Punjab CM orders crackdown on polluting industrial units in the state
Punjab CM orders crackdown on polluting industrial units in the state
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday ordered a crackdown on polluting industries in the state, with stringent enforcement of the laws and regulations governing discharge of effluents into the rivers.
His government will not allow pollution to damage the health of the people of Punjab at any cost, whether in towns or villages, the Chief Minister asserted, issuing a series of directives to the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and other concerned agencies/departments to take stringent action against any violation of the law in this regard.
Chairing a high-level meeting to review the situation in the wake of the recent incident of leakage of molasses into the Beas river, the Chief Minister instructed PPCB to identify and take action against any industrial unit found discharging its untreated industrial waste into the rivers, thus causing pollution and health hazards to the citizens.
He directed the Board to keep a strict check on untreated inflow of industrial effluent in the rivers, especially at Buddah Nullah, Ludhiana, Kala Sanghean Drain Jalandhar, Patiala and Amritsar.
Attributing the Beas incident to an accident resulting from record production of cane in this sugar season, the Chief Minister said the Centre also needed to undertake an exercise to ensure that the right amount of cane is produced and sold to the mills for sugar production.
-PTC News
