Action taken report of Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) in the matter of National Green Tribunal order in OA No. 616/2019 dated 06/12/2019 in respect of pollution of river Bhadar due to polluting industries in Jetpur area in Rajkot district.
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The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and GPCB had jointly carried out monitoring in December 2019 of the area and filed a report. Further, the GPCB has so far issued closure order to 126 polluting units. Justice B. C. Patel, former Chief Justice of Delhi submitted a report on the matter, in which it was suggested shifting the entire textile units of Jetpur outside the city and a new industrial estate with infrastructure be developed. The GPCB had taken up the matter with the government of Gujarat for implementation of Justice B. C. Patel's recommendation.
Note: The report was uploaded to the NGT site on June 19, 2020.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/report-pollution-river-bhadar-due-industries-jetpur-rajkot-gujarat
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Bhadar-pollution-Jetpur-report-NGT.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhadar
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jetpur
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajkot-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-pollution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/textile-industry
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-waste
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb-0
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensation
