Close to 6,000 green crimes reported in 2014

The Economic Times , Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Correspondent : Vishwa Mohan
NEW DELHI: India had reported over 5,800 environment related crimes last year with maximum over 83% of it being recorded for violation of the Forest Act, 1927 where the offenders were booked for illegally cutting trees in forest areas and transiting forest produce without required permission.

The figures of environment related crimes in the country, compiled for the first time by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of the home ministry, reveal that over 8,600 persons were arrested in connection with alleged violation of all these environment related laws in 2014.

The laws which come under the category include Forest Act 1927, Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Environment (Protection) Act 1986, Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1981 and the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1974.

As the NCRB found the highest number of violation in the case of Forest Act 1927, the maximum number of arrests (7,038) too was made under this law. Though the Bureau's report remains silent on the status of these arrests, it is believed that most of them could get bail under the existing provisions of these laws.

The NCRB, which compiled these data for the year 2014 after getting relevant information from all the states and Union Territories, figures show that 1,349 persons were arrested for allegedly violating the Wildlife Protection Act, 134 persons under the Environment (Protection) Act, 125 under air pollution act and 38 under the water pollution act.

As far as number of incidents is concerned, the maximum 4,901 cases were reported under the Forest Act followed by 770 under Wildlife Protection Act, 101 under Environment (Protection) Act, 48 under air pollution law and 15 under the Water Pollution Act.

State-wise, Rajasthan with 2,927 cases topped the list of reporting environment related offences followed by 1,597 cases by Uttar Pradesh, 249 by Karnataka, 150 by Himachal Pradesh and 148 by Jharkhand.

Similarly, the maximum 3,320 persons were arrested in Rajasthan for violating environment related cases followed by 3,281 in Uttar Pradesh, 393 in Karnataka, 287 in Jharkhand and 238 in Himachal Pradesh.

 
SOURCE : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/environment/flora-fauna/close-to-6000-green-crimes-reported-in-2014/articleshow/48535374.cms?prtpage=1
 


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