India, March 27 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
As per the information provided by Gujarat Pollution Control Board, the technical corrective actions required for the improvement of quality of river Damanganga are under implementation. However, the order dated 28.08.2019 of Hon'ble NGT in the matter of M/s Vapi Green Envrio Ltd. & Ors. Vs. Aryavart Foundation has been stayed by Hon'ble Supreme Court.
Further, the following actions are taken for the industries operating against "polluter pays" and "precautionary measures" principles:
Further, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), under Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, has informed that it has not made Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) mandatory for all industrial units. In the Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, industries generating trade effluent are required to install and operate Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs). Further, such industries are mandated to achieve ZLD by reusing the treated effluent within their premises, as per the conditions stipulated by the Pollution Control Committee in the Consent to Establish/Operate.
Ministry of Jal Shakti has further informed that for conservation of rivers, the Ministry has been supplementing efforts of the States/UTs by providing financial and technical assistance for abatement of pollution in identified polluted stretches of rivers in the country through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) for other than rivers in Ganga basin and its tributaries. Assistance is provided to State Governments for abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers (excluding river Ganga and its tributaries) under NRCP on cost sharing basis between the Central & State Governments. Under NRCP various pollution abatement works are taken up viz., interception & diversion of raw sewage, construction of sewerage systems, setting up of sewage treatment plants, low-cost sanitation, river front/bathing ghat development, etc.
This information was given by Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Smt. Anupriya Patel, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
