OIH
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1361
TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2015
Polluting Industries
1361. SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER:
SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:
SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI:
Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE be
pleased to state:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
whether the Government has any plan to undertake survey of polluting
industrial units located in the cities situated on the banks of the Ganga and
Yamuna;
if so, the details thereof;
whether the Government is contemplating to start the procedure for removal
of those identified industries, which are polluting Ganga and Yamuna
rivers; and
if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST
AND CLIMATE CHANGE
(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)
(a)
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has inventorised Grossly Polluting
Industries (GPIs) in 5 states on the main stem of River Ganga and its tributaries i.e.
Kali-east and Ramganga as well as Yamuna.
(b)
The state-wise and sector-wise status of Grossly Polluted Industries GPIs in
Ganga basin is given at Annexure. The industries discharging effluents in Yamuna at
Haryana are 1211 and in Uttar Pradesh these are 2381.
(c) & (d)
As per Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Environment (Protection) Act,
1986, non-compliant industries can be directed to close operation till they take steps
to achieve compliance with environmental standards; however, removal is not
provided in the aforesaid Acts.
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARED
QUESTION NO. 1361 DUE FOR REPLY ON 28/07/2015 REGARDING POLLUTING
INDUSTRIES RAISED BY SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER, SHRI KANWAR SINGH
TANWAR AND SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI.
A. State-wise status of industries inspected by CPCB under National Ganga River
Basin Authority (NGRBA) Programme:
S.
No.
Action / State
Uttarakhand
Bihar
West
Bengal
Total
1
Direction under Section 5
of
Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986
180
23
2
4
209
2
Direction under Section
18(1)(b)
of
Water
Act,1974
Compliance
with
standards
Action
taken
for
reinspection /revalidation
and under process
177
0
0
1
178
138
7
2
11
158
54
3
1
8
66
Industry found
not traceable
115
1
0
0
116
664
34
5
24
727
6
closed/
Total
Sector-wise directions issued by CPCB under NGRBA:
10
50
105
5
5
9
2
209
2
Direction under section
18(1)(b) of Water Act, 1974
0
1
0
176
0
0
0
1
178
3
5
6
Total
23
Other
Tannery
Direction under section 5 of
Environment
(Protection)
Act, 1986
Dyeing &
Textile
Pulp & Paper
1
S.
Action/State
No.
Chemical
Sugar
Food, Dairy &
Beverage
5
Distillery &
Fermentation
3
B.
Uttar
Pradesh
Compliance with standards
Reinspection/revalidation &
under process
Industry found closed/not
traceable
8
15
9
79
10
10
8
19
158
12
5
3
0
11
5
13
17
66
1
6
2
82
0
2
20
3
116
Total
44
37
64
442
26
22
50
42
727
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