The Central Pollution ControlBoard (CPCB) has ordered closure of 269 of the 1,357 industrial units, which had been identied as the worst polluters across the country, last year.
Stating this in the Rajya Sabha, Namo Narian Meena, Minister of State, Environment and Forest, said the CPCB had found the effulents from these industries with Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) load of 100 kg/day or more.
Meena in a written reply to a question raised by A Elavarasan said that the Central and State Pollution Control Boards had given treatment and disposal facilities to 898 industries. He said all these industries had shown encouraging results and were operating satisfactorily.
However, the remaining 190 industries which were also given treatment plants have not been doing well and the authorities were likely to take action against them.
