Cement, Energy & Environment

Statement referred to in reply to Paras (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 81 for 12.08.2013 Regarding pollution by industries by Shri Premchand (Guddu) and Shri Sundar Das. (a) The Government has notified environmental standards (Pollution Norms) to be complied by various polluting industrial units for prevention and control of pollution in the country. The environmental standards have been and emissions (for 60 categories of industry).These categories are placed at Annexure- I (b) and (c) Yes Sir, The details of inspections carried out by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is at Annexure-11. Based on these inspections, CPCB has issued 652 directions to the violating industrial units and State Pollution Control Board (SPCBs)/ Pollution Control Committees (PCCs). The State/ UT- wise information is at Annexure-Ill & IV. (d) CPCB has identified seventeen categories of highly polluting industrial units across the country and 3250 such industries fall under these categories. Madhya Pradesh has 83 such industries (Annexure-V) (e) Various steps have been taken by Government/ CPCB to check pollution caused by industrial units which, inter alia, include: (i) Issuance of consent to establish and consent to operate as well as authorization by SPCBs/ (ii) PCCs under the relevant environmental statutes to industries; (iii) Grant of environmental clearance to industrial projects falling under categories 'A' by the (iv) Ministry in the case of industrial projects falling under 'B', environmental clearances are granted by the respective State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authorities; (v) Carrying out surprise inspections of industrial units by CPCB and issuing closure orders or (vi) securing compliance in a time bound manner depending on the extent of violation; (vii) Imposition of bank guarantees on industries for securing the compliance; (viii) Imposition of stringent norms on industries to reduce water consumption; and adopt cleaner production process/ technologies. (ix) Imposing Moratoria in critically polluted industrial clusters based on Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) evolved by CPCB. **** 32