New Delhi, Aug 5 (KNN) Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed four state pollution control boards to take action on units, including closing them, taking strict note of effluent and industrial waste being discharged into the Ganga River.

In separate letters to the chairmen of the Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Bihar pollution control boards, the CPCB has directed them to process reports of inspections within 15 days.

These inspections were carried out by technical institutions or under joint initiatives between them and the state boards.

Inspection is supposed to be carried out of all polluting units and reports have to be given to state pollution control boards (PCB) within 15 days by technical institutions, as per CPCB directions.

Industries like chemical, distillery, sugar, pulp and paper, textile, slaughter house, bleaching, food and dairy located in states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar have been discharging effluent directly or indirectly into the Ganga through drains or tributaries which cause adverse effect on the water quality of the river and its tributaries, the apex pollution body said in the letters issued a week ago.