{"id":86674,"date":"2019-03-16T16:38:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T11:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=2648"},"modified":"2019-03-16T16:38:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T11:08:51","slug":"ngt-directs-haryana-chief-secy-to-review-policy-submit-report-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ngt-directs-haryana-chief-secy-to-review-policy-submit-report-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NGT directs Haryana Chief Secy. to review policy, submit report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
  1. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed\nHaryana chief secretary to look into the state’s inspection policy of\nindustries. The Chief Secretary has been asked to submit the report within a\nmonth.<\/li>
  2. The direction comes in the backdrop of a plea\nwhich has alleged that industries were operating without requisite consent from\npollution control board and have caused widespread water pollution. The plea\nhas sought closure of industrial units running without the requisite statutory\nconsent under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air\n(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.<\/li>
  3. The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)\nAct was enacted in 1974 to provide for the prevention and control of water\npollution and for maintaining or restoring water resources in India.<\/li>
  4. Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act\nwas enacted in 1981 for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution in\nIndia.<\/li>
  5. The NGT has raised dissatisfaction over\nHaryana\u2019s inspection policy of industries and noted that it does not follow\nCentral Pollution Control Board\u2019s (CPCB) mandate of inspecting highly polluting\nindustries once in three years. It has directed that the policy must be revised\nby the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) in consultation with the\nCentral Pollution Control Board (CPCB) within a month.<\/li>
  6. Highly polluting industries come under the Red\nCategory of Industries. These industries have maximum pollution potential.\nExample: Tanneries, Cement, Fertilizer industry, etc.<\/li>
  7. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate\nChange (MoEFCC) has had developed the criteria of categorization of industrial\nsectors based on the Pollution Index. The Pollution Index is a function of air\na) emissions (air pollutants), b) effluents (water pollutants), c) hazardous\nwastes generated and consumption of resources. Based on the index industries\nare categorised into a) red, b) orange, c) green and d) white.<\/li>
  8. The National Green Tribunal was established in\n2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010. The responsibility of the\ntribunal is to work on the disposal of cases related to environmental\nprotection, conservation of forests and other natural resources.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Haryana chief secretary to look into the state’s inspection policy of industries. The Chief Secretary has been asked to submit the report within a month. The direction comes in the backdrop of a plea which has alleged that industries were operating without requisite consent from pollution control board… Continue reading NGT directs Haryana Chief Secy. to review policy, submit report<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4206],"class_list":["post-86674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-ngt","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704937826},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}