Lok Sabha Question No. 1664 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Pollution Caused by Industries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1664

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## Pollution Caused by Industries

## 1664.   SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

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

- (a) whether the factories are causing heavy pollution and the people are suffering from various diseases such as asthma, lung disease, heart disease, respiratory allergies due to  inhalation  of  polluted  air  and  crops  are  also  getting  destroyed  in  Sandila  and Bilhaur  Constituencies  and  the  adjoining  areas,  Kanpur  Nagar  and  Jajmau  under Misrikh Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  the  Union  Government  has  taken  or  proposes  to  take  any  steps  to  make Misrikh Parliamentary Constituency pollution free and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (c)

Pollution  is  one  of  the  triggering  factors  for  respiratory  ailments  and  associated  diseases. There is no conclusive data available in the country to establish direct correlation of death/ disease exclusively due to pollution. Health effects of pollution are synergistic manifestation of  factors,  which  include  food  habits,  occupational  habits,  socio-economic  status,  medical history, immunity, heredity, etc., of the individuals.

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified 131 cities (including 123 nonattainment cities exceeding National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), which were notified to protect human health) in the country which includes Kanpur city.  Further, CPCB carried  out  environmental  quality  monitoring  in  100  Industrial  Areas,  including  Kanpur Industrial  Area,  during  2018  and  evaluated  Comprehensive  Environmental  Pollution  Index (CEPI) scores. The Kanpur Industrial Area has CEPI score of 89.46. The Government has taken several steps to combat pollution in the country, which include:

-  Notification of National Ambient Air Quality Standards,
-  Notification of Emission standards for industrial sectors from time to time,
-  Setting up of monitoring network for assessment of ambient air quality,
-  Introduction of cleaner / alternate fuels like gaseous fuel (CNG, LPG etc.),
-  Launching of National Air Quality index,
-  Leapfrogging from BS-IV to BS-VI fuel standards.

Notifications of waste management rules/regulations which include:

-  Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016,
-  E-Waste Management Rules, 2022,
-  Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016,
-  Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016,
-  Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules 2016,
-  Utilization of Ash from Coal and Lignite based Thermal Power Plant 2021.

For  abatement  of  water  pollution  and  chemical  pollution,  the  steps  taken  by  the Government include formulation and notification of standards for effluents from industries and sewage treatment plants into land masses/water bodies. Enforcement of these standards is  done  by  State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)  through  a  consent  mechanism  to establish/operate; setting up  of monitoring  network  for  assessment  of  water  quality; promotion of cleaner production processes, etc.

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and SPCB are empowered under Section 5 of the Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986  for  taking  all  necessary  action  for  improvement  of condition of environment.

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