Lok Sabha Question No. 3323 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: Pollution by Industries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ramapati Ram Tripathi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3323

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.07.2019

## Pollution by Industries

## 3323. DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI:

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

- (a) whether Industrial development plays a major role in the air, water and noise pollution;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto;
- (c)  the  details  of  such  industries/  power  plants  identified  by  the  Government  as  being responsible for pollution in the country, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) the action taken against the said polluting units/establishments; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to prevent pollution by industrial units?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a) to (e) Industrial development without addressing emission plus effluent standards is bound  to  cause  air,  water  and  noise  pollution.  For  prevention  and  control  of  industrial pollution,  the  Government  has  taken  various  steps  like  notification  of  industry  specific emission  and  effluent  standards  under  the  Environment  (Protection)  Rules,  1986  and  their enforcement through consent mechanism, regular monitoring, etc.; issuance of directions for installation  of  online  effluent  and  emission  monitoring  systems  for  continuous  check  on pollution  levels;  categorization  of  industries  based  on  their  pollution  potential;  issuance  of various  directions  under  Water  (Prevention  and  Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1974,  Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, etc.

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified 17 categories of highly polluting industries, which also includes thermal power plants, and is carrying out inspection of  these  industries  based  on  computer  generated  alerts  from  Online  Continuous  Effluent/ Emission Monitoring System (OCEMS) since 2016-17. Industries for inspection are selected on  the  basis  of  Short  Message  Service  (SMS)  alerts  generated  from  the  online  monitoring systems.  A  total  of  592  industries  have  been  inspected  till  14.06.2019  and  347  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 State Pollution Control Board. State-wise details are at Annexure.

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## Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3323  due  for answer on 12.07.2019 regarding 'Pollution by Industries'

State-wise number of industries inspected under SMS alert and action taken since 2016-17 (till 14.06.2019)

| Sl. No.   | State            |   Number of Industries Inspected |   Directions Issued under Section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 |   Directions Issued under Section 18(1)(b) of Air and Water Acts |
|-----------|------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |                               37 |                                                                        18 |                                                                0 |
| 2         | Assam            |                               28 |                                                                        17 |                                                                0 |
| 3         | Bihar            |                                5 |                                                                         1 |                                                                0 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh     |                               26 |                                                                        12 |                                                                0 |
| 5         | Delhi            |                                1 |                                                                         0 |                                                                0 |
| 6         | Gujarat          |                               64 |                                                                        41 |                                                                0 |
| 7         | Goa              |                                3 |                                                                         0 |                                                                0 |
| 8         | Haryana          |                               26 |                                                                        12 |                                                                0 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh |                                7 |                                                                         4 |                                                                0 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                8 |                                                                         5 |                                                                0 |
| 11        | Jharkhand        |                               30 |                                                                        20 |                                                                0 |
| 12        | Karnataka        |                               27 |                                                                        16 |                                                                0 |
| 13        | Kerala           |                                7 |                                                                         9 |                                                                0 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh   |                               30 |                                                                        17 |                                                                0 |
| 15        | Maharashtra      |                               52 |                                                                        33 |                                                                1 |
| 16        | Meghalaya        |                               12 |                                                                         6 |                                                                0 |
| 17        | Odisha           |                               34 |                                                                        26 |                                                                0 |
| 18        | Puducherry       |                                1 |                                                                         0 |                                                                0 |
| 19        | Punjab           |                               22 |                                                                         8 |                                                                0 |
| 20        | Rajasthan        |                               33 |                                                                        10 |                                                                0 |
| 21        | Sikkim           |                                1 |                                                                         2 |                                                                0 |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu       |                               37 |                                                                        21 |                                                                0 |
| 23        | Telangana        |                               21 |                                                                        15 |                                                                0 |
| 24        | Tripura          |                                1 |                                                                         0 |                                                                0 |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh    |                               39 |                                                                        27 |                                                                0 |
| 26        | Uttarakhand      |                                6 |                                                                         5 |                                                                0 |
| 27        | West Bengal      |                               34 |                                                                        22 |                                                                0 |
|           | Total            |                              592 |                                                                       347 |                                                                1 |