Lok Sabha Question No. 310 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Review of Performance of PCBs
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 310

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2015

## Review of Performance of PCBs

## 310. SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

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

- (a)      whether  the  Government  has  reviewed  the  performance  of  Pollution  Control  Boards (PCBs) set up in the country, particularly in Jharkhand;
- (b)     if so, the details and outcome thereof;
- (c)     the total number of cases brought to the notice of the Government regarding violation of pollution and environmental laws and regulations in the country during the last two years and the current year; and
- (d)     the details of the action taken by the Government against the guilty persons State/Union territory-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) & (b) The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is coordinating the activities relating to  prevention  and  control  of  pollution  with  the  State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)/ Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCCs).  CPCB  periodically  organize  interactive  and  review meetings with SPCBs/PCCs including Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board on various issues relating to prevention and control of pollution. The important issues reviewed in such meetings and  the  action  plan  formulated  include  Water  and  Air  quality  monitoring,  industry  specific pollution  abatement  programmes,  restoration  of  environmental  quality  in  Critically  Polluted Areas, waste management and river cleaning programme etc.
- (c) & (d) State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)/  Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCCs) are filing cases in various courts based on the cases of non-compliance observed by them. The details of cases filed, disposed and pending, statewise are annexed.

## Annexure referred in reply to parts (c) and (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 310 due for answer on 01.12.2015 regarding "Review of Performance of PCBs" raised by Shri Ravindra Kumar Pandey

## DETAILS OF STATE WISE COURT CASES

| S. No.                                                                        | Name of the SPCB/PCC   | Total Cases filed against violators under Water (P&CP) Act, 1974 and Air (P&CP) Act, 1981   | Total Cases Decided   | Total Cases Pending   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| 1                                                                             | Assam                  | 35                                                                                          | 17                    | 18                    |
| 2                                                                             | Arunachal Pradesh      | 1                                                                                           | -                     | 1                     |
| 3                                                                             | A.P.                   | 478                                                                                         | 409                   | 69                    |
| 4                                                                             | Bihar                  | 159                                                                                         | 43                    | 116                   |
| 5                                                                             | Chhattisgarh           | 86                                                                                          | -                     | 86                    |
| 6                                                                             | Goa                    | -                                                                                           | -                     | -                     |
| 7                                                                             | Gujarat                | 3077                                                                                        | 2026                  | 1051                  |
| 8                                                                             | Haryana                | 151                                                                                         | 5                     | 146                   |
| 9                                                                             | H.P.                   | 78                                                                                          | 43                    | 35                    |
| 10                                                                            | J & K                  | 87                                                                                          | 1                     | 86                    |
| 11                                                                            | Jharkhand              | -                                                                                           | -                     | -                     |
| 12                                                                            | Kerala                 | 71                                                                                          | 63                    | 8                     |
| 13                                                                            | Karnataka              | 237                                                                                         | 118                   | 119                   |
| 14                                                                            | Maharashtra            | 601                                                                                         | 521                   | 80                    |
| 15                                                                            | M.P.                   | 333                                                                                         | 121                   | 212                   |
| 16                                                                            | Meghalaya              | -                                                                                           | -                     | -                     |
| 17                                                                            | Manipur                | 4                                                                                           | -                     | 4                     |
| 18                                                                            | Mizoram                | -                                                                                           | -                     | -                     |
| 19                                                                            | Nagaland               | -                                                                                           | -                     | -                     |
| 20                                                                            | Orissa                 | 247                                                                                         | 75                    | 172                   |
| 21                                                                            | Punjab                 | 918                                                                                         | 851                   | 67                    |
| 22                                                                            | Rajasthan              | 239                                                                                         | 65                    | 174                   |
| 23                                                                            | Sikkim                 | -                                                                                           | -                     | -                     |
| 24                                                                            | Tamil Nadu             | 455                                                                                         | 422                   | 33                    |
| 25                                                                            | Tripura                | 18                                                                                          | 12                    | 6                     |
| 26                                                                            | U.P.                   | 308                                                                                         | 214                   | 94                    |
| 27                                                                            | Uttrakhand             | -                                                                                           | -                     | -                     |
| 28                                                                            | West Bengal            | 6                                                                                           | 3                     | 3                     |
| Cases filed by CPCB before Delegation of power to Pollution Control Committee |                        |                                                                                             |                       |                       |

|                                                    | Chandigarh       | 4    | 4    | -    |
|----------------------------------------------------|------------------|------|------|------|
|                                                    | Delhi            | 186  | 185  | 1    |
| Cases filed by various Pollution Control Committee |                  |      |      |      |
| 1                                                  | Andaman& Nicobar | -    | -    | -    |
| 2                                                  | Daman, Diu&DNH   | -    | -    | -    |
| 3                                                  | Lakshadweep      | -    | -    | -    |
| 4                                                  | Delhi            | 662  | 456  | 206  |
| 5                                                  | Chandigarh       | 2    | -    | 2    |
| 6                                                  | Pondicherry      | -    | -    | -    |
|                                                    | GRAND TOTAL      | 8443 | 5654 | 2789 |

Source: Central Pollution Control Board,Delhi