Lok Sabha Question No. 4061 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-10
Subject: Surprise Inspection of Polluting Industries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV, MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4061

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2018

## Surprise Inspection of Polluting Industries

4061.   SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV: SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  surprise  or  on-the-spot  inspection  of polluting industries/ companies in various States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken and the directions issued to such industries/companies;
- (c) whether the said industrial/ companies have complied with the directions;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the details of the companies/industries which have not complied with the directions so far; and
- (e) the action taken against the industries/companies which have not complied with the said directions?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a) to (e) Monitoring and inspection of industrial units are done through surveillance squad and online systems. Online Continuous Emission/Effluent Monitoring system (OCEMS) was introduced by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2016 for transparent and objective monitoring of industrial units in States/Union Territories (UTs). CPCB has been carrying out surprise inspections based on SMS alert system generated by OCEMS of industries in the 17 categories of highly polluting industries to verify compliance with the stipulated norms. 406 industries have been inspected since 2016-17, and 247 directions issued under Section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to non-complying industries and 1 direction issued under Section 18(1)(b) of the Air and Water Acts to Maharashtra State Pollution Control Board. So far,  154  directions  under  Section  5  of  Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986  have  been complied.  The  details  of  monitoring  carried  out  in  different  States/UTs  are  at  Annexure. CPCB has  also  inspected  1109  Grossly  Polluting  Industries  (GPIs)  discharging  into  main stem of Ganga River & its tributaries during the period of December, 2015 to May, 2017. 538 units were found non-complying, out of which 180 units were issued show-cause notices and 358 units were issued closure directions.

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## ANNEXURE

## Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  4061  due  for answer on 10.08.2018 regarding 'Surprise Inspection of Polluting Industries'

State-wise list of industries inspected under SMS Alert and Directions issued

| S. No.   | States/ UTs      |   Total no. of industries inspected |   Directions issued under Section 5 of EPA, 1986 |   Direction issued under Section18 (1)(b) of Air &Water Acts |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh   |                                  26 |                                               16 |                                                            0 |
| 2.       | Assam            |                                  17 |                                               13 |                                                            0 |
| 3.       | Bihar            |                                   4 |                                                1 |                                                            0 |
| 4.       | Chhattisgarh     |                                  14 |                                                9 |                                                            0 |
| 5.       | Delhi            |                                   1 |                                                0 |                                                            0 |
| 6.       | Gujarat          |                                  47 |                                               28 |                                                            0 |
| 7.       | Haryana          |                                  18 |                                                9 |                                                            0 |
| 8.       | Himachal Pradesh |                                   6 |                                                4 |                                                            0 |
| 9.       | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                   2 |                                                1 |                                                            0 |
| 10.      | Jharkhand        |                                  21 |                                               17 |                                                            0 |
| 11.      | Karnataka        |                                  20 |                                               13 |                                                            0 |
| 12.      | Kerala           |                                   6 |                                                8 |                                                            0 |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh   |                                  21 |                                               12 |                                                            0 |
| 14.      | Maharashtra      |                                  35 |                                               22 |                                                            1 |
| 15.      | Meghalaya        |                                   6 |                                                3 |                                                            0 |
| 16.      | Odisha           |                                  24 |                                               13 |                                                            0 |
| 17.      | Puducherry       |                                   1 |                                                0 |                                                            0 |
| 18.      | Punjab           |                                  16 |                                                7 |                                                            0 |
| 19.      | Rajasthan        |                                  22 |                                                8 |                                                            0 |
| 20.      | Tamil Nadu       |                                  25 |                                               11 |                                                            0 |
| 21.      | Telangana        |                                  15 |                                               12 |                                                            0 |
| 22.      | Uttar Pradesh    |                                  31 |                                               19 |                                                            0 |
| 23.      | Uttarakhand      |                                   2 |                                                2 |                                                            0 |
| 24.      | West Bengal      |                                  26 |                                               19 |                                                            0 |
|          | Total            |                                 406 |                                              247 |                                                            1 |