Lok Sabha Question No. 3559 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-08
Subject: Pollution Due to Commercial Units
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3559

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08/08/2017

## Pollution Due to Commercial Units

## 3559. DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  names  of  commercial  units/  areas  identified  for  spreading  pollution  in  the  National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT);
- (b) whether the Gajraula commercial area has also been identified in this regard ;
- (c) the  procedure/mechanism  adopted  for  identifying  polluting  commercial  units,  checking pollution and penalising the said units in Gajraula; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to check the said pollution?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) to (d) According to Delhi Pollution Control Committee, industrial/ commercial units are allowed in National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi as per the conformity of land use in  accordance  with  Master  Plan  of  Delhi  -  2021  provided  adequate  pollution  control measures  are  taken  as  per  pollution  control  laws.  22  redevelopment  areas  and  28 industrial areas have been identified for this purpose. Industries or industrial areas are considered polluting if they fail to meet prescribed emission/ effluent norms.  Industries in Gajraula are regularly monitored by Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board and Joint Inspection  Team  constituted  by  the  Hon'ble  National  Green  Tribunal  (NGT)  for ensuring  compliance  to  the  prescribed  standards.  Hon'ble  NGT,  has  also  imposed environmental  compensation  on  polluting  industries  in  Gajraula.  These  units  have installed  pollution  control  system  as  well  as  zero  liquid  discharge  systems,  wherever applicable.  A  list  of  non-complying  industries,  as  per  information  provided  by  Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, is given at annexure.

Industries  are  required  to  take  Consent  to  Establish  and  Consent  to  Operate  under  the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and it is obligatory for industries to  set  up  effluent  treatment  plants  to  treat  the  effluent  to  the  prescribed  norms  as prescribed  by  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change.  Central  Pollution Control Board and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/ Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) maintain close  vigil  on  quantity/  quality  of  effluent  and  emission discharge by polluting industries. Action to ensure compliance with prescribed standards is  taken  by  SPCBs  and  PCCs  to  improve  air  and  water  quality  failing  which  noncomplying industries are issued closure directions.

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Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF THE LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3559  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON 08/08/2016  REGARDING  POLLUTION  DUE  TO  COMMERCIAL UNITS RAISED BY DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI

List of non-complying industries in Gajraula

|   1. | M/s Jubilant Agri and Consumer Products Limited (CPP) , Bhartiagram, Gajraula (UP)     |
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|    2 | M/s Jubilant Life Sciences Limited (Chemical Unit - I) Bhartiagram, Gajraula           |
|    3 | M/s Jubilant Life Sciences Limited (Chemical Unit - II) Bhartiagram, Gajraula          |
|    4 | M/s Jubilant Life Sciences Limited (Distillery Unit), Bhartiagram, Gajraula            |
|    5 | M/s Jubilant Agri and Consumer Products Limited (Polymer Unit) , Bhartiagram, Gajraula |
|    6 | M/s Coral News Prints Ltd., Gajraula                                                   |
|    7 | M/s Dairy India Pvt. Ltd., Gajraula                                                    |
|    8 | M/s Insilco Ltd., Gajraula                                                             |
|    9 | M/s Kamakshi Papers Pvt. Ltd. Gajraula                                                 |
|   10 | M/s Kaushambi Paper Mill Pvt. Ltd., Gajraula                                           |
|   11 | M/s Teva API India Ltd, Gajraula                                                       |
|   12 | M/s Umang Dairies Ltd., Gajraula                                                       |
|   13 | M/s ASP Sealing, Gajraula                                                              |