Haryana pollution board for action against officials of industries' corporation

Panipat, January 13

The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has recommended action against the erring officials of Haryana State Industries Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) for their alleged connivance with industrialists in the discharge of untreated industrial effluents from the storm water lines by bypassing the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) in the industrial zone at Barhi in Sonepat.

Legal action will be initiated

A letter had been written to the Industries Department, Haryana, to initiate departmental action against the erring officials of the HSIIDC at Barhi for violating pollution norms. Besides, legal action will be initiated into the matter accordingly. — S Narayanan, Member Secretary, HSPCB

A joint committee of the River Yamuna Monitoring Committee (RYMC), along with a team of the State Environment Surveillance Task Force (SESTF), had conducted a raid in the Haryana State Industries Infrastructure Development Corporation industrial zone at Barhi on January 4 and found the pollution norms’ violations.

The River Yamuna Monitoring Committee members had also submitted a detailed report into the matter, while the Sonepat regional officer of the HSPCB had also sent the facts to the HSPCB headquarters.

The HSPCB, in a letter to the PS, Industries Department, had mentioned that a team of the National Mission of Clean Ganga (NMCG) had also pointed out the improper working of the common effluent treatment plant at Barhi.