Committee recommendations
Set up environment courts for quick and effective justice
Polluting MNCs be checked upon
Reduce the number of Board members (not the technical staff) for quick decision making process
One CPCB zonal office be established in each state
Increase number of air monitoring stations from 332 to 1,000
Common effluent treatment plants be constructed and operated by state boards; industries to share the cost
Increase groundwater monitoring in areas around distilleries, power plants, paper plants
Guidelines for establishment and recognition of laboratories be framed and notified
The authority to recognize them be given to cpcb instead of MoEF
cpcb be given power to guide and penalize SPCBs that are lackadaisical
Publication Date:
29/11/2008
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