All industrial units in Haryana have been directed by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) to apply for consent to operate by June 30 or face penal action, including prosecution and closure.
HSPCB Chairman P.K.Gupta told The Hindu that penal action would also be initiated against defaulting units not having the effluent treatment plant (ETP) and discharging untreated effluent through borewell into an aquifer.
In cases of units where the samples had failed, one opportunity would be given to them to submit their scheme of modification of air pollution control measures (ACPM) along with an undertaking to implement it besides a bank draft for the prescribed amount as performance security.
He further said that the consent to operate for the green category industries (less-polluting industries) would be for five years; the units under the orange category (moderately polluting) would get consent for three years and the highly polluting red category industries for only two years.
