National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently laid down 100 kg Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) load added to the river per day as criteria to identify grossly polluting industries along Ganga and its tributaries in UP, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal. NGT’s principal committee has identified 33 sectors, which include dyes and dye-intermediates, and yarn/textile processing. Following the norm’s declaration, UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) identified 993 industries as grossly polluting units and has issued closure notice to 270 industries operating without consent or effluent treatment plants (ETPs).
