Ghaziabad: With winter approaching, in the district Pollution The control board has come up with a unique method to check air pollution in the industrial areas of Ghaziabad. The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has, in fact, asked all industrial units, especially in Sahibabad, to be embossed. nameplate On the chimneys of their factories so that polluting industries can be easily identified and punished.
Officials said residents living near industrial areas have in the past posted pictures of chimneys showing black smoke, but in many cases, factory The related could not be identified. However, with this new initiative, factories at fault can be identified, he said.
“There are around 350 polluting industries in 11 industrial areas of Ghaziabad, many of them around residential areas like Sahibabad. We have directed all industries to install nameplates on their chimneys,” said Utsav Sharma, regional officer of UPPCB. “This has been done because we often face problems in identifying polluting units even after receiving complaints with photographs.”
Industries have been directed to comply with the order of UPPCB by 30 September. “We will start inspection of industries from the first week of October and action will be taken against those who fail to comply,” Sharma said.
In a related development, the Ghaziabad District Magistrate convened a meeting of all stakeholders on September 20 against the backdrop of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order to check pollution in Kaushambi township in view of a petition filed by the local residents’ body. Get it done
Karva president Vinay Kumar Mittal told TOI, “A case is pending in the NGT and the Supreme Court on the issue of pollution in Kaushambi township. In August this year, the NGT had directed the Divisional Commissioner of Meerut to hold a meeting of all stakeholders to take cognizance of the unattended work and the meeting held on September 20 was convened as per the order of the Green Tribunal.
It was decided in the meeting that the traffic management plan prepared for Kaushambi settlement on the orders of Scheduled Castes would be implemented.
Officials said residents living near industrial areas have in the past posted pictures of chimneys showing black smoke, but in many cases, factory The related could not be identified. However, with this new initiative, factories at fault can be identified, he said.
“There are around 350 polluting industries in 11 industrial areas of Ghaziabad, many of them around residential areas like Sahibabad. We have directed all industries to install nameplates on their chimneys,” said Utsav Sharma, regional officer of UPPCB. “This has been done because we often face problems in identifying polluting units even after receiving complaints with photographs.”
Industries have been directed to comply with the order of UPPCB by 30 September. “We will start inspection of industries from the first week of October and action will be taken against those who fail to comply,” Sharma said.
In a related development, the Ghaziabad District Magistrate convened a meeting of all stakeholders on September 20 against the backdrop of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order to check pollution in Kaushambi township in view of a petition filed by the local residents’ body. Get it done
Karva president Vinay Kumar Mittal told TOI, “A case is pending in the NGT and the Supreme Court on the issue of pollution in Kaushambi township. In August this year, the NGT had directed the Divisional Commissioner of Meerut to hold a meeting of all stakeholders to take cognizance of the unattended work and the meeting held on September 20 was convened as per the order of the Green Tribunal.
It was decided in the meeting that the traffic management plan prepared for Kaushambi settlement on the orders of Scheduled Castes would be implemented.
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