West Bengal tops list in sites contaminated by toxic substances

Relevance: Prelims: Governance: Health

There are 128 sites in India contaminated by toxic and hazardous substances, according to a March update by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Key highlights:

• West Bengal led the list with 27 sites followed by Odisha at 23.

• Including those, there are 324 sites that may be contaminated, with 196 still awaiting an investigation and confirmation.

• The Union Environment Ministry has been monitoring — and has begun to commission clean-up jobs — at sites known to be contaminated.

• Twenty sites in 6 States have seen agencies prepare a detailed project reports, or a plan of action, to clean up sites.

Types of contamination:

• These incidents include oil contamination due to

• leakage of underground oil pipelines of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited in Tamil Nadu,

• pesticide and heavy metal contamination in creeks at Eloor, Kerala,

• chromium contamination at Rania, improperly disposed electronic waste lying on the banks of river Ramganga, Moradabad;

• mercury contamination of the soil at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, and Ganjam, Odisha, and

• chromium contamination at Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, and Lohianagar, Uttar Pradesh.

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