S. No

Constraint

Indicator

Project Concept and Cost (Rs. Millions)

1.

Surface Water Resource Contamination

No sewerage water is released into natural streams, rivers and watershed areas without treatment.

Installation of Sewerage Water Treatment Plants at Pallandri and Bhimber AJ&K, with estimated cost of Rs. 500.000 million over 3-years.

2.

Inadequate Solid Waste Management

All garbage is collected and disposed off in a fixed place such as pit.

Solid Waste Management Support Programme for Mazaffarabad and Mirpur AJ&K, with estimated cost of Rs. 1000.000 million over 5-years.

3.

Mixing of hazards Waste (HW) with Municipal Waste.

All hazardous substances are collected, treated and disposed off in a specialized HW disposal site.

Setting up of specialized HW Management Demonstration at Mirpur AJK, with cost of Rs. 50.000 million over 3-year.

4.

Deterioration of Air Quality

Continuous air quality monitoring, awareness raising and control.

Air Quality Monitoring and Control Programme in AJK, with estimated cost of Rs. 500.000 million over 5-year.

5.

Poor Sanitation

Advocacy and lobbying for clean drinking water, health care, sanitation and better solid waste management for all.

Promotion of Sanitation Baseline and Elements of Personal Hygiene (as envisaged in National Sanitation Policy) in AJK, with cost estimate of Rs. 100.000 million over 5-year.

6.

Natural Resource Degradation.

Promote principles to conserve nature, so that the life supporting capacity of air, water, soils and ecosystems is safeguarded through defining limits of natural resource use and environmental bottom lines.

Strengthening of Environmental Governance in AJ&K, with cost estimate of Rs. 50.000 million over 5-year.

7.

AJK-EPA lacks organizational setup and area coverage to implement provisions of AJK Environmental Protection Act 2000.

Institutional strengthening of AJK-EPA by extending its organizational setup down to district level and capacity building of staff.

Institutional Strengthening of AJK-EPA, with estimated cost of Rs. 1000.000 million (physical infrastructure and human resource development) over 5-year.