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Chandigarh, July 6 - The Haryana State Pollution Control Board will organise "on the spot camps" in various parts of the State for faster and expeditious disposal of consent cases to provide greater relief to industrial units. This was revealed by Mr. Samir Mathur, Chairman of the Board. He stated that under this campaign, camps
were organized at the regional offices in Panchkula, Bahadurgarh, Panipat, Yamunanagar, Hisar, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh and Sonipat in June, 2006. He informed that 628 consent cases were disposed off in the presence of industrialists. He stated that earlier, the consent to industries was given every year. He stated that the units had to come to the Board's office for getting these clearance certificates for air and water pollution. But, he said, now consent was given in the regional offices for which due ublicity was arranged for. He stated that consent was given to non-polluting industries like textile industries sans washing activities for 10 years. He stated that consent was given for five years to less polluting industries like garment industries involving washing works. He further added that consent was also given to polluting industries like chemical industries for two years whereas to highly polluting industries, consent was given for one year. He stated that such a move of holding camps at the regional level was unprecedented. He also interacted with the representatives of industrial units and advised them to abide by all environmental laws and rules. Mr. Mathur revealed that 372 consents were granted
for more than one year for providing greater relief to industries. He stated that more "on the spot camps" would be organized in the month of October or November, 2006. Moreover, industrial units could get familiar with the new industrial policy of the State and also with that of the Environment Department in these interactive sessions. The Chairman informed that the camps would be followed by technical workshops for different categories of industries to be organized by specialist agencies like National Productivity Council, TERI and Punjab State Council for Science and Technology etc.