Saturday, June 11, 2011
LAHORE
The Punjab government has allocated Rs 350 million for the annual budget 2011-12 of Environment Protection Department (EPD) and this amount is almost equal to the previous year’s budget.
This year the EPD budget was not slashed by the Punjab government like the previous years. In 2008-09 the annual development budget for environmental protection was Rs 1 billion, and in 2009-10 the development budget was cut down to Rs 500 million.
The allocation of Rs 350 million for the year 2011-12 included Rs 274 million for new schemes while Rs 76 million for the ongoing schemes. This year, the government’s vision is promotion and attainment of sustainable development in the province through integration of economic and environmental considerations.
The new environmental policy envisaged implementation of Pakistan Environmental Protection Act (PEPA 1997), promotion of environmental awareness among the masses, implementation of National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS), promotion of research and development in pollution prevention and environmental improvement, monitoring of the quality of industrial effluents and municipal wastes, encouragement of sustainable development, provision of information on environment-friendly technologies, launch of campaigns against smoke-emitting and noise-making vehicles, review of IEE/EIA and issuance of environmental approvals, collaboration with NGOs/CBOs for undertaking environment related projects and coordination with federal government and other provinces on environmental issues, policies and laws. Under the strategic interventions, the government has planned to establish regulatory control on environmental pollution through capacity building of EPA, Punjab, imparting environmental sustainability through capacity building of provincial departments in environmental management by training in various areas and taking grassroots initiatives through community based environmental improvement programme and introduction of environment-friendly indigenous technologies for various small and medium enterprises in Punjab.
The Punjab government has allocated Rs 350 million for the annual budget 2011-12 of Environment Protection Department (EPD) and this amount is almost equal to the previous year’s budget.
This year the EPD budget was not slashed by the Punjab government like the previous years. In 2008-09 the annual development budget for environmental protection was Rs 1 billion, and in 2009-10 the development budget was cut down to Rs 500 million.
The allocation of Rs 350 million for the year 2011-12 included Rs 274 million for new schemes while Rs 76 million for the ongoing schemes. This year, the government’s vision is promotion and attainment of sustainable development in the province through integration of economic and environmental considerations.
The new environmental policy envisaged implementation of Pakistan Environmental Protection Act (PEPA 1997), promotion of environmental awareness among the masses, implementation of National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS), promotion of research and development in pollution prevention and environmental improvement, monitoring of the quality of industrial effluents and municipal wastes, encouragement of sustainable development, provision of information on environment-friendly technologies, launch of campaigns against smoke-emitting and noise-making vehicles, review of IEE/EIA and issuance of environmental approvals, collaboration with NGOs/CBOs for undertaking environment related projects and coordination with federal government and other provinces on environmental issues, policies and laws. Under the strategic interventions, the government has planned to establish regulatory control on environmental pollution through capacity building of EPA, Punjab, imparting environmental sustainability through capacity building of provincial departments in environmental management by training in various areas and taking grassroots initiatives through community based environmental improvement programme and introduction of environment-friendly indigenous technologies for various small and medium enterprises in Punjab.
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