Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

EE-3 Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Centre at PSCST
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Outlay - Rs. 8.00 lac
9.3.8 In order to disseminate information about the state’s environment to the
general public, the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India has initiated the
ENVIS Program in all states. An ENVIS centre has also been set up in Punjab State Council
for Science & Technology with the merger of two ENVIS nodes on state environment issues
and water resource issues functioning earlier. This centre is regularly collecting, compiling
and analyzing state specific environmental data for use by government departments, policy
makers, general public, researchers, teachers, students, etc. The information is regularly
uploaded on the centre’s website www.punenvis.nic.in, both in English & Punjabi. The
centre is also responding to international and national queries and regularly publishing
ENVIS newsletters and other publications. This information is being used by academicians,
journalists and general public. Awareness activities in form of workshops, seminars, lectures
are also being carried out from time to time. The Ministry of Environment & Forests is
presently providing major funds for the ENVIS centre. However, the state government is
required to partially support the centre as per MoU signed with Government of India.
9.3.9 An outlay of Rs. 2.00 lac is provided in 11th Five Year Plan. An expenditure of
Rs. 0.30 lac and Rs. 0.70 lac was incurred during 2007-08 and 2008-09 respectively. No
expenditure was incurred during 2009-10. Against an approved outlay of Rs. 2.00 lac
provided during 2010-11, an outlay of Rs. 8.00 lac is provided in the Annual Plan 2011-12.
EE-4 Cleaning of Budha Nallah
Outlay – Rs. 1.00 lac
9.3.10 Budha Nallah originates near Kumkalan and joins river Sutlej near village
Balipur Khurd. Thereafter, river Sutlej and river Beas join together at Harike lake, the water
of which is used for drinking purposes by southern-western districts of Punjab. The main
source of pollution in the Budha Nallah is industrial effluent of industries of Ludhiana and
domestic sewage discharged by Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana.
9.3.11 In order to control industrial pollution of small scale electroplating industries,
the Board has got commissioned CETP at focal point, Phase-VIII, Ludhiana, which collects
industrial effluents discharged by small scale electroplating industries for treatment. This
CETP is based on zero based discharge technology. The recovered water from RO plant is