Industrial Pollution Essay

Jewellery manufacturing uses metals and chemicals w hich are not blameless for pollution in the river but jewellers do not see a connection between their profession and pollution of the Ganga. For millions of Hindus believe that physical pollution and spiritual pollution are two entirely different creatures.

During monsoons, no treatment plant works so the wa ste water is channelled directly into the river. Many of newly constructed plants can no longer function properly because of the lack of the fund. Tannery owners are not ready to take any responsibility even if cleaning plant is not functi oning properly. They just shrug shoulders saying that we are paying government so i t is their look out. We cannot stop our business. Jal Nigam throws up

The pollution level increases further alarmingly as it flows down the hills to the tribal-dominated district of Dindori starting its long journey to th e Arabian Sea.

Dr N P Shukla, chairman, Pollution Control Board sa ys, "Luckily, we don 't have industrial pollution in Narmada-it is the muni cipal waste that is polluting the river.” According to a study, the major sources of pollutants are local anthropogenic activities, agricultural runoff and industrial effl uent.

For several years, more than 1,500 industrial units in Jhagadia, Ankleshwar,

Panoli, Vilayat and Dahej of Bharuch district in Gu jarat have been discharging effluents into the Amlakhadi. This river meets the Narmada near Bharuch. More than half of them are chemical units that manufacture dy es, paints, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, paper and pe sticides.

The much-touted Rs.131-crore Final Effluent Tre atment Plant (FETP) — constructed with the State and the Central governme nts and the State-owned Gujarat

Industrial Development Corporation contributing ove r Rs.109 crore and the defaulting industries a mere Rs.21 crore, and inaugurated by Chief Minister Narendra Modi