Question : SHIP BREAKING AND HAZARDOUS WASTE

(a) whether various countries are dumping hazardous waste in India by sending ships for breaking;

(b) if so, the details of such cases noticed during the last three years and the current year;

(c) whether the present legal mechanism is sufficient to punish such offenders and to seek compensations;

(d) if so, the details thereof alongwith the action taken against such offenders during the last three years;

(e) if not, whether any strong regulatory mechanism is being comtemplated in this regard; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to overcome this menace?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI MUKUL ROY)

(a) to (f): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 94 BY SHRI CHAUDHARY LAL SINGH M.P. TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2011 REGARDING “SHIP BREAKING AND HAZARDOUS WASTE”

(a): No, Madam. The ships sent for ship recycling contain less than 1% hazardous waste of its weight.

(b): As stated above, ships coming for dismantling contain less than 1% of hazardous waste of its weight as shown below:

Year	No. of	Light Displacement	Hazardous waste	% of waste to	ships	Tonnage (LDT)	in MT	the weight of	the ship
2008-09	264	1944162	5027.84	0.25%
2009-10	348	2937802	5418.04	0.18%
2010-11	357	2816236	8215.31	0.29%
2011-12	217	1886274	2660.37	0.36%
(upto
October-2011)