Revised Modified Direction under section 18(1)(b) of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)Act, 1974 to Textiles Units and clusters
Whereas, among others, under Section 17 of the Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act, 1974, one of the functions of the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)/Pollution control Committee (PCC), constituted under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 is to plan comprehensive programmes for prevention, control of abatement of pollution of streams and wells located in the States/UTs and to secure the execution thereof; and Whereas, the Central Government has notified the standards for discharge of environmental pollution from various categories of industries under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the rules framed there under.