The
Gujarat Water Pollution Control Board was constituted on October
15, 1974 under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution)
Act, '74 which came into force on March 23, 1974. With the legislation
of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the
Board has taken up the work of air pollution control activities
as well. The Board was also renamed as the Gujarat Pollution Control
Board in 1985. With the enforcement of Environment (Protection)
Act, 1986, the Board has been entrusted with the Central Acts and
relevant rules for pollution control as notified thereof from time
to time.
The
Board commenced its operation with a meager staff of 25 in October,
1974. Today, the Board has a staff strength of 469 which includes
93 engineers, 148 scientists and analysts. The Board is having its
Head Office and Central Laboratory at Gandhinagar. Six Regional
Offices of the Board are attached with laboratories, each at Vadodara,
Surat, Rajkot, Vapi, Bharuch and Jamnagar. Regional Offices Godhara
and Mehsana are being equipped with analytical facilities. During
2003-04 two more Regional Offices at Ahmedabad (jurisdiction Ahmedabad
district) and at Bhavnagar (jurisdiction Bhavnagar and Amreli districts)
also started functioning on 05/04/2003 and 16/01/2004 respectively.
The
Head Office performs activities concerning general policies
and enforcement of various provisions of the Acts as well
as general administration and co-ordination with other agencies.
The Central Laboratory at Gandhinagar is involved in development
of methods for analysis of water, wastewater, gases and hazardous
waste samples. The Central Laboratory is being equipped to
take up R&D Programmes for developing methods of treatment
of liquid and gaseous effluents. The important functions being
performed by the Central Laboratory and Regional Offices include
monitoring of water and air quality, effluent sampling and
analysis, inspection in respect of performance of effluent
treatment plants and air pollution control equipment, inspection
of sites proposed for establishment of industrial projects
to check the suitability of the same from the environmental
point of view, guidance to the industry and other agencies,
co-ordination with local bodies and industries implementation
of various projects such as coastal survey, river basin studies,
GEMS and MINARS projects to check the quality of water resources,
AAQM project to check ambient air quality, providing support
to the Head Office in the matters relating to the finalization
of NOC Consent applications and in the investigations of complaints
etc.
The Government of Gujarat constituted the Gujarat
Water Pollution Control Board on October 15, 1974 under the Water
(Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. On completion
of its first four terms the Board was reconstituted for fifth term
on August 22, 1989.
Since inception of Gujarat Pollution Control Board 145 Board meetings
have been held so far.
COMMITTEES
OF THE BOARD
(i) Technical
Committee
Main function of the Technical Committee is to
provide technical advice and support to the Board in the matters
pertaining to the specific problems of technical nature.
LIST OF MEMBERS
(1) Shri K.V. Bhanujan,Chairman,Gujarat Pollution
Control Board,Gandhinagar.
(2) The Vice Chairman & Managing DirectorGIDC, Udyog Bhavan,Block
No.4, 2nd Floor,Sector-11, Gandhinagar.
(3) Dr. A.K.A, Rathi,The Industries Commissioner,Industries Commissionerate,
Block-1, 2nd Floor,Udyog Bhavan, Sector-11,Gandhinagar.
(4) Shri J.K. Vyas,Director (Environment) OR Technical Representative,Department
of Forest & Environment,Sachivalaya,Gandhinagar
(5) Shri Sanjiv Tyagi,Member Secretary,Gujarat Pollution Control
BoardSector-10A, Gandhinagar.
(ii) Personnel
Committees
Four Personnel Committees have been constituted
by the Board. There are two Selection Committees one for Class I
& II and the other for Class III & IV. Similarly, there are
two different Promotion Committees one for Class I & II and
the other for Class III & IV. All these Personnel Committees
are constituted for selection and promotions of personnel for various
posts existing in the Board and also to assist the Board in other
related matters.
(iii) Task Force
For effective control of Air pollution in urban
areas of the state and to monitor the progress of implementation
of the recommendation /suggestions made in this regard this Committee
is constituted by the Forest & Environment Department, Government
of Gujarat.
LIST
OF MEMBERS
1. Chief Secretary, Chairman
2. Chairman, Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Member
3. Secretary/PS/ACS, Forest & Envi. Department, Member
4. Secretary/PS/ACS, Urban Department & Urban Housing Department,
Member
5. Secretary/PS/ACS, (Transport) Home, Member
6. Secretary/PS/ACS, Food, Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs Department, Member
7. Secretary/PS/ACS, Health Family Welfare Department, Member
8. Member Secretary, Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Member Secretary
(iv)
Task Force for Bio-Medical Waste Management
For effective implementation of BMW Rules from
all aspects and keeping in view the difficulties experienced by
the different organization, their technological, managerial and
financial angles and to brought the suggestions of the deliberaties
in the Seminar together in the form of a comprehensive action plan
and the same is monitored closely to achieve time bound results.
It was, therefore, decided to form a Task Force with the following
members:
1. Member Secretary-GPCB - Chairman
2. Unit Head BMW -GPCB - Convener
3. Dr. K. N. Patel Additional Director, Health Dept. - Member
4. Dr. Manoramaben Shah Additional Director, Medical Services -
Member
5. Director of Environment/Representative Dept. of Forests &
Environment - Member
6. Zonal Officer Zonal Officer-CPCB - Member
7. Nihar Doctor CBWTF Operator - Member
8. Shri K.C.Mistry, Senior Environment Scientist-GPCB - Member
9. Dr. N. B. Dholakia Civil Surgeon-Gandhinagar - Member
10. Ms. Shymala Mani Center for Environment Education - Member
11. Dr. Devanshu Shukla CBWTF Operator - Member
12. D. K. Solanki Legal Officer- GPCB - Member
13. Dr. Geetaben Joshi, Asso. Professor Dept. of Anesthesiology,
GCRI, Ahmedabad - Member
14. Dr. Bharat Gadhavi, Medical Suptd. Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad
- Member
15. Dr. Rajesh Mehta PSM Dept. Vadilal Hospital - Member
(v)
Expert Group
To identify the advances in critical industrial
processes and technology which may impact on environment and suggest
pro-active and curative measures to prevent and mitigate any adverse
impact on environment GPCB has constituted an Expert Group with
the following members:
1. Dr. P. P. Oza, Chairman
2. Mr. Sanjiv Tyagi, Convener and Member Secretary
3. Dr. A. K.A. Rathi, Member
4. Mr. J. K. Vyas, Member
5. Mr. S. S. Bala, Member
6. Dr. G. B. Soni, Member
7. Mr. Ranjitdas, Member
8. Mr. Atul Sharma, Member
9. Dr. Sunita Harsh, Member
10. M.A.Patel, Member
11. Mr. A. A. Panjawani, Member
12. Dr. A. K. Singh, Member
13. Mr. M. Kanan, Member
14. Dr. D.K. Joshi, Member
15. S. K. Kharakwal, Member
16. Mr. Manoj Oza, Member
17. Mr. P. N. Parmeshwaran, Member
18. Mr. Priyesh Bhatti, Member
19. Mr. Gopichandran, Member
20. Yogesh Pandya, Member
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