Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986 is an Umbrella legislation. Define ‘ Environment’ and
‘Environmental Pollution’ under the Act.
Environment-
The word Environment may be defined as “the physicobiological word that we live
in”. The Human Environment includes building, plants, climate and the land
itself. The term ‘Environment’ is defined under Section 2(a) of the Environment
Protection Act, 1986 as follows-
The words Environment means water, air and land and
the interrelationship which exists among and between water, air and land, and
human being, others living creatures, plants, micro organism and property.
The Act is intended to take appropriate steps for
the protection and improvement of human environment and to prevent hazard to
human being, others living creatures plants and property. It consider as well,
the decline in the Environment Quality which has been evidenced by the
increasing pollution, loss of vegetal cover and biological diversity, excessive
concentration and in food chains, growing risks of environmental accident and
threats to life support system.
The existing law deals with several environmental
matters either directly or indirectly. These existing law generally deals with
specific types of pollution or on specific categories of hazardous substances.
Thus it is intended to have a general legislation for environment protection.
Hence the Parliament has enacted the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
Scope
of the Definition: Under Section 2(a) of the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986 the Act has given a wide meaning to the term
‘Environment’. Industrial pollution has been disturbing the ecological balance.
Industrial effluents, flames and fumes have polluted the air. Thus the
industrial society progressing by leaps
and bond to material wealth has hurt the environment. It is almost to a point
of no return. In the above circumstances, if life on our planet has to its
pristine purity. Further to prevent and control water pollution for human
existence the Parliament has passed the water (Prevention and control of
Pollution) Act 1974. The Act imposes a duty on every person to take steps to
prevent or mitigate the environment pollution.
Environmental
Pollution: A Central Act was enacted in the year 1986 to
provide for the protection and improvement of environment and for matter
connected therewith. Section 2 (c) of the Environment (Protection) Act 1986
define the term ‘Environmental Pollution’ as follows:
‘Environmental Pollution’ means the presence in
environment of any Environmental Pollution.
Thus to understand the concept, we must read
definition of environment and environmental pollution together, as defined
under the above Act.
According to Section 2(a) of the Act, the term
Environment includes water, air, land and human beings, others living creatures,
plants, micro-organism and property.
According to Section 2(b) ‘Environmental Pollution’
means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance prevent in such concentration as
may be, or tend to be, injurious to Environment.
Thus, in regard to the worldwide pollution the
following ten kinds of pollutions are regarded as the major polllutants;
Carbon-dioxide;
D.D.T;
Lead;
Carbon monoxide;
Sulphur dioxide;
Oil;
Oxide of nitrogen;
Radiation;
Mercury and
Phosphate.
Effects
of Pollution: There are different types of pollution
such as air pollution, water pollution, land pollution, noise pollution and
radio-active pollution. Any kind of pollution ultimately, causes damages to the
natural composition of substance in the natural Environment and creates
troubles for the survivals of the living beings and also their properties.
Pollution generally interferes with the foods chain, carbon cycles, oxygen
cycles, hydrogen cycles and nitrogen cycles and causes damages to animals,
plants and other living beings and their environment.
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