Use of cleaner fuels mandatory for new industrial units in Haryana’s NCR districts
To deal with increasing air pollution in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has made use of cleaner fuels mandatory for new industrial units set up in the NCR.
As per the orders issued under the Air (Prevention and control of pollution) Act 1981, the CPCB has directed the Haryana State Pollution Control Board to allow only those new industrial units in the NCR districts of the state which are using cleaner fuels including natural gas (PNG and CNG, liquefied petroleum gas, biogass, propane and butane. The HSPCB has been told to submit an action taken report in this regard to the CPCB within 30 days.
The CPCB has expressed concerns over industries located in 24 districts of NCR from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi, which are discharging environmental pollutants directly or indirectly into the air and pose constant threat to the air quality.
