On the basis of the action taken report submitted by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has lifted the moratorium on new projects in Faridabad and Panipat towns. Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, Finance, Forest and Environment Minister, said the government had formulated a policy for shifting potentially polluting textile or dyeing units from non-conforming areas to the approved Industrial Estate in Sector-29, Part-II, at Panipat. A common effluent treatment plant had been set up for the treatment of industrial effluent generated from these textile or dyeing units. The board was taking strict action such as closure of units that were not conforming to the standards. He said that the HSPCB was conducting regular monitoring of polluting industries by inspection of pollution control devices installed by these units and also monitoring the operation of sewage treatment plants and common effluent treatment plants set up by Public Health Engineering Department, HUDA and the HSIIDC. He said that 17 categories of highly polluting industries had been directed to set up continuous online stack monitoring stations to ensure compliance of standards on air emissions. Continuous online monitoring stations would also be set up at inter-state points of Yamuna river at Palla village and Badarpur to ascertain the level of pollution in the river on a continuous basis. He said that an integrated municipal solid waste mManagement facility had already been set up for treatment and safe disposal of municipal solid waste at Bandhwari village for Gurgaon and Faridabad towns. A common Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal facility (TSDF) had already been set up at Pali village, Faridabad, for scientific disposal of hazardous waste generated from various industries. Individual effluent treatment plants and air pollution control devices had also been got installed at all polluting industries of Faridabad and Panipat towns to ensure compliance of the standards and stringent action was being taken against the defaulting units. Three integrated solid waste management sites were under execution for Rohtak, Karnal, Indri or Ghraunda and Yamunanagar or Jagadhri. The Centre was providing help under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission and the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for small and medium towns