The State Assembly witnessed an uproarious scene as the Opposition members created a ruckus over the pollution in rivers for which the State Government could not issue proper solutions.
The issue was raised during the Question Hour. Though State Zoo Minister Shiv Pratap Yadav admitted in the House that the pollution in rivers has reached an extreme level and the Government was doing everything to contain it, he could not furnish details about the punishment for the offenders.He said that the Centre should intervene and do something to make Yamuna river pollution free.
BJP leader Satish Mahana alleged that Ganga river in Kanpur is not even fit for bathing and claimed that out of the total 500 industrial units in Kanpur and Unnao, 350 are emitting their untreated waste into the river.The BJP and the Congress staged a noisy walkout when the Minister could not give details of the punishment provision against violation of river pollution. later the Congress members trouped into the Well of the House over river pollution in West UP. Congress member Pankaj Kumar Mallik said that the industrial units are polluting the Hindon and other rivers.
Party leader Pradeep Mathur also alleged that industrial units are paying bribe to the officials to look other way as they pour their industries’ effluent directly into the river. However, the Minister claimed that 43 industrial units in Kanpur and Unnao area were forced to close down for polluting the rivers while 25 units were served with notices and 8 with showcause notices.