Lok Sabha Question No. 288 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Monitoring of Polluting Industries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.288

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2016

## Monitoring of Polluting Industries

## 288. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

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

- (a) whether the polluting industries are being monitored under electronic surveillance;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to penalise the violators; and
- (d)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  the  compliance  of  norms  prescribed  for industries?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

(a)&(b)        Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  has  directed  the  17  category  of  highly polluting industries to install system for online monitoring of emission / effluent quality. Out of total  3387 industrial units, 2736 units were identified for installing online monitoring system. 1783 industrial units have installed online monitoring system as on 1 st July, 2016 and 625 units are in the process of installation while the remaining have been issued closure directions. The State-wise number of industries which have installed online monitoring devices is annexed.

(c)    CPCB and State pollution Control Boards / Pollution Control Committees (SPCBs / PCCs) conduct routine as well as surprise inspections to check the adequacy of the effluent / emission treatment system and verification of compliance as per consent conditions. The CPCB / SPCBs / PCCs  take  necessary  action  against  the  non-compliant  units  under  the  provisions  of  the Environment (Protection) Act 1986; Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 which also include closure of the industry. After installation of real time effluent/ emission monitoring system, SMS alerts are generated in 15 minutes, in case the pollutant concentration exceeds the prescribed standards. The SMS alerts are sent to the industry to take corrective action.

- (d)        Major  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  compliance to the prescribed standards include the following:-
- (i) Regulating  the  implementation  of  prescribed  norms  through  consent  mechanism  by State Pollution Control Boards / Pollution Control Committees (SPCBs / PCCs);
- (ii) Revision  of  existing  environmental  standards  and  formulation  of  new  standards  for prevention and control of pollution from industries;
- (iii) Action to comply with effluent standards by SPCBs / PCCs through monitoring;
- (iv) Installation of Online Continuous Effluent Monitoring System to check the discharge of effluent;
- (v) Promotion of cleaner production processes;
- (vi) Installation of Common Effluent Treatment Plants;
- (vii) Preparation of action plan for sewage management and restoration of water quality in aquatic resources by State Governments;
- (viii) Setting up of monitoring network for assessment of ambient air and water quality;
- (ix) Issuance  of  directions  under  Section  5  of  Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986  to industries and under Section 18(1)(b) of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) AND (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 288 DUE FOR REPLY ON 19/07/2016 REGARDING MONITORING OF POLLUTING INDUSTRIES BY SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI.

State-wise number of industries which have installed online monitoring devices

| States           |   Total no. of industries |
|------------------|---------------------------|
| Tamil Nadu       |                       122 |
| Gujarat          |                       207 |
| Rajasthan        |                        85 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                       247 |
| Delhi            |                         1 |
| Uttarakhand      |                        44 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                        62 |
| Jharkhand        |                        54 |
| Meghalaya        |                        12 |
| Tripura          |                        11 |
| Haryana          |                        47 |
| Goa              |                         9 |
| Bihar            |                         8 |
| Karnataka        |                       112 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                        16 |
| Odisha           |                        63 |
| Telangana        |                       165 |
| Kerala           |                        14 |
| Assam            |                        15 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |                        99 |
| Maharashtra      |                       174 |
| Punjab           |                        58 |
| West Bengal      |                        90 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                        58 |
| Jammu & Kashmir  |                         4 |
| Daman & Diu      |                         3 |
| Pondicherry      |                         3 |
| Total            |                      1783 |

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