Lok Sabha Question No. 371 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: Pollution from Construction Activities
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, T. RADHAKRISHNAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 371

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.04.2016

## Pollution from Construction Activities

## 371.  SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN

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

- (a) whether the Government has notified a regulation/rule to combat the problem of dust from construction activities polluting the air;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the role of the State Governments  and  local  authorities in the  implementation/ enforcement of the said regulation;
- (d) the steps being taken for effective implementation/enforcement of the rule; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government  for management  of  dust and proper disposal and recycling of construction and demolition waste in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a)  &  (b)  The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  has  notified  the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016 on 29 th March, 2016 for first time in  the  country  for  regulating  and  to  address  the  environmental  issues  including  dust  pollution from  waste  generated  from  construction,  re-modeling,  repair  and  demolition  of  any  civil structureby reuse & recycling such waste in gainful manner.

(c)  to  (e)  As  per  these  rules,  the  prime  responsibility  ofmanagement  of  construction  and demolition  waste  including  establishment  of  facility  for  collection  and  processing,  mandatory use of recycled products, integration of building approval plan with Construction & Demolition Waste Management Strategy etc.vest with the State Government.  These rules mandate the usage of 10-20% of construction material made from construction and demolition waste in municipal and Government contracts subject to strict quality control; prohibits littering or obstruction to public drains, water bodies, traffic, direct dumping in landfill sites; entrust the service providers of  telecom,  water  supply,  sewage,  gas  pipeline  and  others  to  manage  all  construction  and demolition  waste  generated  due  to  their  activities  in  consultation  with  the  concerned  local authorities etc.

The State  Governments  have  the  prime  responsibility  for  enforcing  and  implementing various  provisions  of  the  Rules  to  achieve  the  stated  objectives  of  the  Rules  as  above  and  a communication was sent to all the States on 13 th April,  2016  for  effective  implementation  of these Rules.

Simultaneously, a direction under Section 18 (1) (b) of the Air (Prevention and Control of  Pollution)  Act,  1981  was  issued  by  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  for  control  of  air pollution in Delhi and National Capital Regionfrom various sources including from construction and  demolition  activities  was  issued.  The  specific  control  measures  for  dust  pollution  from construction & demolition activities include covering of construction sites, control measures for fugitive  emissions  through  water  sprinkling,  curtains,  dust  suppression  units  and  carriage  of construction material in closed / covered vehicles.

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