Send applications to obtain consent to establish operate by March 10 DPCC to industries
New Delhi Feb 19 PTI The Delhi Pollution Control Committee DPCC has said industrial units are required to obtain consent to establish and operate in the city under laws to tackle water and air pollution and sought applications by March 10 with a warning that violators will face punitive actions In a public notice issued in newspapers on Saturday the DPCC said violation of the norms could entail effective closure of a unit or disconnection of electricity and water supplies to it In the notice it has said that no person without its prior consent shall establish or take steps to establish any industrial unit or disposal system thereof which is likely to discharge effluent into a stream or on land The entire Union Territory of Delhi has been declared as an air pollution control area vide notification dated 20021987 it said It is a mandatory provision under a section of the Air Prevention and Control of Pollution Act 1981 that no person without the prior consent of DPCC shall establish any unit in any air pollution control area the notice said It is also a mandatory provision under a section of the Water Prevention and Control of Pollution Act 1974 that no person without the prior consent of DPCC shall establish any industrial unit or disposal system thereof which is likely to discharge sewage or effluent into a stream or on land the notice added The DPCC in its notice said all units operating in Delhi are required to obtain consent to establish and consent to operate under these laws By way of the public notice all industrial units are hereby directed to comply with the provisions of the two acts and submit the application for consent to establish and consent to operate via an online portal by March 10 2022 The notice be treated as opportunity of being heard In case of violation penal action including effective closure of the unit disconnection of electricity and water supply to the unit as per the provisions of the above said acts will be initiated without any further reference it said PTI KND SMN SMN
New Delhi Feb 19 PTI The Delhi Pollution Control Committee DPCC has said industrial units are required to obtain consent to establish and operate in the city under laws to tackle water and air pollution and sought applications by March 10 with a warning that violators will face punitive actions In a public notice issued in newspapers on Saturday the DPCC said violation of the norms could entail effective closure of a unit or disconnection of electricity and water supplies to it In the notice it has said that no person without its prior consent shall establish or take steps to establish any industrial unit or disposal system thereof which is likely to discharge effluent into a stream or on land The entire Union Territory of Delhi has been declared as an air pollution control area vide notification dated 20021987 it said It is a mandatory provision under a section of the Air Prevention and Control of Pollution Act 1981 that no person without the prior consent of DPCC shall establish any unit in any air pollution control area the notice said It is also a mandatory provision under a section of the Water Prevention and Control of Pollution Act 1974 that no person without the prior consent of DPCC shall establish any industrial unit or disposal system thereof which is likely to discharge sewage or effluent into a stream or on land the notice added The DPCC in its notice said all units operating in Delhi are required to obtain consent to establish and consent to operate under these laws By way of the public notice all industrial units are hereby directed to comply with the provisions of the two acts and submit the application for consent to establish and consent to operate via an online portal by March 10 2022 The notice be treated as opportunity of being heard In case of violation penal action including effective closure of the unit disconnection of electricity and water supply to the unit as per the provisions of the above said acts will be initiated without any further reference it said PTI KND SMN SMN
