What is GPCB doing to correct the situation of Golden Corridor ?
A. GPCB has taken up many corrective measures like river monitoring, identification and monitoring of polluted stretches of streams, intensive monitoring by Vigilance Squad as well as strict monitoring of individual industry by surprise monitoring. GPCB has laid down stringent norms for discharges into Amla Khadi____, setting up of common facilities like CETPs, STPs by Municipal Corporations, TSDF, common Bio-medical waste treatment facilities, common incinerators for HW and toxic effluent and common conveying pipeline for treated effluent to safe disposal point. GPCB has directed individual industry to upgrade its treatment facilities to meet with GPCB norms and initiated action against the defaulters as and when found necessary. GPCB has prepared Air Action Plans for control of Air Pollution in Ahmedabad, Baroda, Surat, Gandhinagar, Ankleshwar & Vapi area and started implementation. GPCB has also identified illegal dumping sites and get the wastes shifted to the TSDFs and started the
