| Clarification Note: |
A meeting was taken by Competent Authority of the Board on 13.07.2022 to review the compliance of directions u/s 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 issued by the Department of Science, Technology & Environment, Government of Punjab vide above directions dated 10.10.2019 for segregation of industrial effluents discharged into the municipal sewer of Ludhiana, wherein it was decided as under:
1. All the water polluting industries (except garment washing and service stations) discharging their effluent into municipal sewer, Ludhiana shall take adequate steps to stop discharging their industrial effluent into municipal sewer, Ludhiana by 31.03.2023 and period of consent be reduced suitably to ensure compliance of the directions given by the Govt.
2. The above additional condition shall be imposed on all the industries having valid consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, if not already imposed.
You are requested to intimate this office regarding steps taken in compliance to the directions u/s 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 issued by the Department of Science, Technology & Environment, Government of Punjab vide above directions dated 10.10.2019 for segregation of industrial effluents discharged into the municipal sewer of Ludhiana. |
