The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 authorizes the central government to cover and ameliorate environmental quality, control and reduce pollution from all sources, and enjoin or circumscribe the setting and/ or operation of any artificial installation on environmental grounds. The Environment (Protection) Act was legislated in 1986 with the idea of furnishing for the protection and enhancement of the terrain. It empowers the Central Government to establish authorities charged with the accreditation of precluding environmental pollution in all its forms and to attack specific environmental problems that are peculiar to different corridors of the country. The Act was last amended in 1991. The Environment (Protection) Rules lay down procedures for setting norms of emigration or discharge of environmental adulterants.