Check on Pollution
The Government has notified environmental standards for control of pollution from Coke Oven Plants under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. The North-East Zonal Office of CPCB has monitored 16 coke oven units in Assam and 2 units in Meghalaya during the last 3-4 years. 3 units in Assam viz. (i) M/s Kamrup Coke Industries, (ii) M/s Parashnath Coke Industries and (iii) M/s Jupiter coke Industries, Beherbari, Guwahati, Assam were found violating the environmental norms. The following directions under Section 18 (1) (b) of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 have been issued by the Assam State Pollution Control Board, Assam:
i. The units were directed to ensure compliance of standards and guidelines for pollution prevention notified for Beehive Hard Coke Oven.
ii. It was also directed to identify the sources of SO2 emission in the area and to take adequate measures to reduce the SO2 emissions
This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (independent charge) Shrimati Jayanthi Natarajan in a written reply to a question by Shri Ramen Deka in Lok Sabha today.
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