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by Dharmendra Kapri | 14-05-2014 06:31
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Legislation is an officially enacted law. Environmental legislation means laws for the protection of environment. Important laws and guiding principles formulated from time to time are briefly mentioned below.
1972. UN conference on Human Environment held in Stockholm recommended that (1) Every person has the right to live in an environment of quality. Every body has the responsibility to protect and improve the environment. (2) Environment is being degraded through pollution and depletion of natural resources. (3) Seas should not be used as dumping areas for pollutants to save marine life. (4) Every state should ensure that its pollutants do not spoil the environment and other states. (5) People should be educated about the causes of environmental deterioration and modes of checking it. 1976. Indian constitution was amended to incorporate that: (1) "The state shall endeavor to protect and improve the natural environment and safeguard the forests and wild life in the country." (2) "It should be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers, and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures." 1987. Amendment of Factories Act. It reads that the owner shall make effective arrangement for treating the wastes and effluents so as to render them innocuous, and for their disposal. 1988. Amendment of Motor Vehicle Act. It requires the manufactures to ensure that the vehicle does not cause pollution. 1988. Amendment of water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. It has made the treatment of sewage and trade effluents compulsory so that water pollution in prevented. 1991. Amendment of wild life (Protection) Act. It prohibits hunting and trapping of wild life, and trade in wild life products(skins, ivory). Inspite of many laws to check pollution and conserve biodiversity, quality of environment is deteriorating and wild life is suffering loss. The inspecting machinery should be effective and law enforcement authorities should be more vigilant and strict. Above all educating the masses about the ill effects of pollution can go a long way to protect the environment. Private efforts by environmental organizations can also help.
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Former E-gen Ambassador
Dharmendra Kapri
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6 Comments
wow, I learnt a lot. Thanks for the report. It is amazing to see the environment in law but saddening not to see in reality much often.
Posted 16-05-2014 13:21
thanks a lot for informing us about these environmental laws in your country
Posted 15-05-2014 01:17
thanks man.information is power..
Posted 14-05-2014 20:40
Thanks Kapri for sharing these very informative article. Good to learn of these laws.
Posted 14-05-2014 16:32
Thanks for updating us with various laws existing . Fully agree with you that , these laws do not seem to be effective enough as we can see that environment is degrading day by day . These laws should be enforced with proper monitoring and penalties.
Posted 14-05-2014 15:59
So, legally we are responsible for preserving the nature, right? Thank you for the informative article, Dharmendra :)
Posted 14-05-2014 08:37