Industries claiming to be run on agro-based fuel, to bring down pollution in the NCR, could be hoodwinking pollution controlling authorities by taking advantage of a loophole in a 2018 notification of the Union government, apprehends the Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA).
“A section of industries could be running on agro-based fuel only on paper. We apprehend that they are still using coal that triggers heavy pollution. They are doing this by taking advantage of a notification by the Union environment ministry that exempts gas and agro-fuel based industries from following industrial emission standards,” Sunita Narain, EPCA member, said.
