Continuing with its raids, the Punjab Pollution
Control Board (PPCB) raided half a dozen industrial/dyeing units on
Tajpur Road, Ludhiana, on Sunday.
During the raids, authorities found that two
dyeing units were violating the pollution control norms by burning
unauthorised fuel. The process for taking action against the erring
units has been initiated.
Giving details here yesterday, the PPCB Member
Secretary, Dr Babu Ram, said that acting on a tip-off, three teams
headed by the board officials from various parts of Punjab were
dispatched to Ludhiana. “In private vehicles, the teams conducted
checking of the dyeing units on Tajpur Road and found that two dyeing
units, Punjab Dyeing and RS Dyeing, were flouting the pollution norms
by using unauthorised fuel in their boiler furnaces,” he said.
Dr Ram said strict action had been initiated
against the erring units under the Air Act 1981, as various gases
emitted by the industries were very harmful for health.
“The board has to follow a procedure before
closing the units. Hence, the units will be closed but it will take a
few days,” senior officials of PPCB said.
Dr Ram further
said that during the past few weeks, they had initiated strict action
against the industrial units of
Ludhiana
violating the pollution norms pertaining to the Water Act 1974 and Air
Act 1981. “Board Chairman Rajat Agarwal and the Punjab government are
very serious to make the environment clean and green and hence raids
are being conducted to ensure that industrial units flouting pollution
norms are taken to task,” he added.
