GURGAON: Industrialists in Udyog Vihar are
seeking a revision of the new pollution control norms, which were announced
earlier this year. The pollution board’s new move to make consent-application
grant more convenient for the industry comes with a caveat of heavy penalty
slabs for defaulters. The issue was raised again at a seminar on pollution
control, organized for an interaction between industry owners and the senior
officials of the district pollution board.
“The
pollution norms need to be reviewed keeping with the changing technology and
the changing times,” said an industrialist from Udyog Vihar. According to the
new policy of the board, industry owners can now submit applications for their
annual consent-to-operate certificates on the department’s official website.
Under the new rules, those failing to meet deadlines might now be charged a
penalty of 50-100% extra on the original consent fee, which ranges from Rs
25,000 to Rs 1,50,000 annually.
“We have
urged the Haryana State Pollution Control Board to withdraw the penalty imposed
for late submission of applications. Lack of appropriate awareness might also
cause delay in some cases, and this needs to be addressed,” said a
representative of the Gurgaon Industrial Association, which had organized the
recent pollution seminar to get the community acquainted with the new rules.
The
pollution board has only recently launched its ‘online consent management and
monitoring system.’ According to the website, over 1600 industries from across
the region have registered with the new system, and around 384 consent
applications are pending for approval.
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