Vapi and Ankleshwar are identified as “Critically Polluted Spots”. What is being done to mitigate this situation ?
A. Vapi and Ankleshwar were identified as critically polluted spots many years ago, when the arrangement for pollution control were not adequate in these places. A variety of facilities for effective control of pollution on individual basis and collective basis have been set up with the technical guidance of reputed institutions like NEERI, NIO, NPC etc. For example, there are CETPs, Common Treatment and Disposal facilities for hazardous waste. Pipeline for conveying treated effluent and incinerators to satisfactorily deal with polluting streams. Some of the facilities set up in these locations are unique and nationally recognized as state of the art facilities. The pollution problems of both these spots are continuously monitored and critically evaluated from time to time and these spots have brought about a qualitative improvement in the situation. GPCB has been playing regulatory and enabling role in this paradigm shift.
