Environmental Pollution and

Control Status
in
Andhra Pradesh

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 ACTS & RULES IMPLEMENTED BY APPCB

1. Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 amended

in 1978 again amended in 1988.
2. Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977,
amended in 1991
3. Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, amended in
1987
4. Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
5. Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling & Transboundary
Movement) Rules, 1989 amended in 2008
6. Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 amended in 1992.
7. Bio-Medical Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998,
amended in 2003.
8. Plastic Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011.
9. Municipal Solid Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000
10.e-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011
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 General Activities of the Board
 Inventorisation of polluting industries in the state and ensuring their compliance to
the pollution control norms
 Monitoring of highly polluting industries
 Monitoring of water quality and ambient air quality within the state
 Management of Hazardous, Biomedical, Plastic and Municipal Waste
 Monitoring and Management of Environmental quality in critically polluted areas
 Issuance of various environmental permits like:
 Consent for Establishment.
 Consent for Operation
 Authorization for hazardous waste management.
 Authorization for Biomedical waste management.
 Authorization for Municipal solid waste management.
 Authrorization for e-waste management.
 Registration of units under plastic waste management.
 Permission for import of Non ferrous metal scrap.
 The Registration for the industries recycling hazardous wastes
implementing Environmentally Sound Technology.

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 General Activities of the Board

 Generation and dissemination of data related to

environmental quality through regular monitoring and
surveillance;

 Encouraging and promoting environmental research by

academicians and institutions;

 Building environmental awareness for the community; and

 Addressing public grievances through re-ddressal of

environmental problems.

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 CATEGORY OF INDUSTRIES
Industries categorised based on pollution potential

Red : High pollution potential (i.e., Bulk drugs, Cement

industries, Thermal Power etc.,)

Orange : Medium Pollution potential (i.e., Cotton spinning &

weaving, Engineering units, Formulations etc.,)

Green : Less pollution potential (i.e., Bakery, DG Sets, Medical

Oxygen, Rubber goods, Ready mix cement concrete
etc.,)

66 Categories: Some industries are categorised as 66 category of

polluting industries in SSI sector and other than 66 category are
considered as non polluting industries.

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 CATEGORY OF INDUSTRIES

 Industries identified under various categories:

Category No. of industries

Red Category 3507

Orange Category 1147

Green Category 507

Total 5161

 Total No. of SSI registered with Ind. Dept.

other than 66 categories monitored by PCB : 1 lakh (approx.)

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 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

• MoEF, Govt. of India has notified Municipal

Solid Waste (Management and Handling)
Rules on 25, September 2000 under
Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986.
• The Rules consist of 9 Rules and 4
schedules.

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 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN
STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

No. of Municipal Corporations 13

No. of Municipalities 98
Total Urban Population 1,46,29,179
Total Municipal Solid Waste generation 7033 TPD
Total waste vermi compost / compost 398 TPD

Total dry recyclables 119 TPD

Unscientifically disposed waste 5925 TPD

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STATUS OF SEWAGE MANAGEMENT IN STATE OF
ANDHRA PRADESH

Sewage Generation 1580 MLD

No. of Sewage Treatment Plants existing 11
No. of sewage treatment plants under 5
construction

Capacity of existing STPs 237 MLD

Capacity of STPs under construction 178 MLD

Un treated Sewage 1343 MLD

Amount required for construction of STPs to treat

the 1343 MLD at Rs.1 Crore / MLD. = Rs.1343 Cr.

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 ISSUES FOR SEWAGE MANAGEMENT
• Centralised treatment systems to be planned for next 100
years for the coming up capital of the State.
• Decentralised Treatment Systems to be adopted to reduce
load and functional problems.
• Advanced treatment Systems i.e., extended aeration,
tertiary treatment etc., to be adopted
• Conservation of water to be adopted by recycling the
treated water for flushing, gardening, irrigation and
industrial usages.

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 PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT IN STATE OF
ANDHRA PRADESH
 Plastic Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011

 Less than 40 microns plastic carry bags prohibited.

 Food stuff in recycled plastic carry bags/containers prohibited.

 As per G.O. Ms. No.46, Dated:20.06.2013 issued by EFS&T

Department the APPCB and Municipal authorities shall levy penalties
as following :
 Manufacturing Unit – Rs.50,000/- first offence
 Manufacturing Unit- Confiscation of machinery and cancellation
of licence/consent in subsequent offences
 The retailers, vendors and other establishments- Rs.2,500/- to
5,000/-
 littering public places- Rs.250/- to 500/

 No. of Plastic Units identified - 86

 No. of Plastic units registered - 64

 Non functional units - 22 12

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 ISSUES FOR PLASTIC WASTE
MANAGEMENT

 Strict enforcement of Plastic Waste (Management & Handling)

Amendment Rules,2011
 Strategic planning for plastic free towns and cities.

 Prohibiting entry of plastic carry bags (less than 40 microns) into the
state.
 Total prohibition of Plastic Carry Bags in Pilgrim/Historical Centers

 Using plastic waste in laying of roads, conversion of plastic waste into

fuel, Using in Cement Kilns
 Encouraging usage of cloth / jute bags instead of plastic carry bags

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 BIO-MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
IN STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
• Bio-medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 1998
were formed to deal with Bio Medical Waste generated in
HCEs during the diagnosis, treatment or immunisation of
human beings or in research activities.

• Bio Medical waste generation – About 100 gms/bed per day.

• APPCB issuing authorisations to HCEs under these rules (HO

- more than 50 beds, ZO – 10 – 50 beds, RO – less than 10
beds).

• The Bio Medical waste shall have to be transported to

Common Bio Medical Waste Treatment Facility for
incineration.

• Charges collected by CBMWTF – Rs. 3.5 – 4.5 per bed.

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 BIO-MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
IN STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

 No. of Hospitals : 4271

 No. of Authorizations issued : 4139
 No. of Common Bio Medical Waste :8
Treatment Facilities (CBMWTFs)
 Quantity of Bio Medical Waste generated : 7.7 TPD

 Quantity of Bio Medical Waste sent

to Common Facilities : 7.5 TPD

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 ISSUES FOR
BIO MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

• Segregation shall be done as per BMW Rules

• Tie-up of PHCs with Common Treatment Facilities

• Automization of Operations.

• Installation of GPS Monitoring Systems for Transport

Vehicles

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 e-WASTE MANAGEMENT
 e-Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011 came into effect
from 1st May, 2012.
 The CPCB issued guidelines for implementation of the e-Waste
Rules, 2011 on 21.06.2012.
 The Board is implementing the e-waste Rules.
 Initiatives for e-waste management in the state of AP:
 Notices issued to all the major e-waste generators / producers,
major consumers / bulk consumers to send their e-waste to the
authorised recyclers only.
 The Board issued public notice on 12.07.2012 in leading daily
news papers.

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 COMMON EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANTS
There is one Common Effluent Treatment Plant operating in the
State at Parawada, Visakhapatnam:
 M/s. JN Pharmacity Ltd,(M/s.JNPL) Parawada, Visakhapatnam :
The CETP was established in 2006. The designed treatment capacity
of Industrial effluents is 5000 KLD ( LTDS effluents -3500KLD &
HTDS effluents -1500 KLD).
 CETP under construction:
Another CETP at IDA, Kondapalli, Krishna District is under
construction with an investment of Rs.6.5 Crores under financial
assistance from APIIC and MoEF, GoI to cater to small scale bulk
drug units in IDA, Kondapalli. Industries are contributing Rs.4.17
Crores.

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 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

• Government of India notified the Hazardous Wastes

(Management & Handling) Rules, 1989 under the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986 and amended in the year 2008.
• Any chemical waste exhibits characteristics like Ignitability,
Corrosivity, Reactivity and Toxicity is termed as Hazardous
Waste.
• APPCB grants authorisations to the occupier, operator of a
facility for collection, reception, treatment, transport, storage
and disposal of HW. The HW authorisation is being issued
along with CFO order.

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 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
• As per the Hazardous Waste inventory carried out in 2014, the
generation of hazardous waste from 1924 industries is as follows (
Per annum)
• Land fillable:1,37,271.20 TPA
• Recyclable:3,46,574.86 TPA
• Incinerable:75,088.06 TPA
• SCIENTIFIC DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
– Reuse / recycling
– Recovery of by products
– Co-Processing in cement plants
– Land filling
– Incineration

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 HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL

 M/s. Coastal Waste Management Project, Pharmacity, Parawada,

Visakhapatnam established, TSDF at Pharmacity in the year 2006.
Generation of secondary leachate was observed in the year 2008, which
indicated the failure of the landfill. Hence, it was stopped.

 M/s. CWMP established a new landfill in an area of 9.11 acres at Sy.No.

183, 53/P, Pharmacity and is in operation.

 The TSDF has received 3,20,266.225 tons of landfill waste from the
industries located in Visakhapatnam Zone upto December,2014.

 A common Hazardous Waste Incinerator was installed at Pharma City with a

capacity of 1.5 TPH for incineration of hazardous waste.

 The incinerator is under operation since July ‘08. It has received 16,947.747
tons of incinerable waste up to December,2014.

 Another TSDF is necessary for Vijayawada and Kurnool Zones due to

logistics
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 CO-PROCESSING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE

• Earlier, organic residues generated from Bulk Drugs &

Pharmaceuticals units were incinerated wasting the heat value of
the Hazardous waste.

• By opting Cleaner Production technologies the high calorific value of

HW are co-process in cement kilns and the fossil fuels being burnt
are saved.

• APPCB is encouraging co- processing in cement plants where the

waste is used as alternate fuel / energy source in cement plant.

 Quantity Of Hazardous Waste co-processed in 6 No. of. Cement

Plants– 15,474 Tons (upto December, 2014).

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 Ambient Air Quality Management Programmes
Project Total no. of
stations
National ambient air quality monitoring programme
25
(sponsored by CPCB - 50% of financial assistance)
State ambient air quality monitoring (State funds)
8

Continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations at

Visakhapatnam – 02, Vijayawada –01 & Tirupathi - 01 4
(Procured under 13th finance commission)
Continuous realtime noise monitoring stations
4
(sponsored by CPCB)

The air polluting industries provided online stack monitoring equipment for
the stacks (338 Nos.) and Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring stations
(126 Nos.) and connected to the web site of the Pollution Control Board. This
would help the Board to keep a watch on the status of air pollution of the
units.

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 Water Quality Management Programmes

Project Total no. of

stations
National water monitoring programme (sponsored
50
by CPCB (70% of financial assistance))
Bio monitoring of lakes and rivers under NWMP 26
Coastal Water Quality Monitoring along the coast
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of Andhra Pradesh under COMAPS project
Monitoring of Kolleru lake 20
Monitoring of lakes, rivers and canals during
Ganesh idol immersion every year as per Hon’ble 10 Towns and cities
High Court directions

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 Critically Polluted area

• Visakhapatnam Bowl area.

– The area between Yarada hill range in the south to
Simhachalam hill range in the north and sea on the
east and the present NH-5 in the west direction.
– A spoon shaped basin (bowl area) surrounded by hills
and sea.
– The bowl area is a major influencing factor in
impacting of environment of the city.
– Bowl shape is responsible for inversion conditions
especially in winter

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 Action plan submitted by the
Board

• Draft Action plan of APPCB submitted in

July’2010.
• The Steering Committee of CPCB, New Delhi on
CEPI reviewed the draft Action Plan and gave
certain suggestions / comments.
• APPCB prepared comprehensive action plan for
improvement of Environment of Visakhapatnam
and submitted in the Month of November-2010

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 Local area committee
• As per the suggestion of CPCB, the Board
constituted a local committee with the experts
and stake holders for monitoring the
implementation of action plan under CEPI
programme vide Proceedings dated 16/04/2011.
• The committee is regularly inspecting the
industries, and regularly reviewing the progress.
A.P. Pollution Control Board is stipulating
stringent standards to the industries located in
bowl area.

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 Online monitoring by APPCB
• A.P. Pollution control board has installed 2
continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring
(CAAQM) stations at GVMC and at
APPIC, Industrial estate, Kancharlapalem
within the bowl area.
• A.P. Pollution control board has installed 2
continuous online noise monitoring station
at Siripuram Junction in bowl area and the
other one at Zoo park.

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 COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION INDEX (CEPI) - 2012
• Visakhapatnam is placed in 40th place among 88
studied industrial clusters with a score of 70.82.

• The CEPI is based on many parameters such as

presence of large scale industries, density of population,
symptoms of exposure, pollution potential etc.,

• Action plan prepared to improve the environmental

status of Visakhapatnam by the Board in consultation
with stake holders.

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 INVESTMENTS MADE UNDER CEPI ACTION PLAN
Sl. No. Name of the industry Investment made for Investment made
treatment systems for up-gradation of
from 1999 – 2008 treatment systems
during 2009-2014
(in Crores) (in Crores)

1 M/s. Visakhapatnam Port Trust 134.00 1569.50

2 M/s. Essar Steels (India) Ltd., 26.50 19.20
3 M/s. Rain CII (Vizag) Ltd., 6.50 3.50
4 M/s. Andhra Petro Chemicals Ltd., 6.00 4.17
5 M/s. HPCL, Refinery 175.00 178.70
6 M/s. Coromandel International Ltd., 87.50 55.30
7 M/s. Hindustan Zinc Ltd., 16.00 14.66
TOTAL Rs.451.5 Cr 1845.03
Visakhapatnam has been lifted from the critically polluted areas as per the office
memorandum dt.17th September, 2013 of MoEF. The above industries have investing
about 1845.03 Crores during the period from 2009 to 2014 towards implementation
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 GREEN VISAKHA – PLANTATION PROGRAMME

• Initiative by the Parliamentary Standing Committee to plant 40

lakh saplings in 5 years in Visakhapatnam to combat the
pollution.
• First meeting held on Green Visakha on 08.11.2011.
• Stake holders are District Administration, APPCB, VUDA,
GVMC, Forest Department & Industries.
• Planting of 1,00,00 saplings by four public sector units in the 1st
phase (31.03.2012 ) was completed.
• Under Green Visakha plantation programme 40 major industries
are taking up plantation of which 9 industries are playing major
role covering about 80% of total plantation programme.
• So far, about 10 Lakhs nos. of saplings were planted in
Visakhapatnam.
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 Green Visakha - Plantation Programme

• Most of the plantation was damaged during

recent Hudhud Cyclone.
• The industries were directed to plant saplings
afresh so as to bring back green Visakha.
• About 2.6 Lakh plantations were planted by the
industries after Hudhud.

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 OUTCOME OF CEPI ACTION PLAN

• CEPI score came down from 70.82 to 52.31 by

2013 due to intervention of Board and
implementation of pollution control measures by
all major industries.

• MoE&F lifted moratorium vide memorandum

dated 17th September,2013.

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Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
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