 bill no 118 of  2011 the environment protection (amendment) bill, 2011by shri at nana patil, mpa billfurther to amend the environment protection act, 1986be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the environment protection (amendment) act, 2011short title and extent(2) it extends to the whole of india29 of 198652 after  chapter iii of the environment protection act, 1986, the following chapter and sections thereunder shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new chapter iiia "chapter  iiia safeguarding of rivers1017a notwithstanding anything contained in any other  act, or rule or order for the time being in force, no person shall carry on any industry or operation or work, which causes pollution in any form to a river within a distance of one hundred metres from any river:no person to carry on any industry or operation within one hundred metres from any riverprovided that water treatment plants may be set up by the central government or a state government as the case may be, for the purpose of supplying drinking water and for the purpose of treating sewage water before discharging it in the river517b notwithstanding anything contained in any other act, or rule or order for the time being in force, no person shall excavate sand from the riverbanks within a distance of fifty metres from the riverbankexplanation—for the purpose of this chapter, person includes a company registered under the companies act, 1956"1 of 1956no person to excavate sand within a distance of fifty metres from riverbank statement of objects and reasonsdespite enactment of the environment protection act, 1986, exploitation of our natural resources are on the rampant the pollution of rivers is on the rise already with the ever increasing population, we are unable to provide facilities like drinking water from the depleting water levels in the riversmoreover with the lifting of sand from riverbanks, rivers are losing their foreshore and erosion has been intensified therefore, a distance limit should be prescribed to prohibit handling of sand from the riverbanks in order to protect our natural resources and rivershence this billnew delhi;at nana patilnovember 9, 2011———— a billfurther to amend the environment protection act, 1986————(shri at nana patil, mp)gmgipmrnd—2871ls—(s3)—02-12-2011