Industries crossing the limits
BHOPAL: Around 350 commercial units in Madhya Pradesh have flouted pollution control norms and are emitting harmful air and water effluents beyond the permissible limits.
The State Pollution Control Board gave details of about 342 such industries which violated standard pollution control norms during 2010-11, the information given in reply to an RTI query.
Exercising his Right to Information, environment activist Ajay Dubey had filed an application seeking information on number of industries emitting waste in air and water beyond the norms set by the government.
A highest of 60 such firms are located in Bhopal, 56 in Jabalpur, 51 in Dhar, 45 each in Indore and Ujjain districts, 23 in Shahdol, 16 each in Rewa and Gwalior region, 11 each in Satna and Guna districts and eight in Sagar.
“The reply is based on the result carried out by monitoring their waste (air and water effluents) during 2010-11,” the MP Pollution Control Board said.
“It is really a matter of concern. There are many more industries which are polluting the environment. We have decided to seek action against these harmful commercial establishments in the Green Tribunal,” Dubey said.
On the issue officials said, “We have directed the industries to improve their functioning and introduce or implement measure to check water and air pollution being caused by the waste emanating from there.”
