.
stakeholders in the town of Suryapet included the massive plantation of 1,18,000 samplings The banana plantation decreased the consumption of plastic. The dengue cases in the town
in various localities. Plants were collected from philanthropic persons and these were given have decreased from 100 to 10 after the Gambusia fish and Addasaram leaves initiative.
to the urban poor household free of cost with the aim of at least 2 plants person. The Lake conservation increased the ground water table in town and recharged the surrounding
Forest Department gave 23,000 plants. While plants were available in abundance, space for bore wells. The contamination of water in bore wells had decreased a lot. Flora and fauna
plantation was not available. Hence, kitchen gardens were taken up along with utilisation had also increased around the lakes and town. The breeds of honeybees, country birds,
of outside space for plantation. Lake Water Conservation cum Rain Water Harvesting has cranes, butterflies increased in the town, enhancing the bio-diversity.
been developed in the tanks of the town. Sewage water from the town was diverted from
lake water; the encroachments along the tanks were removed by involving the staff, with The other areas of the District and few other States started emulating the experience of the
the help of officials and District Administration. Periodic meetings were conducted with Suryapet town Municipality.

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