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Pollution Control Boards in India |
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by Natasha Singh | 15-02-2019 18:52
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India has enacted several steps to mitigate air and water pollution in India. One such step was the establishment of the Central Pollution Control Board in 1974. This move was replicated by other state governments, who in turn set up State Pollution Control Boards. These boards are in charge of gathering all the relevant information and statistics related to pollution, including land, water and air pollution. They transform this data and publish it to increase general awareness in the public. They also lay down standards to limit pollution. They also furnish technical and technological assistance to any organisations or nonprofits engaged in preserving the environment. They are responsible for promoting health and sanitation by eliminating water pollution. Additionally, they often fund research and investigatory projects that relate to pollution sciences. The Pollution Control boards discharge a variety of other secondary functions as well, including stipulating particular codes and frameworks to ensure safe and lawful disposal of industrial waste. They further regulate the aerial pollution created by large-scale factories by requiring the use of precipitators and filters in the chimneys and incinerators. Such rules are enforced by periodic inspection and assessment of the industries under the Board’s mandate through local officials, who make certain that the treatment and disposal measures taken by these are adequate. Air and water quality data can be sourced from these boards. They are also responsible for monitoring the quality of water in over 120 rivers and various other smaller water bodies in the country, particularly when used locally as a source of potable water. These measures are both complementary and supplementary to those adopted by the Centralised Ministry of the Environment. |
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Hello Natasha, the establishment of the Central Pollution Control Board in 1970s looks like India has paid attention to stabilization of social infrastructures and public sanitation and specific environmental problems nationally. It might have been a tough work for CPCB since it was not an era of high public acknowledgement level about environmental issues.
Apart from its historical background in its establishment, taking care about environmental problems of India in national range might have required a lot of budget and human resources to manage them.
Looking forward to its development and existence till now, hope such management system goes through well as it has been!
Thanks for your report!
Posted 20-02-2019 17:30
Hello Natasha
To raise awareness, the first step will be to show people what the situation is now like.
However, sometimes, raw data doesn't reach a perfect understanding as people cannot feel the seriousness of it. So to have pollution board are effective as they extract needed data and show people the reality.
Thanks for the report :)
Posted 19-02-2019 19:27
Hello Natasha,
India must act very rapidly in Pollution control otherwise many people will suffer,
This work is commendable, more work is need to be done :)
Posted 18-02-2019 00:49
These are great measures that the control board has set up to curb pollution. I hope that pollution will reduce significantly. Thanks for the report Natasha
Posted 17-02-2019 02:28
Hello Natasha
Glad to hear about Pollution Control Boards in India. I have also mentioned about establishment of controlling bodies for environment in the policy that i would like to establish in my nation. I hope these control bodies will play an important role in maintaining environmental status and protecting the environment. I hope to hear more news about the control bodies work in coming days too.
Thank you for the beautiful report.
Keep writing great reports.
Green Cheers from Nepal
Yours,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 15-02-2019 20:46