It appears then that environment is firmly on the agenda. The Supreme Court has helped nudge the process along by instituting in March 2004, a monitoring committee to look into the dumping of hazardous wastes in the Golden Corridor. The committee had noted that some industries were discharging their effluents through reverse boring and had suggested the urgent measures needed be clean up the area. Today, more than two years after the committee’s visit, there are some areas like Luna in Padra taluka of Vadodara district, and villages around the Ankleshwar and Vapi industrial estates, which continue to be highly polluted. But the difference today is that new laws, a more alert public, and the fear of the court have together nudged the administration to be more alert to such violations. Call it the environmental learning curve, Gujarat style.