GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2515
TO BE ANSWERED ON 04/08/2015
Monitoring System for Polluting Industries
2515. SHRI T.RADHAKRISHNAN:
SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:
DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:
SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:
SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:
Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE be
pleased to state:
(a) the details of highly polluting industrial units in the country, State-wise;
(b) whether the Government has launched 24x7 real time monitoring system to check
emissions from the highly polluting industries and if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of highly polluting industrial units that have not submitted compliance
status to Central Pollution Control Board and those highly polluting industrial
units which are found to be discharging/emitting pollution beyond prescribed
limits along with the action taken by the Government against them;
(d) whether the Government has also made it mandatory for new distillery, textile,
tannery, chemicals, fertilizer units to go for Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) system
before getting final order for commissioning and if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to put in place an effective
monitoring system to check emissions from the highly polluting industries and
ensure the compliance thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST
AND CLIMATE CHANGE
(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)
(a)
3260 industries falling under 17 categories have been categorised as highly
polluting industries. The state-wise and sector-wise list of the 17 categories of highly
polluting industries is given at Annexure-I and II.
(b)
Yes, Sir. Directions under Section 18(1)(b) of the Water (Prevention &
Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and 18(1)(b) of the Air (Prevention & Control of
Pollution) Act, 1981 were issued to all State Pollution Control Boards / Pollution
Control Committees (SPCBs/PCCs) to direct all the industries falling under 17
categories of highly polluting industries to install online effluent/ emission monitoring
systems by 30.06.2015. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has also issued
directions to all the Ganga Basin States / UTs for directing the Grossly Polluting
Industries discharging effluent into River Ganga or its tributaries to install Real Time
Effluent Quality Monitoring System.
(c)
The compliance has been sought from SPCBs/PCCs. Reports have been
received. The reports indicate that 929 industrial units have installed devices. Section 5
of The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 provides for legal action against violators.
Based on the inspections conducted by CPCB directions are issued to the defaulting
industries under Section 5 of The Environment (Protection) Act (EPA), 1986 and to the
SPCBs/PCCs under Section 18(1)(b) of The Water (Prevention & Control of
Pollution) Act, 1974, and 18(1)(b) of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act,
1981. From 2011-12 onwards a total of 602 directions for compliance / closure have
been issued under Section 5 of EPA. Directions have also been issued to 129 industrial
units under Section 18(1)(b) of The Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
and The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 for compliance / closure.
(d)
Zero Liquid Discharge and water conservation have been mandated for
Distillery, Textile and Tannery in Ganga Basin. Pulp and Paper industries with
chemical pulping facilities are required to achieve Zero Liquid discharge of the black
liquor. Other industrial sectors have to meet the prescribed standards.
(e)
units.
Real Time Monitoring System (24X7) has been installed in 920 industrial
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ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARED QUESTION NO. 2515 DUE FOR REPLY ON 04/08/2015 REGARDING
MONITORING SYSTEM FOR POLLUTING INDUSTRIES RAISED BY SHRI
T.RADHAKRISHNAN, SHRI SATAV RAJEEV, SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE, DR.
HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK AND SHRI MOHITE
PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO.
STATUS OF 17 CATEGORIES OF INDUSTRIES (CATEGORY WISE)
Sl.No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Sector
Number
Aluminium
Cement
Chlor Alkali
Copper
Distillery
Dye & DI
Fertilizers
Iron & Steel
Oil Refinery
Pesticide
Petrochemical
Pharmaceutical
Power Plant
Pulp & Paper
Sugar
Tannery
Zinc
Total
10
320
29
6
319
137
98
249
24
93
40
662
315
242
602
107
7
3260
ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARED QUESTION NO. 2515 DUE FOR REPLY ON 04/08/2015
REGARDING MONITORING SYSTEM FOR POLLUTING INDUSTRIES RAISED
BY SHRI T.RADHAKRISHNAN, SHRI SATAV RAJEEV, SHRIMATI SUPRIYA
SULE, DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK AND
SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO.
STATUS OF 17 CATEGORIES OF INDUSTRIES (STATE WISE)
State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
Number
A.P.
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chattisgarh
Chandigarh
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
H.P.
Jharkhand
Jammu & Kashmir
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadeep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa
Puducherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
U.P.
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total
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472
2
46
20
78
0
3
2
15
317
141
17
173
10
233
38
0
83
520
17
1
0
65
7
87
118
4
189
17
403
51
131
3260