Lok Sabha Question No. 539 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Inspection of Industrial Sites by CAQM
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Ramapati Ram Tripathi, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Pratap Chandra Sarangi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 539

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023

## Inspection of Industrial Sites by CAQM

## 539. SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH: DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI: SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA: SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

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

- (a) the State/UT-wise details of the number of industrial sites inspected by Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) under its jurisdiction;
- (b) the details of the number of inspections conducted to curb Construction and Demolition waste, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the number of instances of compliance observed during monitoring in lieu of CAQM directives at the sites responsible for generating construction and demolition waste, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the number of sites ordered to cease their operations in an attempt to curb Construction and Demolition waste, State/UT-wise;
- (e) whether the CAQM has estimation of the monetary value of real estate sites ordered to hold back operations, State/UT-wise; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f)

As on 31.01.2023, a total of about 11,910 field inspections have been carried out by the flying squads constituted by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) across sectors like C&D projects, road construction / rebuilding projects and industries etc. in the NCR districts of Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi.

The number of Closure Directions issued against the C&D Project entities grossly violating the directions/ rules/ guidelines towards mitigation of Dust/ Air pollution in this context, is given at Annexure-I. Out of 218 sites, 105 sites have, since, been permitted to resume activities pursuant to fulfilment of statutory requirements/ documentation and necessary corrective and preventive measures for dust control/ air pollution at such sites.

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## Annexure-I

## Details of Closure Directions issued by CAQM against the C&D Project sites grossly violating the directions/ rules/ guidelines towards mitigation of Dust/ Air pollution

| Total sites inspected   | Closure Directions issued against the C&D Project entities   | Closure Directions issued against the C&D Project entities   | Closure Directions issued against the C&D Project entities   | Closure Directions issued against the C&D Project entities   | Total Closure Directions   |
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|                         | Delhi                                                        | Haryana                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                | Rajasthan                                                    |                            |
| 11910                   | 48                                                           | 59                                                           | 77                                                           | 34                                                           | 218                        |