CPCB Zonal Office in North Zone was first established at Kanpur in 1988 and was designated as Central Zone Office. The office was entrusted with the responsibility of co-ordination in the Central Zone covering the States of UP, MP and Rajasthan. After establishment of  Zonal Office at Bhopal in 1995-96, the office was redesigned as Zonal Office—North and the jurisdiction was re-defined to UP, Punjab, Haryana, HP, J&K and UT Chandigarh. Subsequently, when state of Uttranchal was created by splitting  UP State, CPCB Zonal Office – North Continued to maintain its jurisdiction over this newly created state. Uttranchal has now been renamed as Uttarakhand. The CPCB Zonal Office – North has since been shifted from Kanpur to its present location at Lucknow in September 2004.

CPCB Zonal Office  (North) has its jurisdiction over entire North India excluding Delhi, which is co-ordinated by  Head Office, Delhi. CPCB Zonal Office-North has the responsibility of co-ordination of activities of 6 States i.e. UP, Punjab, Haryana, HP, J&K , Uttarakhand and Union Teritorry, Chandigarh.   Project Office at Agra, also falls under jurisdiction of Zonal Office -Lucknow.

Important Activities:

• Pollution Assessment, Survey & Monitoring
• Pollution Control Enforcement
• Hazardous Waste Management
• Bio-medical Waste Management
• Laboratory Management and Testing
• Data Base Management
• Training & Mass Awareness Activities

Important Industries: The Industries in the North Zone are predominantly Agro based which include Sugar, Distillery and Paper.

The few areas which are selectively industrialized with particular type of industries are as follows: