Four IITs, CPCB to monitor grossly polluting industries along Ganga river

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has initiated the annual inspection of grossly polluting industries (GPI) along the main stem of Ganga river. The pollution watchdog has authorised four Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) institutions and eight other technical institutions to inspect the industries across the chemical, distillery, sugar, pulp and paper, textile, dyeing, bleaching, slaughterhouse, tannery, food and dairy categories. 

To this effect, CPCB issued directions to Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and West Bengal governments and the state level project management groups of Clean Ganga mission to cooperate with the 12 technical institutions.

IIT-Delhi. IIT-Roorkee, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-(BHU), Varanasi; National Institute of Technology, Patna; Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad; Jadavpur University, Kolkata; Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia will be authorised to carry out inspections along with state pollution control boards. 

In January this year, secretary, ministry of water resources and director-general, National Mission for Clean Ganga had held a meeting with CPCB state boards. It was decided in the meeting that technical institutions will be engaged to carry out inspection of grossly polluting industries along the main stem of Ganga and its tributaries.