The Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge), Mr. Prakash Javadekar addressing the press conference, in Bangalore on October 20, 2015.
Twenty Joint Secretaries to Monitor Critically Polluted Areas
New Delhi (PIB-GR-TYP-BIN): ‘We have provided transparent processes, done away with delays and enabled ease of doing business for responsible businesses. Now, our thrust will be on compliance”, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Mr. Prakash Javadekar said in a statement on October 20.
With this objective in view, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has decided that 20 Joint Secretary/Joint Secretary level officers of the Ministry will undertake assessment and periodical review of Critically Polluted Areas (CPAs) based on Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) for effective implementation of the action plans to mitigate pollution.
These Joint Secretary-level officers have been directed to undertake field visits and to review the progress at least once in a quarter, in close coordination with CPCB to ensure effective action for pollution control. They will also monitor the progress in implementation of action plans in these CPAs, observe the deficiencies and submit reports to this effect to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) concerned, under intimation to the Ministry, for appropriate action.
(Source: PIB/GR/TYP/BIN/USPA/WN/IAIJ)