Environmental Status of Rajasthan
Information for Study Visit of the Department - related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forest to Udaipur & Mount Abu from 28th June to 1st July, 2016 Central Pollution Control Board Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Government of India 1 Environmental Status of Rajasthan 1.0 General Rajasthan is the largest State in the country. The Aravali Range, running from northwest to southeast, divides the state diagonally into two distinct regions, the western arid region and the eastern semi-arid region. Over 61 percent of the State, mostly in the western part is desert. The State has only 1.1 percent of India’s total water resources as against 10.5% of the country’s geographical area and 5.5% of the country’s population. Except for the Chambal, the 13 other rivers of the State are non-perennial. Precipitation is scanty, and constitutes the only source of annually renewable water supply. As such, the State is prone to frequent droughts. Rajasthan has vast mineral reserves of metallic and non-metallic minerals such as zinc, lead, copper, limestone, marble, granite, gypsum, and also lignite, petroleum and natural gas reserves. The State industrial policies have progressively sought to exploit these resources by promoting mining and mineral- based industries. In the industrial sector, the small-scale industries have shown significant growth which includes primarily textile dyeing and printing, small mining leases, stone crushers, cement kilns, and agro-processing units. 2.0 Textile industries: Textile processing units are operating in clusters and contributing lot of wastewater. These units are located at Pali (approx 551 units), Balotra (approx 400 units), Jasol (approx 69 units), Bithuja (approx 214 units), Jaipur (approx 250 units), Jodhpur (approx 227 units), Bhilwara (approx 35 units) and Bhiwadi (approx 05 units).The wastewater generated from these units have been treated in the common effluent treatment facilities (CETPs).
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