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Govt has identified over 3,200 polluting industries: Javadekar | 48 industrial units polluting Ganga asked to close down
Govt has identified over 3,200 polluting industries: Javadekar
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"The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified 3,266 highly polluting industries including power plants, of which 2,328 industries are complying with prescribed standards, 571 are non-complying and 367 have been closed," environment minister Prakash Javadekar said in response to a Parliament question in Lok Sabha.
Javadekar said the government has notified 102 industry-specific (effluent 45, emissions 57) environmental standards. All the industries are required to comply with these standards and take pollution control measures under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
During the last five years (2010 to June 2014), CPCB issued 601 directions under the Environment Protection Act, 1986 which included 497 directions for compliance of standards and 104 directions for closure of defaulting industries.
In response to another question relating to river pollution, the minister said, "CPCB has identified 150 polluting stretches along various rivers in the country based on bio-chemical oxygen demand (BOD) levels, a key indicator of organic pollution." The polluting river stretches are located in 27 states.
He also said the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) and National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) covered 42 rivers in 199 towns spread over 21 states at a sanctioned cost of Rs 10,716.45 crore. The government has released Rs 5,097.50 crore to state governments for implementation of various pollution abatement schemes till March, he added.
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The Ministry of Environment & Forests has identified 764 grossly polluting industries discharging 501 million litres per day of waste water into Ganga and its major tributaries, Minister of State for Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation Santosh Kumar Gangwar said in his written reply.
"704 industries have been inspected under National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) programme by NGRBA Cell, CPCB till May, 2014. Directions have been issued to 165 industries, of which 48 are closure directions under Section-5 of E(P) Act, 1986," he said.
The State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) are required to implement effluent discharge standards by the industries.
Gangwar said action has to be taken against defaulting industries by SPCBs under powers delegated to them by the Central Government under relevant provisions of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
To another question on jurisdiction of NGRBA, he said, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has informed that on the recommendations of NGRBA, three power projects - Loharinag Pala, Pala Maneri and Bhaironghati hydro power projects were halted in 2010.
"Further, stage 1B project was also halted in 2010, after National Environment Appellate Authority quashed environmental clearance for the project. In the last three years, no hydro power project has been halted by the Government," Gangwar said.
Replying to a related question, the Minister said,"A comprehensive River Basin Management Plan for Ganga is being prepared by a consortium of seven IITs (Kanpur, Delhi, Madras, Bombay, Kharagpur, Guwahati and Roorkee).
"The objective of the plan is to suggest comprehensive measures for restoration of wholesomeness of Ganga system and improvement of its ecological health, with due regard to the issue of competing water uses in the river basin."
"The plan would take into consideration requirements of water and energy in the Ganga Basin, while ensuring that fundamental aspects of the river system are protected. The IIT consortium is proposing to submit its report by the end of August," he said.
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