Acting upon the findings of a high-level expert committee, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday issued shutdown orders to industries in Noida categorized as ‘highly polluting’. These industries have been operating without adhering to prescribed terms and conditions for keeping pollution levels within permissible limits. The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) said that around four industries would be affected by the order.
The tribunal ordered that polluting industries shall not operate till they comply with specified standards and bring down pollution levels to prescribed levels. The report compiled by the committee had been submitted to the tribunal in March.
The expert panel had inspected 35 industries from 3,239 operating in Noida with the approval of UPPCB. A number of units fall in the red category, as classified by the UPPCB, for causing maximum damage to the environment.
As per UPPCB, most industries found not complying with standards have upgraded their technologies and set up effluent treatment plants in working order following the inspections. “Other industries are following suit. Several industries have made fresh applications to the board for renewal of consent after upgrading their treatment systems,” said an UPPCB official.
The committee, after monitoring stack emissions and effluent treatment plants of several industries, had found that several of them had been flouting the standard parameters.
The tribunal has directed the UPPCB to monitor rest of the industries in Noida that fall under the red category, besides those classified under the orange category as well, and deal with them in accordance with law. The pollution control board has been directed to monitor red-category industries on a priority basis.
Tribunal orders closure of ‘highly’ polluting industries
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