FIRST PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ON GANGA WATER POLLUTION BASED ON RESEARCH FINDINGS OF PROF. B.D. TRIPATHI AND COMMITTEE CONSTITUTED BY HON'BLE HIGH COURT, ALLAHABAD

First Parliamentary question on Ganga Water Pollution

Parliament question–immediate/today-reply may kindly be sent through special messenger copy of telegramx 2355  2204 New Delhi & ste   112/113 the Vice-Chancellor Banaras Hindu University no. F. 11016/21/80-epc  kindly supply requisite information by 10th July positively to frame reply to loksabha question no. 1464 reproduced below (a) whether it is a fact that environment pollution compounded by the degrading quality of air, water and soil in and around Varanasi is posing a serious threat to public health and plants according to a survey conducted by a team of Banaras Hindu University scientist under the supervision of Dr. B.D. Tripathi. (b) Whether pollution of the Ganga has created a number of problems and (c) if so the steps which government proposed to take to prevent pollution of the Ganga at Varanasi (.) Works.

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Works–new delhi  refutels no f.11016/21/80-epc dated 7th and 15th july regarding parliament question on environmental pollution admitted for 21st july (.) Studies by team of BHU scientist under the supervision of Dr. B.D. Tripathi, Centre for Advanced Studies, Botany reveals quote damage to environment around Mugalsarai yard, Vasant paper mill, Manahar insecticide industries and Ramnagar glass works(.) Many fruit bearing trees as also timber severely affected (.) Indicating high level of particulate pollution (.) Gradient of improving vegetation away in areas not affected (.) Discharge of Vasant paper mill into the Ganga near Ramnagar with abnoxious smell causing inconvenience and toxicity to people and plant in the area (.) Discharging of effluent posing serious problem for river water uses of Varanasi(.) Needing extensive studies from pollution points as also to check discharge toxic material in river Ganga (.) Sewage and dirty water discharge from Assi to Rajghat areas of bathing activity generates pollution of Ganga water (.) Requiring proper care or management (.) Unquote suggestion by team quote construction of public lavatories at appropriate places avoiding fecal discharge electric crematoria treatment of sewage settling ponds gas generating unit unquote.

REGISTRAR BHU ,  12 JULY 1980

COMMITTEE CONSTITUTED BY HON'BLE  HIGH COURT, ALLAHABAD

Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India  has been directed by the Hon'ble High Court, Allahabad on 16.09.1998 to constitute the following Technical Experts Committee : Dr. P. Khanna, Director, NEERI, Nagpur Dr. S.C. Mudgal, Senior Advisor, MOEN, New Delhi Mr. S.K. Chawala, Chief Engineer (Ret.) CPWD, New Delhi Dr. G.D. Agrawal, Former Member Secretary, CPCB, N. Delhi Dr. B.D. Tripathi, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Shri M.C. Mehta, Advocate, New Delhi

ACHIEVEMENTS OF PROF. B D TRIPATHI

Awards and Honors

·        Nominated as Expert Member of  National Ground Water Advisory Council 2014

·       Nominated as Chairman of NGRBA-CPCB-BHU, Ganga Research Program, 2012.

·       Awarded with UGC-BSR Faculty Fellowship by the University Grant Commission, 2011.

·       Nominated as Expert Member of the National Ganga River Basin Authority, established under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, 2009.

·     Nominated as Expert Member of the State Ganga River Conservation Authority, established under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, 2010.

·     Appointed as Coordinator of the Centre For Environmental Science & Technology, Banaras Hindu University, 2006.

·        Appointed as Coordinator of the Environmental Science, Banaras Hindu University, 1999.

·        Paryavaran Mitra Puraskar, SNTM foundation by Hon’ble President of India, 1991.            

·        Bhagirath Puraskar by Ganga Sewa Samiti, 1999.

·        Kashi Gaurav Puraskar by SAAR Sansthan, 2005.

·        Ganga Bhakt Puraskar by Society for Science & Technology, Allahabad University, 2007.

·     Chief Guest Invited as Chief Guest /Guest of Honor/Chairman & Preside over the Inaugural functions of a number of National and International organizations.

Recognition Abroad:

·    Switzerland: UNEP’S Expert Member, Committee on “Energy and Environmental Policy for Developing Countries" (1983).

·    Austria: Chairman of "New Sewage Treatment Technology” session of Int. Cong. in Vienna (1989)

·        Germany: Delivered lecturer in the University of Kostanz (1989).

·        London:  Chairman (sectional), International Symposium on “Pesticide Pollution” (1992).

CiteAlert: Newly published article on Science Direct

B.D. Tripathi, tripathibd@gmail.com

1. Assessing the genotoxicity of urban air pollutants in Varanasi City using Tradescantia micronucleus (Trad-MCN) bioassay
2. Assessment of water quality of the Ganga river at Varanasi using Trophic Diatom and water quality indexes
3. Anticipated Performance Index of some tree species considered for green belt development in and around an urban area: A case study of Varanasi city, India
4. Phytoremediation of mercury and arsenic from tropical opencast coalmine effluent through naturally occurring aquatic macrophytes
5. Effect of ambient air sulphur dioxide on sulphate accumulation in plants
6. Concurrent removal and accumulation of heavy metals by the three aquatic macrophytes
7. Seasonal variation of leaf dust accumulation and pigment content in plant species exposed to urban particulates pollution
8. Concentrations of heavy metals and aquatic macrophytes of Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar an anthropogenic lake affected by coal mining effluent
9. Evaluation of traffic noise pollution and attitudes of exposed individuals in working place
10. Heavy metals in industrial wastewater, soil and vegetables in Lohta village, India
11. Management of hazardous road derived respirable particulates using magnetic properties of tree leaves
12. Magnetic mapping of fly-ash pollution and heavy metals from soil samples around a point source in a dry tropical environment
13. Assessment of atmospheric PAHs profile through Calotropis gigantea R.Br. leaves in the vicinity of an Indian coal-fired power plant
14. Biomonitoring seasonal variation of urban air polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using Ficus benghalensis leaves
15. Heavy metal pollution induced due to coal mining effluent on surrounding aquatic ecosystem and its management through naturally occurring aquatic macrophytes
16. Dust deposition in a sub-tropical opencast coalmine area, India
17. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals and two organochlorine pesticides (DDT and BHC) in crops irrigated with secondary treated waste water
18. Assessment of atmospheric PAHs profile through Calotropis gigantea R.Br. leaves in the vicinity of an Indian coal-fired power plant.
19. Heavy metal contamination of soil, and bioaccumulation in vegetables irrigated with treated waste water in the tropical city of Varanasi, India
20. Ecological investigation of the Ganges River using principal component analysis
21. Magnetic properties of vehicle-derived particulates and amelioration by Ficus infectoria: A keystone species
22. Polynomial regression model for COD-BOD of dairy effluent
23. Dynamics of traffic noise in a tropical city Varanasi and its abatement through vegetation
24. Biomonitoring trace-element levels in PM released from vehicles using leaves of Saraca indica and Lantana camara
25. Application of ozone based treatments of secondary effluents
26. Efficiency of combined process of ozone and bio-filtration in the treatment of secondary effluent
27. Distribution of vehicular pollutants in street canyons of Varanasi, India: A different case
28. Pollution tolerance and distribution pattern of plants in surrounding area of coal-fired industries
29. Seasonal and temporal variations in physico-chemical and bacteriological characteristics of river ganga in varanasi
30. Comparative assessment of Azolla pinnata and Vallisneria spiralis in Hg removal from G.B. Pant Sagar of Singrauli Industrial region, India
31. Utilization of fly ash in adsorption of heavy metals from wastewater
32. Dynamics of traffic noise in a tropical city Varanasi and its abatement through vegetation
33. Distribution of macrophytes and phytosociology of Hydrilla verticillata Casp. and Lemna minor Linn. in lotic and lentic aquatic ecosystems
34. Size fractionated speciation of nitrate and sulfate aerosols in a sub-tropical industrial environment
35. Principle and process of biofiltration of Cd, Cr, Co, Ni & Pb from tropical opencast coalmine effluent
36. Assessment of total suspended particulate matter-bound polychlorinated biphenyls in ambient air of a seasonally dry tropical urban-industrial area
37. Accumulation of cadmium and copper from aqueous solutions using Indian Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
38. Monitoring of vehicles derived particulates using magnetic properties of leaves
39. A case study of noise pollution in the city of Varanasi
40. Source Apportionment of Wastewater Pollutants Using Multivariate Analyses
41. Biofiltration of secondary treated municipal wastewater in a tropical city
42. Microbial contamination in vegetables due to irrigation with partially treated municipal wastewater in a tropical city
43. Evaluation of Anticipated Performance Index of some tree species for green belt development to mitigate traffic generated noise
44. Chemometric characterization of river water quality
45. Comparative study of various preparation methods of CuO-CeO catalysts for oxidation of n-hexane and iso-octane
46. Effect of aeration and mixed culture of Eichhornia crassipes and Salvinia natans on removal of wastewater pollutants
47. Chemometric characterization of river water quality.