LUDHIANA: Environment minister OP Soni on Tuesday held a meeting with the town businessmen including, representatives of dyeing devices and set a closing date of two-month for them to strictly adhere to the all laws.
The representatives of Ludhiana Dyeing Industries Association asked Soni to waive off hire hire of land for not unusual effluent treatment plant (CETP) and likewise discussed other problems with him. They additionally discussed the roadblocks in the final touch of CETP initiatives and the probable answers for final touch of those initiatives. Speaking over the issue, Soni said,"Punjab government is committed to starting three common effluent treatment plants in Ludhiana at the earliest. Government has already provided its share of funds but the union government is yet to contribute its share. However, with the Punjab government’s share and the industrialists’ financial assistance, the maximum part of installation work has been completed."
The minister additionally ordered to represent a committee for conducting detailed probe over the digging of sand on the places the place vegetation are being installed.
Meanwhile, warning businessmen on their failure in gratifying environmental norms, Soni said,"Industry is the backbone of development in the Punjab but we will not tolerate any kind of environmental pollution by industrial units. Either many dyeing units have not installed water treatment plants or plants are not working in their premises due to which the industrial effluents and untreated water are being discharged into Buddha Nullah which is causing serious health ailments. We will not tolerate this kind of carelessness and strict action will be taken against the industrial units which do not care about environment."
Soni set a closing date of two-month for them to strictly adhere to the all laws.
Soni additionally pulled up officials of Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and urged them to in my opinion talk over with each dyeing unit situated in the town and ensure whether or not or now not they are following all the mandatory norms. Minister additionally gave a free hand to PPCB officials to care for the devices which might be discharging their effluents into the water our bodies including Buddha Nullah.
Later talking with media individuals, Soni instructed that the government is giving topmost priority to making sure the clean surroundings and leaving no stone unturned to minimizing each and every type of the pollution in Punjab. He hoped to overtake all the machine in subsequent six months.
Prominent among others provide on the occasion included Punjab Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, MLAs Rakesh Panday, Surinder Kumar Dawar, Sanjay Talwar, Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu, Senior Deputy Mayor Sham Sunder Malhotra, PPCB Chairman Kahan Singh Pannu, Deputy Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal, Police Commissioner Sukhchain Singh Gill, MC Commissioner Jaskaran Singh.
The representatives of Ludhiana Dyeing Industries Association asked Soni to waive off hire hire of land for not unusual effluent treatment plant (CETP) and likewise discussed other problems with him. They additionally discussed the roadblocks in the final touch of CETP initiatives and the probable answers for final touch of those initiatives. Speaking over the issue, Soni said,"Punjab government is committed to starting three common effluent treatment plants in Ludhiana at the earliest. Government has already provided its share of funds but the union government is yet to contribute its share. However, with the Punjab government’s share and the industrialists’ financial assistance, the maximum part of installation work has been completed."
The minister additionally ordered to represent a committee for conducting detailed probe over the digging of sand on the places the place vegetation are being installed.
Meanwhile, warning businessmen on their failure in gratifying environmental norms, Soni said,"Industry is the backbone of development in the Punjab but we will not tolerate any kind of environmental pollution by industrial units. Either many dyeing units have not installed water treatment plants or plants are not working in their premises due to which the industrial effluents and untreated water are being discharged into Buddha Nullah which is causing serious health ailments. We will not tolerate this kind of carelessness and strict action will be taken against the industrial units which do not care about environment."
Soni set a closing date of two-month for them to strictly adhere to the all laws.
Soni additionally pulled up officials of Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and urged them to in my opinion talk over with each dyeing unit situated in the town and ensure whether or not or now not they are following all the mandatory norms. Minister additionally gave a free hand to PPCB officials to care for the devices which might be discharging their effluents into the water our bodies including Buddha Nullah.
Later talking with media individuals, Soni instructed that the government is giving topmost priority to making sure the clean surroundings and leaving no stone unturned to minimizing each and every type of the pollution in Punjab. He hoped to overtake all the machine in subsequent six months.
Prominent among others provide on the occasion included Punjab Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, MLAs Rakesh Panday, Surinder Kumar Dawar, Sanjay Talwar, Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu, Senior Deputy Mayor Sham Sunder Malhotra, PPCB Chairman Kahan Singh Pannu, Deputy Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal, Police Commissioner Sukhchain Singh Gill, MC Commissioner Jaskaran Singh.
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