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ndWelcome to the MPCB's 2 editionof the bi-monthly E-bulletin broughtto you by MPCB. These past twomonths have seen a lot of activitiesand developments in the eld ofEnvironment in Maharashtra. ThisE-bulletin is an attempt to give youa brief insight into the latesthappenings and also introduce thereader to the breakthrough researchwhich is being done in this eld.In this edition of the E-bulletin, wehave tried to cover the Laboratorystructure and practices of MPCB andNational Clean Air Programme(NCAP). We also introduce the

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MAHARASHTRA POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

Bimonthly Newsletter

Editorial

Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Kalpataru Point, 3rd and 4th oor, Opp. PVR Cinema, Sion Circle, Mumbai-400 022.

Website: http//mpcb.gov.in; E mail: [email protected]; Tele: 022-24020781 / 24014701 / 24010437

Shri E. Ravendiran, (IAS)Member Secretary, MPCB

reader to Photocatalysis- anenvironmentally sustainable reactionmechanism which has lots ofpotential to be a breakthroughprocess for pollutant reduction. Wehave also talked in this e-bulletinabout the 2 conferences that havebeen organized by MPCB (namely:on E-mobility and DigiGreenConclave 2019). A few other topicsrelevant to environment andMaharashtra have been covered inthis issue. We also invite guestarticles from the readers and aselection of this guest article maybe published in a later issue.

MPCB has established a Central Laboratoryat Navi Mumbai and Seven RegionalLaboratories as shown in gure, undersub-section 2 of Section 17 of the Water(Pollution & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974and the Air (Pollution & Control of Pollution)Act, 1981. These laboratories are wellequipped and approved by Ministry ofEnvironment, Forest and Climate Change(MoEF & CC), Government of India, Delhi,under E (P) Act, 1986. The laboratories areISO 9001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007certied since 2014.

MPCB's Laboratories

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MPCB laboratories are well equipped with modern sophisticated instruments and equipment viz. UVSpectrophotometer, Gas Chromatograph (GC), Mass Spectrophotometer, Atomic AdsorptionSpectrophotometer (AAS), Ion Chromatography (IC), Inductive Couple Plasma (ICP), AdsoebableOrganic Halide Analyzer (AOx), CHNS Analyzer and others. Analysis of performance of Boardlaboratories for the year 2018-19 is as shown in Table.

The total number of industriesunder Red, Orange, Green & Whitecategories in Maharashtra is 92,081.To monitor compliance of Consentconditions, performance of ETP,ECS and other measures, the Boardofcials inspect these industriesregularly. There are 506 industriesidentied under “Highly PollutingIndustries” as shown region-wise infollowing graph.

Industry Statistics

Excellent Good Poor Very Poor Not suitable for drinking Dry No Data

The monthly trend in WQI along theSaline (sea & creek) basin across 5districts during the year 2018-19. InMumbai, the WQI was recorded as'good' during the months of April,July, August, September, October,November, December 2018 andFebruary 2019 and the water wasunpolluted during these months. TheWQI was recorded as 'Poor' duringthe months of May, June 2018 andJanuary 2019 and the water waspolluted during these months.

Monthly trend of WQI across saline (Sea /Creek) basin

Legend for WQI for Ground Water in Various Regions

Highly Polluting Industries as on 31/3/2019

Surface Water Quality Index

Sr. No

Laboratory Total No. of Samples Analyzed

Total Water Air H.W Coal

1 C. Lab.*, Mahape, Navi Mumbai

7,020 3,422 88 1 10,531

2 R. Lab.*, Nagpur 2,322 1,126 92 41 3,581

3 R. Lab., Pune 4,754 8,30 5 0 5,589

4 R. Lab., Nashik 1,930 1,436 3 0 3,369

5 R. Lab., Aurangabad 2,103 790 41 1 2,935

6 R. Lab., Chiplun 3,133 1,082 21 2 4,238

7 R. Lab., Thane 1,432 829 0 0 2,261

8 R. Lab., Chandrapur 0 818 0 0 818

TOTAL 22,694 10,333 250 45 33,322


“Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.”—Stewart Udall

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Construction & DemolitionWaste Management

Graphical Representation of C&D waste generation of Municipal Corporations in state.

Considering the biggest globalenvironmental challenge, a timebound national level strategy forpan India implementation to tacklethe increasing air pollutionproblem across the country in acomprehensive manner in the formof National Clean Air Programme(NCAP) was launched by UnionMinister of Environment, Forest andClimate Change in New Delhi.“Collaborative and participatoryapproach involving relevant CentralMinistries, State Governments, localbodies and other Stakeholders with

Article:National Clean AirProgramme (NCAP)

Annual report in Form III wassubmitted by only 158 ULBs for thenancial year 2018-2019 outof 384 ULBs. Total 16,58,864.258MT/A C&D Waste is generated bythese ULBs & total 2,7401.945MT/A Waste processed / recycledby ULBs. The C&D Waste disposedby landlling without processing(last option) or lling low lyingarea waste quantity is 14,28,011.13MT/A. These ULBs have 206 storagefacilities to store C&D waste securely.Further total 49 Municipal Magistratesappointed for taking penal action fornon-compliance with these rules bythese ULBs.

C & D waste generation by Municipal Corporations

C & D Waste Abstract of ULBs ULBs Total Qty of C

& D waste Generated

during whole year in MT

Total Qty of C & D

waste processed/recycled in

MT

Total Qty of C & D waste

Disposed by land filling

without processing (last option) or filling low

lying area

Number of

Storage Facilities for C&D Waste

Storage

Municipal magistrates

appointed for taking penal action for non-compliance with these rules.

Municipal Corporation

16,41,937.97 26,802 14,16,143.4 119 11

“A” Class Municipal council

4,627.75 511 4,791 6 0

“B” Class Municipal council

5,895.4 76.23 4,623.99 26 11

“C” Class Municipal council

3,596.703 10.12 1,857.35 38 17

Nagar panchayats

2,806.435 2.595 595.39 17 10

Total 16,58,864.258 27,401.945 14,28,011.13 206 49


“It is our collective and individual responsibility … to preserve and tend to the world in which we all live.”—Dalai Lama

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focus on all sources of pollution forms the crux of the Programme. The Goal of NCAP is to meet theprescribed annual average ambient air quality standards at all locations in the country in a stipulatedtimeframe. “Overall objective of the NCAP is comprehensive mitigation actions for prevention, controland abatement of air pollution besides augmenting the air quality monitoring network across the countryand strengthening the awareness and capacity building activities. The NCAP will be a mid-term, ve-yearaction plan with 2019 as the rst year. However, the international experiences and national studiesindicate that signicant outcome in terms of air pollution initiatives are visible only in the long-term, andhence the programme may be further extended to a longer time horizon after a mid-term review of theoutcomes. The approach for NCAP includes collaborative, multi-scale and cross- sectoral coordination between the relevant central ministries, state governments and local bodies. Dovetailing of the existing policies and programmes including the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and other initiatives of Government of India in reference to climate change will be done while execution of NCAP. In

addition, sectoral working groups, national level Project Monitoring Unit, Project Implementation Unit, state level project monitoringunit, city level review committee under the Municipal Commissioner and DM level Committee in the Districts are to be constituted under NCAP for effective implementation and success of the Programme.

Other features of NCAP include, increasing number of monitoring stations in the country including rural monitoring stations, technology support, emphasis on awareness and capacity building

initiatives, setting up o f c e r t i c a t i o n a g e n c i e s f o r m o n i t o r i n g equipment, source appor t ionment studies, emphasis on enforcement, specic sectoral interventions etc.


“If you are fearful of the destruction of the environment, then learn to quit being an environmental parasite.”—Wendell Berry

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Overview of NationalClean Air Program

Key components of NCAP

Photocatalysis Technology

for treatment of wastewater Photocatalysis is a type of catalysis thatresults in the modication of the rate ofa photoreaction - a chemical reactionthat involves the absorption of light byone or more reacting species - byadding substances (catalysis) thatparticipate in the chemical reaction

The mild operating conditions oftemperature and pressure and the useof an inexpensive and chemicallystable catalyst (generally TiO ) are2

particularly attractive for completemineralization of contaminants andby-products. Interest in pre- and post-processing of wastewater usingsunlight has increased and so has theimpor tance o f pho toca ta l y s i s

technology.

without being consumed.


“Caring for the Earth is not a hippie thing, it’s a survival thing.”

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Schematic illustration of the photocatalyticmechanism in the

presence of water contaminant.

In 1972, Fujishima and Honda found that the TiO2

electrode can break down Hydrogen in aquaticproduction under sunlight. Since then, photocatalysishas attracted intense attention due to its directconversion of solar energy to easily stored Hydrogen,as well as its lack of environmental pollution. Frankand Bard then successfully oxidized CN−to OCN−using TiO as a photocatalyst, an act which promoted2

and accelerated the application of photocatalysts inwastewater treatment. Since then, TiO has been used2

as a photocatalyst for a wide range of applications inthe eld of environmental management. The mainresearch directions at this stage are photocatalystdisinfection, photocatalytic hydrogen production,photocatalytic reduction of Co , photocatalyst2

wastewater treatment and air purication.

Several promising semiconductorsfor water treatment - TiO , ZnO,2

WO , CdS, MoS , BiVO .3 2 4

TiO is by far the most used. 2

+In the photocatalytic degradation of water pollution, active substances such as H , H O , and ·OH2 2

generated by photocatalysts have a strong oxidizing activity and can deeply oxidize most of theorganic pollutants in water into harmless small molecules. Therefore, a photocatalyst can be usedfor the purication of wastewater containing organic pollutants. Photocatalysis technology as a newhigh-efciency and energy-saving modern sewage treatment technology has many advantages inwastewater treatment. Compared to the traditional wastewater treatment method, photocatalytictechnology can fundamentally remove pollutants, and, regardless of the pollutants' liquid or gaseous

Due to the simple photocatalysis oxidation equipment, easy control of operating conditions, strongoxidizing ability, no secondary pollution, and its broad applications in photocatalytic hydrogenproduction, the degradation of sewage, sterilization, and the purication of air, it has become a

state, photocatalytic technology can have a good degradation effect.

highly promising technology.


“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another … ”—Mahatma Gandhi

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Legal updates (NGT Order)Imposition of Environmental Compensation Charges against Healthcare Facilities and Common BiomedicalWaste Treatment Facilities

As per Hon'ble National Green Tribunal's Order dated 12.03.2019 in the matter of O.A. 710 of 2017,Hon'ble NGT directed CPCB to undertake study and prepare a scale of compensation to be recovered fromviolators of Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016 (BMWM Rules, 2016) within one month. Hon'bleNGT also directed that State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) can also recover compensation from thepolluters by laying down their own scale which should not less than the scale xed by CPCB. In the saidorder, Hon'ble NGT also states that the scale of compensation must be deterrent, rendering violation ofRules to be non-protable and which should be adequate to remedy the situation.

In compliance of the aforesaid order, the MPCB has prepared guidelines to impose EnvironmentalCompensation Charges on HCEs and CBWTFs, for violation of Bio Medical Waste Management Rules,2016, which was approved by the 3rd Consent Committee meeting of the Board held on 06/07/2019.All ROs/SROs of the Board are directed to submit the proposal for Environment Compensation as perthe aforesaid Guidelines w.e.f. 20/7/2019.(For more details refere Notication Vide No. MPCB/PSO/BMW/C- B-4314 dated 25.10.2019)


“We are living on the planet as if we have another one to go to.”—Terry Swearingen

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Events “Digigreen 2019” was conducted byMaharashtra Pollution Control Board

thon 16 September 2019 at TajVivanta, Cuffe Parade, Mumbaialong with a workshop on Ease ofDoing Business as MPCB successfullycompleted 50 years of operation andentered into a golden jubilee Year.

The conference mainly aimed towardssensitizing audience about MPCB's

various E-Government initiatives &efforts taken especially in terms ofInformation Management System(IMIS); a venture of MPCB that hasbeen developed to carry out varioustasks in effective manner such asreducing time for consent, consentperiod management, help desk atMPCB, direct industrial interactionthrough digital campaign, etc towardsEase of Doing Business (EoDB). Aspecial workshop on EoDB was alsodelivered wherein the concept wasvery well explained by the speaker

followed by various reforms of EoDBthat are successfully implemented byMPCB by this time and further to haveopen interaction with industries andfeedback to understand effectivenessof these implemented EoDB reformsand future development required inorder to ease out the daily process forboth industries and MPCB as a

The entire conference was webcastedvia live streaming on YouTube for allthe interested audience who couldn'tbe present physically at the time.

regulatory body.

(From L to R): Dr. V. M Motghare, JointDirector (APC), MPCB, Dr. Y. B. Sontakke,Joint Director (WPC), MPCB, Shri A. R.Supate, Principal Scientic Ofcer, MPCB,Mr. E. Ravendiran (IAS) Member Secretary,MPCB, Shri. Sudhir Shrivastava (IAS),Chairman, MPCB, Shri P. K. Mirashe,Assistant Secretary, MPCB, Shri D. M.Sonawane, Statistical Ofcer, MPCB,Shri N. N. Gurav, Regional Ofcer, HQ,

DigiGreen

2019

Digital Connection to Environment

MPCB

Audience at DigiGreen Conclave 2019

conference and workshop on Ease of

Doing Business

Industry representative discussing during

Question-Answer session at DigiGreen

Conclave 2019 conference and workshop

on Ease of Doing Business


“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”—Robert Swan

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‘E-Mobility for Cleaner Environment'

(From L to R): Dr. V.M Motghare, JointDirector, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board,

Mr. E. Ravendiran (IAS) Member Secretary,Maharashtra Pollution Control Board ,

Mr. Ashish Kumar Singh (IAS) Principal Secretary,Home & Transport Department, Mr. Sudhir

Shrivastava, Chairman, Maharashtra PollutionControl Board, Mr. Ramesh N Subramanyam,CFO & President New Business, Tata Power.

MPCB with support of India Auto Show Expo organized a half day conference focused on E -Mobility forCleaner Environment recently at Bombay Exhibition Centre Mumbai. Mr. E. Ravendiran, MemberSecretary MPCB stated the need of cleaner transport technology for cities and highlighting global andIndia specic policy initiatives for electric mobility. He also mentioned extra efforts in terms of developingcharging infrastructure for electric vehicles as well as appropriate policy development. Mr. SudhirShrivastava, Chairman, MPCB mentioned that mobility is now shifting to the connected Automatic,shared electric (CASE) paradigm. Surveying the transition to electric mobility, he said that while thetransition to electric 4 wheelers will be need good charging infrastructure, the shift to e-2 wheelers withpossibility of battery swapping and home charging can happen quickly. He said that MPCB would beallowing to work with and support enterprise in the battery swapping area is also those in providingmobility as services 'MASS” The technical Program was hosted and introduced by Dr. V.M. Motghare, JD, MPCB with E-mobilityconcept for cleaner environment and MPCB Goal to achieve same in lieu of Govt. of India's NationalClean Air Program. Second session on 'Environmental Aspects of E-Mobility' was chaired by Mr. NitinLabhsetwar (Sr. Scientist – CSIR NEERI).

(From L to R): Mr. Sandeep Bhargava, VicePresident, OLA; Mr. Satish Sahasttrabuddhe,

Additional Transport Commissioner,Mr. Ashish Kulkarni, E&Y, Mr. Paresh Bhatt,Chief-New Business Services, Tata Power,Mr. Suwarn Pant, GM-EV Product Planning


What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on? -Henry David Thoreau

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(From L to R): Dr. Anuradda Ganesh, Director – Chief Tech. Advisor to CTO,Cummins, Mr. Kedar Rele, Country General Manager, Umicore, Dr. Nitin

Labhsetwar, Senior Scientist, NEERI, Mr. Motique Bawase, Dy. General Manager,ARAI, Mrs. Prachi Nimkar, Director, Eco Support Pvt. Ltd.

Draft National Forest Policy cleared; Cabinet to take decisionThe draft National Forest Policy (NFP), 2018 has been cleared by various ministries at a meeting held onNovember 21, 2019. Representatives from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change(MoEF&CC), Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) and other ministries took part in the meeting held atthe Prime Minister's Ofce.

NHAI's water conservation project in Maharashtra Union minister, GoI; hailed the pilot project under which the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)created water conservation facilities in several villages in drought- prone Buldhana district of Maharashtrawhile carrying out road works.

Highlight of the month

News Flash

'Mumbai has best and worst Wetlands in Maharashtra'A country-wide wetland health report card found Mumbai has wetlands belonging to the best and worstcategories. While Vihar Lake received an A+ rating, Powai Lake was rated D. Both wetlands located arein Mumbai.Earlier this year, the Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) directed states toprepare a list of wetlands for priority restoration in the next ve years. Altogether, 130 wetlands wereidentied across the country and the MoEFCC proposed the wetland health card.


“The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.”—Barry Commone

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New LaunchSolid Waste Portal

To maintain and monitor the compliance of industries on a daily basis MPCB has developed an onlineportal where unit can submit compliance on a daily basis and the same can be monitored by concernedofcials which will allow users to make logbook entry into the system and generate logbook reports.


MPCB has developed a portalfor Munic ipal Counci ls ,c o r p o r a t i o n s & N a g a rPanchayets who can submitsolid waste details on amonthly & daily basis. This iswould benet Board to collect& monitor solid waste detailsgenerated & disposed on atimely manner. Municipalcorporations & Council wouldbe auto registered in this

portal and credentials would be shared with respective bodies. After login provision would be madeavailable to submit one time information. Once one time information is submitted Municipal councilswould be given the provision to submit solid waste details on a monthly & daily details. Mentioneddetails would be captured from Municipal corporations/Councils.

Compliance Portal

CONTACT For more deatils:

ADDRESS:Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Kalpataru Point, 3rd and 4th oor, Opp.PVR Cinema, Sion Circle, Mumbai-400 022.

WEBSITE:http//mpcb.gov.in

E MAIL:[email protected]

TELEPHONE:022-24020781 / 24014701 /24010437

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