Lok Sabha Question No. 4379 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Environment Clearance to Industrial Units
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Hasnain Masoodi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:4379

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2019

## Environment Clearance to Industrial Units

## 4379. SHRI. HASNAIN MASOODI:

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

- (a) the  details  of  industrial  units  that  have  been  granted  environment  clearance  by  the Ministry under Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 in Jammu and Kashmir, district-wise;
- (b) the details of red category industries operating in Jammu and Kashmir, district-wise;
- (c) whether the Ministry proposes to have a study on the air pollution levels of KhrewKhonmoh area having more than twenty cement factories and limestone mines and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Ministry  has  advised  State  Pollution  Control  Board  (SPCB)  to  refrain from giving any further consent to set up any such factory in the area and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  the  Ministry  has  conducted  a  study  on  the  damage  done  to  agriculture, horticulture  and  saffron  cultivation  in  Khrew-Pampore  and  Khonmoh  area  where large number of cement factories are operational; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and State Level Impact Assessment Authority of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)have accorded 93Environment Clearances to various projects in the State of Jammu and Kashmir under the provisions of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006. District wise list is enclosed as Annexure - I.
- (b) As  per the information provided by the J&K  State Pollution Control Board,304 red category industries are operating in the State of J&K. District wise list is at Annexure - II.
- (c) No such study is under consideration at present.However, J&K State Pollution Control  Board  has  constituted  an  expert  committee  to  undertake  a  carrying capacity study of Khrew-Khonmoh area to ascertain air pollution levels. SPCB has also installed a permanent Air Quality Monitoring Station in Khrew/Khonmoh area.
- (d) No such advisory has been issued.
- (e) & (f) No  such  study  has  been  conducted  by  the  Ministry.  However,  during  the environmental  appraisal of projects,  the  Expert  Appraisal  Committee(s) ensures that necessary environmental safeguards are in place.

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Annexure - I

Annexure referred to in reply to part(a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No: 4379 due for reply on 19/07/2019by Shri HasnainMasoodiregarding 'Environment Clearance to Industrial Units'

## District wise Environment Clearance accorded

## by MOEF&CC and SEIAA

| S.No.                | Name of the District   | MoEF&CC              | SEIAA - J&K          | TOTAL                |
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| A. Jammu Division    | A. Jammu Division      | A. Jammu Division    | A. Jammu Division    | A. Jammu Division    |
| i.                   | Doda                   | 10                   | 0                    | 10                   |
| ii.                  | Jammu                  | 12                   | 2                    | 14                   |
| iii.                 | Kathua                 | 10                   | 3                    | 13                   |
| iv.                  | Kishtwar               | 1                    | 0                    | 1                    |
| v.                   | Poonch                 | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    |
| vi.                  | Rajouri                | 2                    | 4                    | 6                    |
| vii.                 | Ramban                 | 1                    | 0                    | 1                    |
| viii.                | Reasi                  | 2                    | 0                    | 2                    |
| ix.                  | Samba                  | 2                    | 1                    | 3                    |
| x.                   | Udhampur               | 6                    | 1                    | 7                    |
| B. Srinagar Division | B. Srinagar Division   | B. Srinagar Division | B. Srinagar Division | B. Srinagar Division |
| xi.                  | Anantnag               | 2                    | 0                    | 2                    |
| xii.                 | Bandipora              | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    |
| xiii.                | Baramulla              | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    |
| xiv.                 | Budgam                 | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    |
| xv.                  | Ganderbal              | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    |
| xvi.                 | Kulgam                 | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    |
| xvii.                | Kupwara                | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    |
| xviii.               | Pulwama                | 15                   | 3                    | 18                   |
| xix.                 | Shopian                | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    |
| xx.                  | Srinagar               | 12                   | 2                    | 14                   |
| C. Ladakh Division   | C. Ladakh Division     | C. Ladakh Division   | C. Ladakh Division   | C. Ladakh Division   |
| xxi.                 | Kargil                 | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    |
| xxii.                | Leh                    | 1                    | 1                    | 2                    |
|                      | TOTAL                  | 76                   | 17                   | 93                   |

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Annexure - II Annexure referred to in reply to part(b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No: 4379 due for reply on 19/07/2019  by  Shri  HasnainMasoodi  regarding  'Environment Clearance to Industrial Units'

## District wise Red Category Industries in J&K

| S.No.                | Name of the District   | No. of red category industries   |
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------|
| A. Jammu Division    | A. Jammu Division      |                                  |
| i.                   | Doda                   | 0                                |
| ii.                  | Jammu                  | 45                               |
| iii.                 | Kathua                 | 50                               |
| iv.                  | Kishtwar               | 3                                |
| v.                   | Poonch                 | 0                                |
| vi.                  | Rajouri                | 0                                |
| vii.                 | Ramban                 | 2                                |
| viii.                | Reasi                  | 3                                |
| ix.                  | Samba                  | 92                               |
| x.                   | Udhampur               | 11                               |
| B. Srinagar Division | B. Srinagar Division   |                                  |
| xi.                  | Anantnag               | 7                                |
| xii.                 | Bandipora              | 3                                |
| xiii.                | Baramulla              | 6                                |
| xiv.                 | Budgam                 | 5                                |
| xv.                  | Ganderbal              | 0                                |
| xvi.                 | Kulgam                 | 0                                |
| xvii.                | Kupwara                | 5                                |
| xviii.               | Pulwama                | 47                               |
| xix.                 | Shopian                | 1                                |
| xx.                  | Srinagar               | 19                               |
| C. Ladakh Division   | C. Ladakh Division     |                                  |
| xxi.                 | Kargil                 | 0                                |
| xxii.                | Leh                    | 5                                |
|                      | TOTAL                  | 304                              |

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