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OFFICE MEMORANDUMSub: Conducting environmental awareness programmes by Regional Offices -reg

***For effective implementation of various Environmental Acts and Rules, creating awareness amongindustrialist, Schools children, NGOs Other Government organization !bodies and other stack holders, is amust and also one of the main activities of the Board. Conducting awareness programme on various aspects ofenvironment will create a platform to share opinion! suggestion/difficulties. Further, notification of amendment toRules and enhancement of new ActslRulesl necessitates the need of awareness.

In this connection, an action plan for environmental awareness for the year 2013-14 has been formulated whereinall the Regional Officers (except ROs of Blore city zone) will be carrying out 19 compulsory programmes(excluding Pari sara Mitra school prograwme) and target specific awareness programmes (ranging from 01 to07) depending on the predominant industrial clusters in their district. The list is enclosed as Annexure -I andAnnexure-Il respectively.

As ROs have already carried out awareness programmes upto 31.10.2013 (including deepavali festival) the. specific and compulsory programmes that they have to conduct starting from National Recycling week Nov

2013 to March.20 14 is given in Annexure-Ll & Annexure IIIA. Totally ROs have to carry out 584 compulsoryprogramme and 107 zone specific programmes from Nov 2013 to March 2014, as given in Annexure -IIIB.

Each RO shall abide with f he following guidelines while executing the awareness programme;

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1. Department of Information shall be contacted to ensure that the details of the programmes arepublished in -Iocal newspapers as news. Media shall be informed prior to the event.

2. Wide publicity shall be given so as to ensure maximum participation in the Districts.3. To involve Deputy Commissioner, CEO, ZP, District Science Centre, DDPI, DHO, DFO and other

important Depts Heads, prominent NGOs in the programmes.4. Premisesl buildings of Regional Offices, Government Depts, industrial associations, schools, colleges,

hospitals and other Institutions shall be utilised for conducting the programmes.5. Whenever technical experts are called for the programme, payment shall be made as per Board norms.6. Pamphlets, brochures, DVDs, available at Head Office shall be collected and used for the awareness

programmes7. Provisions ofKTTP Act shall be followed.8. TA bills ofROs shall be accompanied with the list ofprogrammes conducted.9. Submit the details of the programmes conducted to the respective RSEOs (including photographs)

and to Awareness Cell of Head Office before 5th of every month.10. Photographs in jpg format taken at the event, with a brief description shall be sent bye-mail to envf@

kspcb.gov.in, so as to publish the same in Parisara Vahini magazine.SANCTION ORDER

Sanction is hereby accorded for release of an amount of Rs10,0001- per programme to the RegionalOffices. Chief finance Officer shall release the amount to the Regional Offices as mentioned in AnnexureIIIB immediately. ROs shall abide by the above mentioned guidelines.

MEMBER SECRETARY

ANNEXURE-IAWARENESS PROGRAMMES PROPOSED FOR REGIONAL OFFICERS OF KSPCB

DATES PROGRAMMES

22.04.2013 World Earth Day

05.06.2013 World Environment Day

09.09.2013 Eco-friendly Ganesha Festival

16.09.2013 Ozone Layer Protection Day

02.11.2013 Eco-friendly Deepavali Festival

05.11.2013 to 11.11.2013 National Recycling Week-e-waste05.11.2013 to 11.11.2013 National Recycling Week-Plastic05.11.2013 to 11.11.2013 National Recycling Week-MSW05.11.2013 to 11.11.2013 National Recycling Week-HWM

05.11.2013 to 11.11.2013 National Recycling Week-Batteries

04.12.2013 Chemical Disaster Prevention Day

21.03.2014 World Forest Day

22.03.2014 World Water Day

Any day Cleaning of river, lake, water body

Any day Bio-medical waste management

Any day "Green" Jatha

Any day Stone crushers*

Any day Air Pollution Control

Any day Green Nurturing Prog (minimum05 industries to adopt minimum 05schools) -/

Parisara Mitra School programme is a compulsory programmeand is excluded as it is already started in 28 districts.

* Not applicable to ROs of Zone Bangalore city

Chief Environmental Officer

..ANNEXURE -II

SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES TO BE CONDUCTED FROM 1.11.2013 TO 31.3.2014REGIONAL SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES

OFFICEDavangere Sugar, Distilleries & Mandakki Battis

Chitradurga Vegetable Oil refineries

Shimoga Paper and Pulp, Foundry

Tumkur Rice Mills, Desiccated Coconut units

Mysore Pharma, sugar and distillery

Mandya Sugar, granite cutting and polishing

Chamarajanagara Granite cutting and polishing

Coorg Coffee pulping

Hassan Coffee pulping ,Granite cutting and polishing

Mangalore CRZ ,Pharma, Petro Chemicals, Preparation of Glucose by Maize

Udupi Fish processing, cashew kernel and boiled rice units

Karwar CRZ, cashew kernel and bulk storage terminal

Chikkamagalur Coffee Pulping

Bagalkot Granite cutting, Sugar

Bijapur Sugar, General Awareness in industrial Area

Belgaum-l Sugar, Distillery, Foundry

Chikkodi Sugar, Distillery

Dharwad Auto components, General Awareness in Industrial Area

Gadag Cotton ginning, General Awareness in Industrial Area

Haveri Cotton ginning, General awareness in Industrial area

Bidar Pharma

Koppal Sponge iron plants, Rice mills.Yadgir Rice mills ,'"

Bellary Sponge ircm.,plants, Rice mills, jean washing units, Mines

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ANNEXURE -II

SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES TO BE CONDUCTED FROM 1.11.2013 TO 31.3.2014REGIONAL SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES

OFFICE

Raichur Ph arm a, Rice mills, thermal power plant

Gulbarga Cement

Bangalore City- MSW segregation in apartments, complexes, and malls, STPs ,RainSouth water harvesting, Noise pollution controlBangalore City - MSW segregation in apartments, complexes, and malls, STPs, RainEast water harvesting, Noise pollution control

Bangalore City - MSW segregation in apartments, complexes, and malls, STPs ,RainWest water harvesting, Noise pollution control, ElectroplatingPeenya Electroplating, Awareness in Industrial Areas

Doddaballapura Textile Units, CETP

Nelamangala Landfillable HW and TSDF

Dasarahalli TGR catchment, STPs, electroplating

Yelahanka STPs

Anekal Granite cutting and polishing, Pharma

Bommanahalli STPs, General Awareness in Industrial Area

Rajarajeshwarinagara BWSSB, CETP, Granite cutting and polishing, general awarenessin industrial area

Sarjapura STPs, Ph arm a

Ramanagaram Granite cutting and polishing, Industrial solid waste, Silk reeling

Hoskote Granite cutting and polishing, eco-friendly awareness at BIAL

Mahadevapura STPs

Kolar Rice mills, granite cutting and polishing ,silk reeling, brick kilns,lead recyclers

Chikkaballapura Silk reeling, general awareness in industrial area.

Chief Environmental Officer