Govt approves over 500 applications for environmental clearances
Updated: Jun 09, 2015 05:30:23pm
New Delhi, Jun 9 (KNN) Over 500 of the 3,200 online applications received for environmental clearances were approved last year.
According to a media report, the Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government has introduced online application submission process in July 2014 and given clearance to 505 applications and another 721 have been sent for terms of reference.
So far, 124 industries not complying with air pollution norms have been closed. Another 64 non-complying industries on the banks of Ganga and 61 industries throughout the country were closed for not adhering to water pollution norms. Further, 11 units in Uttar Pradesh and seven in Delhi were shut down for producing plastic carry bags below 40 microns.
Javadekar said that his government has made environmental norms for cement industry more stringent while those for sand, stone-crushing, brick-kiln, fertilisers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, paper and pulp, paint, distilleries and other sectors are being reviewed.
On enforcing the existing norms and guidelines and introduction of stringent fines for violators, the minister said technology-based monitoring systems are being expanded for forest appraisal, wildlife management and pollution control while drones, electronic surveillance, camera traps, 24x7 pollution monitoring devices, geo-mapping is being increasingly used. (KNN Bureau)
According to a media report, the Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government has introduced online application submission process in July 2014 and given clearance to 505 applications and another 721 have been sent for terms of reference.
So far, 124 industries not complying with air pollution norms have been closed. Another 64 non-complying industries on the banks of Ganga and 61 industries throughout the country were closed for not adhering to water pollution norms. Further, 11 units in Uttar Pradesh and seven in Delhi were shut down for producing plastic carry bags below 40 microns.
Javadekar said that his government has made environmental norms for cement industry more stringent while those for sand, stone-crushing, brick-kiln, fertilisers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, paper and pulp, paint, distilleries and other sectors are being reviewed.
On enforcing the existing norms and guidelines and introduction of stringent fines for violators, the minister said technology-based monitoring systems are being expanded for forest appraisal, wildlife management and pollution control while drones, electronic surveillance, camera traps, 24x7 pollution monitoring devices, geo-mapping is being increasingly used. (KNN Bureau)
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