CETP construction: PPCB urges Centre to release pending payment

Ahead of yet another hearing by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in the case of installation of a decade-old project of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) for the dyeing industry, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has written to the Centre reminding it to release releasing the pending Rs 12 crore each for two such plants.

Two CETPs costing Rs 50 crore and Rs 55 crore respectively are coming up on Ludhiana’s Tajpur Road, of which Rs 15 crore for each CETP is to be given by the Centre, while Rs 7.5 crore each is to be contributed by by state government. So far, the state has contributed Rs 1.5 crore each for both CETPs. The Centre has so far given Rs 3 crore each for two CETPs.