Lok Sabha Question No. 3875 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-24
Subject: Industrial Pollution in Chandrapur
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Smt. Dhanorkar Pratibha Suresh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3875

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2025

## Industrial Pollution in Chandrapur

3875.   SMT. DHANORKAR PRATIBHA SURESH:

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

- (a)  whether it  is  a  fact  that  pollution  is  further  increasing  in  Chandrapur  district  due  to  wrong policies of various industries;
- (b) whether it is a fact that the Pollution Control Department is being neglected in Chandrapur district, if so, the steps to be taken by the Government in this matter;
- (c)  whether  pollution  in  Chandrapur  district  is  increasing  due  to  use  of  old  equipment  by industries; and
- (d) if so, the action proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

- (a) to (d): Chandrapur city has been declared as a Non-attainment City and is under National Clean  Air  Program  (NCAP)  for  improvement  in  ambient  air  quality.  Air  Pollution  Control Action Plan for the city prepared by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is at various stages of implementation.

CPCB carried  out  CEPI  monitoring  of  Chandrapur  (Maharashtra)  during  2018  and  the  CEPI score was assessed as 76.41. Since CPCB categorized areas having CEPI score more than 70 as Critically Polluted Areas (CPAs), Chandrapur falls under Critically Polluted Area (CPA). CPCB has  developed  CEPI  portal  to  facilitate  SPCBs  for  submission  of  the  monitoring  reports  and progress  of  the  action  plans.  MPCB  has  prepared  the  action  plans  to  mitigate  environmental pollution.

In  addition,  the  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  (MoEFCC)  notifies 'Standards  for  Emission  or  Discharge  of  Environmental  Pollutants  from  various  Industries' under Schedule-I of the Environment Protection Rules, 1986. The general standards as notified under  Schedule-VI  of  the  Environment  Protection  Rules,  1986  are  applicable  where  specific standards  are  not  available  for  the  industrial  sectors.  The  concerned  SPCB/PCC  ensures  the implementation of said standards. CPCB has directed all 17 categories of high pollution potential industries and common waste treatment facilities to install Online Continuous Effluent/ Emission Monitoring Systems (OCEMS) for strengthening monitoring mechanism and effective compliance through self-regulatory mechanism and constant vigil on pollution levels. Real-time values of environmental pollutants of trade effluent and emissions generated through OCEMS are  transmitted  online  to  CPCB  and  concerned  SPCB/PCC  on  24x7  basis.  Central  software processes the data and in case of value of pollutant parameter exceeds prescribed environmental norms, an automatic SMS alert is generated and sent to industrial unit, SPCB and CPCB, so that corrective  measures  can  be  taken  by  the  industry  immediately  and  appropriate  action  can  be taken by concerned SPCB/PCC/CPCB.

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