[Reader-list] The CPCB report on Pollution - It is not about pollution in a State (my take)
Kshmendra Kaul
kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 25 18:09:10 IST 2010
Dear AKM
That disclaimer was important so that there is no clouding of what actually is contained in the CPCB report. I had spent quite some time analysing it and didnt want that wasted since it revealed to me that declaring Gujarat to be the 'most polluted State' was a misrepresentation of the actual contents of the report.
As it happens to be, it was not a disclaimer of convienience but factual and out of conviction.
It should be understood that the attacks you referred to are not attacks on Gujarat but on Modi. Modi is the target. Gujarat just happens to be the State of which he was/is CM and so gets mentioned.
Modi 'was' the CM of Gujarat when some of the most horrific incidents of violence took place in 2002.
Such incidents of violence have taken place in other parts of the country too, why should Modi specially be targetted? The answer to that is quite simple.
Modi is specially targetted, not primarily because he was the CM but because of substantial suspicion that he and the Administration under his control (and indeeed his directions) was complicit in the incidents of violence.
One could say to that, that Modi is 'innocent' until proven 'guilty' by due processes of Law.
That would be a fair point to make.
Let me tell you now why I too look at Modi with intense suspicion:
- Day in and day out Modi is accused in the Media (and every now and then in public speeches) by someone or the other of being 'guilty'. He is declared as 'guilty' without any margin of error.
- What kind of a person is Modi that through all these years, under such a barrage of declarations of his 'guilt', Modi has not countered it by proceeding Legally against such accusers? Shouldnt Modi be launching Legal Cases against such accusers and telling them "C'mon, prove your accusation, or apologise and suffer penalties".
- I would do that. Wouldnt you? Especially if one had the facility of the whole State Legal Establishment to aid you in proving your innocence as the Chief Minister.
- Any excuse that the matter is sub-judice would be quite simply nonsensical. No Legalities can or should be allowed to hamper the availability of the basic provisions of Justice. Has Modi even tried to do so? No!
- Oh but this one did not do it in a similar such and such case. Oh but that one didnt do it a similar that and that case. No!. No such excuse either can be anywhere good enough to justify Modi's (seemingly) lack of concern about the accusations.
- Please remember, it not just any citizen who is being constantly accused of 'murders' and 'complicity in organised killings' but the Chief Minister of a State.
It might so be that there not much purchase for Political-Morality and Political-Ethics in India anymore. Maybe.
That does not assuage my intense suspicions about Modi, seeing how Modi is quite shamelessly not reacting Legaly to being constantly called a 'murderer'.
Kshmendra
--- On Tue, 3/23/10, A.K. Malik <akmalik45 at yahoo.com> wrote:
From: A.K. Malik <akmalik45 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] The CPCB report on Pollution - It is not about pollution in a State (my take)
To: "Kshmendra Kaul" <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Sarai List" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 11:28 PM
Hi Mr Kaul,
I can't gather why people in this list are out to show Gujarat State is in shambles and why have you to give a disclaimer, what scares you?
As part of the Central team, I have visited Bihar on several occasions and travelled extensively, had discussions privately with the DMs, Commissioners, Govt functionaries and people on the roads, residences, I have seen substantial improvements during the current regime,but discussions in this list seem to suggest otherwise.Gujarat visits have not been that much extensive but I have seen the differences.What are we going to achieve to convince people who have a stagnating mind set?
Regards,
(A.K.MALIK)
--- On Tue, 3/23/10, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Reader-list] The CPCB report on Pollution - It is not about pollution in a State (my take)
> To: "Pawan Durani" <pawan.durani at gmail.com>, ravig64 at gmail.com
> Cc: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 7:32 PM
> Dear Ravi
>
> Thank you for posting the weblink. What follows is not
> directed at you. It is a general note.
>
> MY DISCLAIMER : I am not a supporter of Modi, or of the BJP
> or RSS or VHP or BD or SS. I consider Hindutvavaad to be
> contemptible and Anti-India.
>
> It is sickening that I need to make such a disclaimer.
> The quality of understanding displayed by some on this List
> and their obvious prejudgments, prejudice and bias, forces
> me to do this.
>
> Now the CPCB Report:
>
> 1. It is not a report about pollution in States as a
> composite whole but about pollution in selected 88
> Industrial Clusters spread over the country.
>
> It would highly incorrect to transpose the data
> into a comment on the whole State based on the Comprehensive
> Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) of selected Industrial
> Clusters in the State.
>
> If it is so revealed, then a better statement would
> be """""Out of the Industrial Clusters (ICs) studied by
> CPCB, some of the " most critically polluted" and "severely
> polluted" are in Gujarat"""". That is for those who are
> interested in focusing on Gujarat.
>
> 2. What does the report reveal:
>
> - Based on the CEPI value-markers set by CPCB, 43 of
> the 88 ICs are "critically polluted"
>
> - Based on the CEPI value-markers set by CPCB,
> 32 of the 88 ICs are "severely polluted"
>
> - Top 20 culprits in descending severity Ankleshwar
> (Gujarat); Vapi (Gujarat); Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh);
> Chandrapur (Maharashtra); Korba (Chhatisgarh); Bhiwadi
> (Rajasthan); Angul Talcher (Orissa); Vellore (North Arcot)
> (Tamilnadu); Singrauli (Uttar Pradesh); Ludhiana (Punjab);
> Nazafgarh drain basin (Delhi); Noida (Uttar Pradesh);
> Dhanbad (Jharkhand); Dombivalli (Maharashtra); Kanpur (Uttar
> Pradesh); Cuddalore (Tamilnadu); Aurangabad (Maharashtra);
> Faridabad (Haryana); Agra (Uttar Pradesh); Manali
> (Tamilnadu)
>
> - Statewise share of the 88 ICs studied by CPCB:
>
> * Andhra Pradesh Total= 5
> Critical= 2 Severe= 1 Other=
> 2
> * Assam
> Total= 2 Critical= 0 Severe= 0
> Other= 2
> *
> Bihar Total= 2 Critical= 0
> Severe= 1 Other= 1
> * Chattisgarh Total= 3
> Critical= 1 Severe= 1 Other=
> 1
> * Delhi
> Total= 1 Critical= 1 Severe= 0 Other=
> 0
> * Gujarat
> Total= 9 Critical= 6 Severe= 2 Other=
> 1
> * Haryana
> Total= 2 Critical= 2 Severe=
> 0 Other= 0
> * Himachal Pradesh
> Total= 3 Critical= 0 Severe=
> 3 Other= 0
> * Jharkhand
> Total= 5 Critical=
> 1 Severe= 4 Other= 0
> * Karnataka
> Total= 5 Critical= 2 Severe= 3
> Other= 0
> * Kerala Total=
> 1 Critical= 1
> Severe= 0 Other= 0
> * Madhya
> Pradesh Total= 5 Critical= 1
> Severe= 3 Other= 1
> * Maharashtra Total= 8
> Critical= 5 Severe= 3 Other=
> 0
> * Orissa
> Total= 4 Critical= 3
> Severe= 1 Other= 0
> * Punjab
> Total= 4 Critical= 2
> Severe= 2 Other= 0
> * Rajasthan
> Total= 4 Critical= 3 Severe= 1 Other=
> 0
> * Tamilnadu
> Total= 7 Critical= 4
> Severe= 2 Other= 1
> * Uttar Pradesh Total=
> 12 Critical= 6
> Severe= 3 Other= 3
> * Uttarakhand
> Total= 2 Critical=
> 0 Severe= 1 Other= 1
> * West Bengal Total= 4
> Critical= 3 Severe= 1 Other= 0
> The above results can be interpreted and summarised in a
> variety of ways. My (hopefully objective) summary would be:
>
> a. 88 Industrial Clusters/Areas ICs spread over 20
> States were selected by CPBC
>
> b. 43 of these were evaluated as being "Critically
> Polluted" and 32 as "Severely Polluted"
>
> c. Of the selected ICs, the top ranking 2 evaluated as
> "Most Critically Polluted" are from Gujarat.
>
> d. In the top 20 "Most Critically Polluted" list, 5 ICs
> figure from Uttar Pradesh, 3 each from Maharashtra and
> Tamilnadu and 2 from Gujarat.
>
> e. Cent percent of the selected ICs from Delhi (1),
> Haryana (2), Kerala (1) were evaluated as "Critically
> Polluted"
>
> f. The number of "Critically Polluted" ICs was the most
> in Gujarat (6 out of 9); Maharashtra (5 out of 8); Uttar
> Pradesh (6 out of 12); Tamilnadu (4 out of 7); and
> then Orissa, Rajasthan and West Bengal placed similarly (3
> out of 4)
>
> g. The combined number of ICs that were found to
> be "Critically Polluted" and "Severely Polluted" were the
> most in Uttar Pradesh (9 out of 12, - 75%); Gujarat (8
> out of 9, - 89%); Maharashtra (8 out of 8, - 100%);
> Tamilnadu (6 out of 7, - 86%); Jharkhand (5 out of 5, -
> 100%); Karnataka (5 out of 5, - 100%); Madhya Pradesh (4 out
> of 5, - 80%); Orissa (4 out of 4, - 100%); Punjab (4 out of
> 4, - 100%); Rajasthan (4 out of 4, - 100%); West Bengal (4
> out of 4, - 100%)
>
> Kshmendra
>
> --- On Tue, 3/23/10, Ravi Agarwal <ravig64 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> From: Ravi Agarwal <ravig64 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Reg: Another achievement of
> Gujarat - No.1 in pollution
> To: "Pawan Durani" <pawan.durani at gmail.com>
> Cc: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 11:29 AM
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> For details of this analysis - "Comprehensive Environment
> Assessment of
> Industrial Areas" please refer to the recent (Dec 2009)
> Central Pollution
> Control Board Document at
>
> http://www.cpcb.nic.in/upload/NewItems/NewItem_152_Final-Book_2.pdf
>
>
> Pages 26/27/28 are state wise pollution indicies and these
> can be compiled
> for each state. If i am not wrong, Gujarat has 8 sites
> mentioned above the
> cutt- off level defining 'critical level of pollution,'
> (amongst the
> highest) and 1 site at the borderline. Similarly data for
> other sites can be
> compiled here.
>
> This is a first such report done by a premier Govt agency
> and verifies what
> other independent studies have been showing in the recent
> past.
>
> Best wishes
> ravi agarwal
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Dear Rakesh ,
> >
> > The said article had been reported by IANS. However on
> further
> > investigation , there seems to be some doubt in the
> authenticity of
> > the article itself.
> >
> > Pls find All PIB releases mentioning Gujarat http://is.gd/aSOUJ all
> > PIB releases mentioning CPCB http://is.gd/aSOXC
> >
> > Non of these releases has anything to mention on above
> subject.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Pawan
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > An article, specially for those who keep singing
> paeans about Narendra
> > Modi
> > > and his administration on this forum, without
> trying to see the other
> > way.
> > >
> > > Rakesh
> > >
> > > Link:
> > >
> > http://business.rediff.com/report/2010/mar/22/gujarat-most-polluted-state-in-india.htm
> > >
> > > Article:
> > >
> > > Gujarat most polluted state in India, Maharashtra
> 2ndThe Central
> > Pollution
> > > Control Board has declared Gujarat as the most
> polluted state in India [
> > > Images <http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=india>
> ]. The
> > > conclusion has been based on the increasing
> levels of pollution and toxic
> > > wastes.
> > >
> > > There are seven states in the country that
> account for 80 per cent of the
> > > total hazardous wastes and among these Gujarat
> tops the list, followed by
> > > Maharashtra [ Images<
> > http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=maharashtra>]
> > > and Andhra Pradesh.
> > >
> > > Even after being declared as the most polluted
> state, the Gujarat
> > government
> > > has not taken any necessary measures to prevent
> the problem aggravating
> > > further, environmental activists say.
> > >
> > > Criticising the state government for not taking
> any adequate remedial
> > > measures to tackle this problem, Mahesh Pandya,
> director of an NGO named
> > > Paryavaran Mitra (Friends of Environment), held
> the authorities and
> > > industrialists responsible for such an alarming
> polluted environment.
> > >
> > > "There are six toxic waste sites in Vapi, two in
> Ankleshwar, one in
> > Vadodara
> > > and one in Valadgaon. Even the government of
> Gujarat has recognised these
> > > waste sites. But till today the government has
> not mentioned anything to
> > > clear up these waste sites. So who are
> responsible ultimately," said
> > Pandya.
> > >
> > > "If we pursue the (Gujarat) state government,
> they ask the association of
> > > industries to clear it up. These associations say
> it's not their
> > > responsibility. Now the toxics are creating
> pollution and affecting the
> > > masses," he added.
> > >
> > > People residing near the industrial estates have
> developed health and
> > > breathing related problems, the forum said.
> People have blamed the toxic
> > > smoke and wastes discharged by the factories.
> > >
> > > "Because of the air pollution, the village
> environment is getting
> > affected.
> > > Villagers have been here since ages but the
> industries were set up after
> > a
> > > long period of time. We face so much difficulty.
> We cannot leave food in
> > > open or even the clothes outside for drying,"
> said Kirit Patel, a
> > resident
> > > of Narol industrial area.
> > >
> > > "We are even becoming prone to breathing and
> health problems. Pollution
> > is
> > > indeed a big problem," he added.
> > >
> > > According to a recent report by the central
> government, Gujarat accounts
> > for
> > > 29 per cent of the 6.2 million tonnes of
> hazardous waste, while it is 25
> > per
> > > cent in Maharashtra.
> > >
> > > Andhra Pradesh is rated next with 9 per cent in
> generation of hazardous
> > > waste, followed by Rajasthan [
> > > Images<http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=rajasthan>]
> > > with 5 per cent and West Bengal [
> > > Images <http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=west+bengal>
> ]
> > and
> > > Tamil Nadu reckoned at 4 per cent each.
> > > Source: ANI
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