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18. On 3rd of May, 1995, the Pandya Committee placed on record its Fourth Interim Report. This report was based on the survey conducted by the members of the Pandya Committee between 7-50 p.m. of 2nd May, 1995 and 2-30 a.m. of 3rd May, 1995. The said Committee, inter alia reported as follows:

1. The polluting effect of Industrial Effluents is noticed as depending upon quantity as well as quality of the Industrial Effluents.

2. Broadly stated, the Committee feels that it could be reasonably considered that greater the quantity of waste water discharge/discharge of industrial effluents of Industries engaged in the manufacture of dyes, and dyes intermediates and textile processing (Carbonising Units) and stainless steel rolling mills, greater could be the pollution potential of the concerned industry.

3. Mere carrying out of primary treatment of industrial effluents by units engaged in manufacture of product with a high degree of pollution potential - either quantitative or qualitatively - cannot result into effective or appreciable control of environmental pollution and could never result into the effluents even approximating to G.P.C.B. norms prescribed under law and despite such treatment the resultant environment hazards would continue.

4. Units engaged in the manufacture of products having a high degree of pollution potential in their untreated and undertreated effluents are units which would require in greater quantity water in its manufactural activities and the quantum of water consumption by such units could provide a rough and ready guide/inditia in determining pollution potential of the effluents of industrial undertaking.

5. Units engaged in manufacture of dyes and dyes intermediates, textile processing units (Carbonising), stainless steel rolling mills utilise water in high quantity and such units can be considered as having high degree of pollution potential requiring urgent attention.

6. In the manufacture of dyes and dyes intermediates, qualitatively pollution potential of industrial effluents is relatable to product manufactured some of which could be safely designated as highly pollution loaded.

7. Stainless steel sheet processing and textile units (with carbonisation) have qualitatively high pollution potential.

8. Industries engaged in manufacture of dyes and dyes intermediates and textile processing (carbonisation), S.S. rolling mills where pollution potential of the industrial effluents is of the high order, need water in large quantities at different stages of its processing and they may not find G.I.D.C. water supply adequate or economical and this has possibly been the cause of their having private bores to their water supply need.

Such industrial units call for stricter scrutiny and compliance in so far as pollution standards are concerned.