Fighting against POLLUTION to Save Environment

  • Fighting against POLLUTION to Save Environment

Fighting against POLLUTION to Save Environment

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Achievements During Tenure At MPCB

Table 1:
Statistics indicating improved performance of MPCB during the tenure of
Dr. D. B. Boralkar as Member Secretary (Nov 2003 – May 2007)

Areas of Action Year 2003–2004 Year 2006–2007
Discharge of Industrial water pollution in terms of COD 105,370 MT 29,000 MT (72.5% reduction)
Industrial Hazardous Waste removed * 15,000 MT 406,683 MT
Hospital Waste removed * 375 MT 20,682 MT
Samples analyzed (Air / Water / Haz. Waste) 23,582 28,000
Surveillance & Monitoring visits 16,172 21,000
Air Quality Monitoring stations – Manual 28 Nos. 72 Nos.
Air Quality Monitoring stations – Automatic 1 Nos. 7 Nos.
Water Quality Monitoring Stations 38 Nos. 383 Nos.
Demonstration projects – Municipal waste None 5
Demonstration projects – Biomedical waste None 1
Demonstration projects – Environmental Improvement None 2
Demonstration projects – Innovative technology None 2
Consents granted from Head Office under Water / Air / HW 1866 Nos. 3477 Nos.
Authorizations issued to local bodies under MSW Rules 74 Nos. 248 Nos.
Authorizations issued under Biomedical Waste Rules 1639 Nos. 8639 Nos.
Units covered under CESS Act 5684 Nos. 7586 Nos.
Revenue generated Rs. 22 Cr Rs. 107 Cr
Awards None 3
Hon’ble High Court / Supreme Court Appreciations None 5
Foreign Trainings / Participation None 16
Publications of Scientific Reports None 34
* Cumulative figures

Table 2: Research & Development Activities

  1. Coastal water monitoring from Tarapur to Ratnagiri.
  2. Rapid Assessment of E-waste generation in Mumbai and Pune region supported by UNEP.
  3. US EPA Health and Air Quality Linkages using BENMAP studies.
  4. Collaboration with NEERI, Mumbai for collation of data on air quality and health effects in Mumbai.
  5. Collaboration with US EPA for Urban Air Quality Studies at Pune.
  6. Collaboration with the World Bank Institute for Air Quality Improvement at Pune.
  7. Monitoring of noise pollution at 12 cities & 160 locations during Ganesh Festival, and 12 cities & 115 locations during Diwali 2006.
  8. Bio-monitoring of Godavari river and Krishna river.
  9. Survey Report on Compliance of Environmental Standards by distilleries in Maharashtra.
  10. Survey of CREP compliance by pesticide industries in Raigad region.
  11. Report on Steel Re-rolling Mills at Jalna.
  12. Occurrence of saline water in Mahim bay in August 2006.
  13. Collaboration with Asian Development Bank for development of “Strategic Action Plan for MPCB”.
  14. Collaborative project under Indo-Canadian Cooperation for preparation of Indian Register for Potentially Toxic / Hazardous Chemicals.
  15. CPCB–MPCB project on preparation of Zoning Atlas for Siting of Industries (ZASI).
  16. Measurements of Benzene, Toluene and Xylene (BTX) in ambient air at Mumbai.
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