Panel to suggest norms for effluent discharge

  • 30/10/2009

  • Tribune (New Delhi)

Ludhiana: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has included names of four members from the industry in the high-level committee constituted for fixing norms at inlet and outlet of common effluent treatment plants to be set up in Ludhiana. The committee members have been asked to submit their report by November 10 so that the work on the project could be started at the earliest. The CM had convened a meeting on the issue with senior officials of the Pollution Control Board, the Industries Department and representatives from the Ludhiana industry at Chandigarh yesterday. Chairman and president of Dyeing Associations of Ludhiana Tarun Jain Bawa and Ashok Makkar, respectively, CEO, Vardhman Spinning and General Mills, VK Goel and Rajat Sood have been included in the committee. The suggestions made by the committee members will be taken care of by the pollution control boards of the state and the Centre while deciding the norms on water discharge by the treatment plants. Committee member Ashok Makkar said many private companies from Delhi, Ahmedabad and Baroda were taking keen interest in installing the treatment plants in the city.