Transformation

Okhla Head

As the canal flows through Okhla head node, water becomes murky, there are various spots where garbage is being collected, which have been marked in the left map. The okhla bridge is creating number of dead spaces and also causing garbage collection. Just after passing through bridge, on the eastern bank there is metro station, while on the west bank, there is a dense vegetation, also it is worth noting water quality becomes better as canal passes further deep, this is due to the reason there is no access of the public in near by settlements to the canal and also the presence of vegetation is also boosting water quality. As per of the transformation out of all the spaces which have transformed most are marked in yellow. The space marked above was used as a ram leela maidan during festival. Not only this space is bounded now and restricted but also due to this there is a scarcity which has occurred. The space which is marked below is now transformed into a dense vegetation. There is also issue of dumping soil which has created unusual contour now in this space. Apart from clear bank of the canal, there has been other transformation like increase in the density and build percentage.

UP Irrigation

As the canal passes through Okhla metro station, It is met with dense vegetation on both the bank. Due to lack of maintenance most of the trees on the bank are in bad condition. There is a prominence of wild planters during this stretch. As per of the garbage, there are not many spots during this section where garbage is being collected, but few spots are marked in the map mention on th left. Evolution, there has been transformation in the bank on east. There were various structure which were built at the time but not now.

JJ Cluster

This stretch is the most polluted area of the canal, being directly dumped Grey and black water along with their fecal matter. Their are domestic buffalo swimming in the canal which are own by the people of JJ. The slum have settled in last 10 years.

Abul Fazal Enclave

This stretch is passing trough vacant land on the eastern bank which has a lot of ugly contour created due to nearby construction dumping their excess soil here, while on the other side there is DMRC’s land which is bounded. There is garbage presence on both side of eastern bank of the canal. As per of evolution, there used to be farming on western side bank and on eastern side was open for public during festive season.

Jasola Pulliya

Jasola Pulliya is one of the four bridge passing over the old stretch of Agra canal. though there are no direct access to the canal by the public. There are various spots where garbage is accumulating as we have seen in the Okhla head node, there are a lot of dead spaces is being formed. Also, this being a important junction for the drain lines, there are drain coming from Jasola, from Abul fazal and shaheenbagh then running parallel to the Agra canal.

Space used for Ram lela

Vacant land

Offices of Irrigation dept.

No existing slum Social Spaces: Used for Mangal Bazaar

Used for farming

Wetland

Urban farming Urban farming

Open Irrigation channel

Urban farming

Satellite Images Showing Transformation (source: Google Earth)