ETEN Enlightens -Daily Current Capsules (Prelims Prep. Prominence) 17 th September 2018 Environment More river stretches are now critically polluted: CPCB What The number of polluted stretches in India’s rivers has increased to 351 from 302 two years ago The number of critically polluted stretches — where water quality indicators are the poorest — has gone up to 45 from 34, according to an assessment by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The CPCB says several of the river’s stretches — in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh — are actually far less polluted than many rivers in Maharashtra, Assam and Gujarat.
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ETEN Enlightens -Daily Current Capsules (Prelims Prep. Prominence) 17th September 2018
Environment More river stretches are now critically polluted: CPCB
What
The number of polluted stretches in India’s rivers has increased to 351
from 302 two years ago
The number of critically polluted stretches — where water quality
indicators are the poorest — has gone up to 45 from 34, according to an
assessment by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
The CPCB says several of the river’s stretches — in Bihar and Uttar
Pradesh — are actually far less polluted than many rivers in Maharashtra,
Assam and Gujarat.
These three States account for 117 of the 351 polluted river stretches.
Based on the recommendations of the National Green Tribunal, the
CPCB last month apprised the States of the extent of pollution in their
rivers.
Mithi among the worst
The most significant stretches of pollution highlighted by the CPCB
assessment (which is yet to be published) include the
Mithi river — from Powai to Dharavi — with a BOD (Biochemical
Oxygen Demand) of 250 mg/l,
The Godavari — from Someshwar to Rahed — with a BOD of 5.0-80
mg/L
The Sabarmati — Kheroj to Vautha — with a BOD from 4.0-147 mg/l
The Hindon — Saharanpur to Ghaziabad — with a BOD of 48-120 mg/l.
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
The CPCB, since the 1990s, has a programme to monitor the quality of
rivers primarily by measuring BOD, which is a proxy for organic
pollution — the higher it is, the worse the river.
The health of a river and the efficacy of water treatment measures by the
States and municipal bodies are classified depending on BOD, with a
BOD greater than or equal to 30 mg/l termed ‘priority 1,’ while that
between 3.1-6 mg/l is ‘priority 5.’
The CPCB considers a BOD less than 3 mg/l an indicator of a healthy
river.
State Specific U.P. to launch first-ever dial-FIR
WHAT
The Uttar Pradesh Police are set to launch a first of its kind dial-FIR
scheme in the country where a common man can register regular crimes
without going to a police station even as it is preparing an online
photographic dossier of criminals that will be provided to policemen on
22,000 new i-pads.
The Uttar Pradesh Police is also expanding the counter-terror combat and
response grid in the State by training over 100 fresh commandos in
special skills including a maiden batch of women personnel
The aim is to enhance the strength of the ATS both qualitatively and
quantitatively, he said.
The state is soon going to start an e-FIR or dial-FIR scheme in the state.
Ease of doing it online
All the small paper application-based things like getting domestic help
verification, lost and found complaint, obtaining permission for taking
out a procession, getting character certificate from police...a total of 22
domains of police permissions can be obtained from home online,
without the citizen coming to the police station, he said.
Online dossier of criminals
To combat crime, an online dossier of criminals in the state has also been
prepared
The investigating officers in various districts of the state will be given
22,000 new i-pads soon on which we have fed a dossier of over 1-lakh
small and big criminals.
Once they reach a crime spot they will show photos of the probable
suspects of the area and other places, based on initial leads.
This dossier would help in solving a case fast as the suspects can be
identified quickly
U.P. is the only second state to prepare such a localised online criminal