New industry norms raise concern

NEW DELHI: The AAP government's move to do away with approvals from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and the civic body as a pre-requisite for setting up small or medium industries has become a cause of alarm among environmentalists. They fear this may further worsen the quality of air and water in the city.

Industries minister Satyendar Jain described this pre-requisite to be a "bureaucratic red tape" which is why the department is doing away with it. But once the owner receives an acknowledgement under the MSMED, 2006 Act to set up the industry, it will be monitored by DPCC to detect possible violations of pollution norms.

According to existing norms, people who want to set up such industries are required to get DPCC's "consent to operate" and a licence from a municipal corporation. Industry experts said the government's decision would encourage more people to set up small industries.

There are about one lakh small and medium industries in Delhi. Of these, nearly 70,000 are in the "green", which are considered the least polluting while 30,000 are in the "orange" category that are moderately polluting in terms of their waste discharge and emissions.

DPCC has listed 166 types of industries under the "green" category and another 68 types under "orange" category. The "green" industries include agarbatti manufacturing, assembling lifts, carpet weaving, block making for prints, jute products and many others. Those manufacturing electrical and electronic goods, stainless steel utensils, soaps etc come under the "orange" category. "I think the department is only trying to cut paper work for small industries. It should not be misunderstood," said an official from the environment department.

Ecologists, meanwhile, said while it's alright to relax norms for the "green" industries, the new government should be stringent about certain "orange" category industries such as electroplating and steel pickling. "These are polluting industries and they need to be monitored closely. Whatever paper work they are trying to reduce, they should do it for non-polluting industries," said C R Babu, ecologist and professor emeritus of Delhi University.

Small industry bodies are happy that non-polluting industries may not have to go through a tedious process of getting permissions. "I think now the pollution control board will stop harassing those who want to set up non-polluting industries. I think environment is a very important issue, particularly in Delhi and the monitoring should be more stringent," said Gyan Prakash from the World Union of Small and Medium Enterprises.

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