Releases of June 5- World Environment Day

Chandigarh, June 5 - Haryana Government is considering a proposal to ban manufacture of coloured plastic bags in the state as a part of the number of steps being taken to keep environment free from pollution. In a message issued here today on the occasion of
World Environment Day, Chief Minister, Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the proposal to ban manufacture of plastic coloured bags aimed at saving degradation of land caused due to indiscriminate disposal of plastic carry bags, especially the coloured carry bags which were generally less than 20 microns as these were manufactured out of the waste plastic coming from wastes of hospital and other such areas. Mr Hooda urged the people to cooperate in keeping the environment free from pollution. He said that all
polluting industrial units have been persuaded by the Haryana Pollution Control Board to install pollution control devices and 6510 such devices have been installed by the end of last month. A financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh has been provided to Urban Development Department for installation of Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) for slaughter houses. The
farmers were being educated not to burn paddy straw in open field.

He said that Haryana State Pollution Control Board has been displaying the status of No Objection Certificate on its website for the benefit of the entrepreneurs. The Board has simplified the procedure for grant of consent or No objection Certificate and issuing consent for longer period ranging from two years to 10 years instead of one year earlier.
He said that powers to grant consent to operate have been decentralised. The Member Secretary of the Board could grant consent in case of 19 and six additional categories of industries having an investment of above Rs. one crore for plant and machinery and also for 17 categories having an investment of upto Rs. one crore. In case of small scale industries,Class 1 officers of Head office have been delegated similar powers. The new industrial policy of the State Government was being implemented by the Board so as to make itself industrial friendly.

The remote sensing study was being got conducted from Haryana Remote Sensing Application Centre, Hisar for mapping of Aravali hills area in Gurgaon and Faridabad
districts and river bed mining in Yamuna in Yamunanagar district. As many as 37 laboratories have been recognised to facilitate the industries in getting their samples of effluent and air emissions tested. Industries generating hazardous waste have been persuaded to form a society. They were in the process of installing common hazardous waste disposal facility at Faridabad. The financial assistance has been provided for installation of common effluent treatment plant at sector 37, Gurgaon for electoplating units shifted from non-confronting area to industrial area. All electroplating units
operating in residential area have been shifted to approved industrial area in Faridabad and Common Effluent Treatment Plant has been got installed. He said that small scale green category of industries which were not covered under policy notification of the Pollution Control Board dated July 24, 1998, were no longer required to obtain no
objection certificate from the Haryana State Pollution Control Board. The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Town and Country Planning Department, HUDA, Haryana Financial Corporation and Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation have been instructed not to insist on no
objection certificate of the Board while granting permission or license or connection to them. He said that 2850 eco clubs have been set up in schools to involve school children for creating awareness about pollution free environment.