Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has decided to install web cameras in highly polluting industrial units to control pollution. The project, which is being coordinated by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), will be implemented in distilleries on a pilot basis and extended to other industries later, official sources said. A senior official said these cameras would be connected to the website of the board for monitoring the quality of effluents discharged by these units. Besides, HSPCB teams would make surprise checks on industrial units and collect samples to ensure that these complied with the pollution norm Officials stated the government was encouraging the industry to install the common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) in various industrial estates. Till now, the CETPs had been installed at Panipat, Kundli, Manesar, Barhi, Murthal, Rai, Jind, Faridabad, Gurgaon and Ambala. Meanwhile, the board has come out with a scheme for the sewage treatment plant (STP) to be installed in smaller towns through the Public Health Engineering Department. A sum of Rs 3 crore out of Rs 6 crore earmarked under this scheme had already been released to the department. Last year, the HSPCB went into an overdrive and ordered the closure of 286 industrial units not conforming to environmental protection norms. Besides, prosecution proceedings were launched against 30 defaulting units in special environment courts. A study conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) through the Delhi IIT found 43 industrial clusters, including Faridabad and Panipat, to be “critically polluted” in the country. As direct fallout of this, the setting up of new projects was banned in these cities. However, the HSPCB has prepared action plans for pollution control in these two towns following which the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests lifted the ban on setting up new industries. Panipat, Faridabad ‘critically polluted’ A study conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) through the Delhi IIT found 43 industrial clusters, including Faridabad and Panipat, "critically polluted" in the country. As a direct fallout of this, the setting up of new projects was banned in these cities. However, the HSPCB has prepared action plans for pollution control in these two towns following which the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests lifted the ban on setting up new industries.