New Delhi: As many as 156 dyeing units operating in non-conforming areas have been sealed or served notices for polluting the Yamuna by discharging untreated waste into drains. Delhi Pollution Control Committee has identified dyeing unit hotspots in all MCD zones.
Joint teams of DPCC, MCD, Delhi Jal Board, revenue, and power departments had inspected 287 dyeing units from April 28 to December 3 and of these 129 were sealed and 27 served notices.
In a report, DPCC stated that maximum units sealed were in West zone where Khyala, Vishnu Garden and adjoining areas were the hotspots. In Central and Civil Lines zones, dyeing units were found in Swaroop Nagar and Mukundpur.
Activist Varun Gulati, who lodged several complaints against dyeing units and filed a plea in National Green Tribunal, said, “The chemicals used by dyeing units are released into drains which enter into Yamuna river. These chemicals are extremely harmful for aquatic lives”. Action should be taken against several illegal units which continue to operate from non-conforming areas, he added.
At a meeting, the central monitoring committee overseeing Yamuna-related projects was informed that the operation of industries in non-conforming areas was one of the main issues in Delhi. The committee directed that pollution from any source to the rivers, whether from conforming or non-conforming industrial clusters, should be stopped.
NGT had also directed the SC-appointed committee to look into the matter of illegal dyeing units. DPCC had earlier invited proposals to conduct a study of the units involved in dying or washing of jeans or garments or metal surface treatment, which are operating in non-conforming and in residential areas.
Joint teams of DPCC, MCD, Delhi Jal Board, revenue, and power departments had inspected 287 dyeing units from April 28 to December 3 and of these 129 were sealed and 27 served notices.
In a report, DPCC stated that maximum units sealed were in West zone where Khyala, Vishnu Garden and adjoining areas were the hotspots. In Central and Civil Lines zones, dyeing units were found in Swaroop Nagar and Mukundpur.
Activist Varun Gulati, who lodged several complaints against dyeing units and filed a plea in National Green Tribunal, said, “The chemicals used by dyeing units are released into drains which enter into Yamuna river. These chemicals are extremely harmful for aquatic lives”. Action should be taken against several illegal units which continue to operate from non-conforming areas, he added.
At a meeting, the central monitoring committee overseeing Yamuna-related projects was informed that the operation of industries in non-conforming areas was one of the main issues in Delhi. The committee directed that pollution from any source to the rivers, whether from conforming or non-conforming industrial clusters, should be stopped.
NGT had also directed the SC-appointed committee to look into the matter of illegal dyeing units. DPCC had earlier invited proposals to conduct a study of the units involved in dying or washing of jeans or garments or metal surface treatment, which are operating in non-conforming and in residential areas.