“The Committee find that the deadlines prescribed for the grossly polluting units to become ZLD units are rather unrealistic and far from practical. In respect of polluting pulp and paper units though, the panel said, both the ministries stated that these will be made ZLD units by March 2017. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/ MintNew Delhi: Terming as “unrealistic” the deadlines set for converting polluting industries located along the Ganga into zero liquid discharge (ZLD) units, a Parliamentary panel has asked two central ministries to jointly revisit their targets and ensure they are achieved by March 2017. The Committee, headed by veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi, also recommended that these units are provided technical know-how from the government-owned academic and research institutes at subsidised rates so that they become ZLD units. The panel made a strong pitch for using bio-fertilisers and less water-guzzling irrigation methods to cut losses caused by over extraction of water from the riverA man looks at river Ganga as he sits near the garbage thrown in the river.

Source: Mint May 15, 2016 11:33 UTC