Immediately after enactment of the first federal environmental regulation of the country, the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Government of West Bengal constiituted the West Bengal Prevention and Control of Water Pollution Board vide Notification No. PH/2395/2A-7/74 dated 20.09.1974. After introduction of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the Board constituted under the Water Act was given the responsibility to implement the provisions of the Air...