Industries exploit lack of restrictions on sending waste to other states and poor surveillance

State pollution control boards are confounded. They cannot handle the growing illegal movement of hazardous waste across states.

The draft "Hazardous Materials Rules 2007' put up on the MoEF website in September this year for public comments has changed the definition of hazardous waste by replacing the word

State inaction, public protests block facilities Lax laws are only part of the problem. India does not have enough treatment facilities for the hazardous waste it generates