Non Enforcement of Environment Laws in India.

In India Environment Laws are not enforced in true spirit by the regulators namely Ministry of Environmetn and Forests Government of India, Central Pollution Control Board or State Pollution Control Boards constituted in various states of India. First of all the state pollution cotrol boards are not constituted as per Water Act or Air Act. The respective state governments did not issue the notification constituting the state pollution control (a statutory authority) in a rightful manner. The member constituting the board are in most of the cases are the higher officials of the state. The powerful post of the Chairman of the board is held up by the senior officers of the state government to have a direct control on the statutory authority. Secondly the other board members did not take real interst in the functioning of the board being not well versant with the environment laws. Thirdly the officials of the board are not properly qualified and strength of the employees are lesser than required. Fourthly the state pollution control board's are more busy in issuing consents to the industrialist rather than to monitor the industries on the standards issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests or Central Pollution Control Board. Fifthly the touts of the vested interested industrialists have a nexus with the officers and employees of the board. Penal action against the erring industries is farce. Public at large is ignorant. The public is not educated against the ill effects of water or air pollution. Money matters in enforcement of environment laws rather than preservation of the environment or protection of the environment.