The industry is a potential source of Environmental Pollution. The toxic effluent and emissions released from the industries may have irreversible effect on the ecological balance. Due to lack of proper zoning the industries are set up in an unplanned manner. The haphazard and unplanned growth of industries may enhance the risk to the environment.

For economic growth the industry plays an important role in a country. We need industry to come up but in a planned way. Proper planning and zoning of siting of industries will also act as a strong pollution control instrument.

The Central Pollution Control Board and State Pollution Control Boards have endeavoured to provide guidelines on environmentally suitable zones for industrial development. By this the entrepreneur will also be benefited to choose a proper site for the industry.

The preparation of Zoning Atlas for siting of Industries during 1995 with preparation of guidelines for siting of Industries based on environmental considerations.

The Pollution Control Board, Assam has prepared the Zoning Atlas for the districts of Kamrup and Goalpara and the reports are publication. During this year, the Board has taken up the preparation of Zoning Atlas for the Sibsagar, Golaghat and Dibrugarh districts.

The "Industrial Estate Planning" for the State of Assam has been entrusted to " National Environmental Engineering Research Institute", Nagpur.

Why Zoning Atlas is necessary ?

The Zoning Atlas is necessary for siting of industrial zones, classifying the environment in a district, and presenting the pollution reviving potential of various sites in the district. It helps to select alternative sites for siting up industries.


Objective ::

to zone and classify the environment of a district. To identify location of siting of industries. To identify industries suitable to the identified sites.

Maps prepared::

A. General

base map covering features like settlement, roads, rivers, railway lines, etc. Village reference map Physiography map Drainage map Irrigation map Land use map Agriculture use and capability map Industry map Soil map Location of existing industry map

B. Sensitive Zone Map

C. Related to Air

Air Quality map Aerial Sensitivity map Dispersion sensitivity map Air Pollution Sensitivity map Risk due to siting of Air Polluting Industries map