Environment · 26 Aug 2026

Jojari Bandi Luni river pollution

Consider the following statements regarding the Jojari-Bandi-Luni river contamination case:

  1. The Supreme Court's buffer-zone order bans construction within 100 metres and hazardous industrial activity within 500 metres of the high flood line of the affected rivers.
  2. The case originated as a suo motu writ petition titled "In Re: 2 Million Lives At Risk."
  3. The Jojari, Bandi and Luni rivers, at the centre of this contamination case, flow through Gujarat's textile industrial belt.
A1 only
B2 only
C1 and 2 only
D1, 2 and 3
This question is based on: The Buffer Zone Is Real. The Relocation Plan Isn't.
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About this question

Why in news

The buffer-zone order follows an August 4 direction asking Rajasthan to prepare a 20-point resolution plan for contamination across the Jojari, Bandi and Luni rivers, with the Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta noting that Pali's entire industrial area sits directly along the riverbank.

Why for UPSC

River-pollution litigation questions often hinge on precise numbers (buffer distances, affected population) and correct state/geography attribution - both are classic UPSC traps and this question checks whether the aspirant can separate the case's real facts from a plausible-sounding but wrong state attribution.

Prelims summary

The Supreme Court's suo motu case "In Re: 2 Million Lives At Risk" set a 100m construction buffer and 500m hazardous-industry buffer along Rajasthan's Jojari-Bandi-Luni rivers, whose contamination stems from untreated textile industry discharge in Jodhpur, Pali and Balotra.

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