Comprehensive environmental pollution abatement action plan: Vapi industrial cluster - Gujarat
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and other institutes formulated the concept for Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) and has analyzed the environmental status of industrial clusters which were identified in consultation with Ministry of Environment and Forests for CEPI analysis. These clusters have been classified as very critically polluted having CEPI score above 80, critically polluted having CEPI score above 70. Vapi GIDC industrial cluster, Vapi, Dist: Valsad, Gujarat is having overall CEPI as 88.09 which is very critically polluted CEPI score. This has created a need for detailed study for the critically polluted industrial cluster of Vapi, Dist: Valsad, Gujarat in terms of extent of damage and formulation of appropriate remedial action plan enabling abatement of pollution and restoring the environmental quality of this cluster. Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has prepared this report keeping in view the Terms of Reference (TOR) given by CPCB.