Tough pollution norms force Ankleshwar units to take up outsourcing jobs
Updated: Jun 04, 2013 06:06:35pm
Vadodara, Jun 4 (KNN) In the Ankleshwar region of Gujarat, small and medium units have taken on jobs that are outsourced by larger units and collaborating with them for manufacturing jobs.
The move comes in the wake of suspension imposed by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on expansion and new projects in Ankleshwar, one of the 18 listed critically polluted industrial regions in the country.
According to media reports, although there has been concern about the survival of small units, both small and large players have benefited from the collaboration, albeit consent from the state pollution regulator Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) is imperative before commencing such work.
Currently, several pharmaceutical companies and those who make dyes and plastics have taken on outsourced work from large players.
The moratorium has been in force for over two years as a result of which there has been no expansion or new investments. Adding to the problem are the costs of water, power, labour and raw material.
The Ankleshwar and nearby Panoli industrial zones together house approximately 1,500 small and medium units in the chemicals, dyes, pharmaceuticals, plastics and engineering industries, according to reports.
The entire region was put under the critically polluted zones category in 2010 by the MoEF.
Despite putting in place environment management systems and other measures taken by units such as setting up of a multi-effect evaporation plant, recycling of waste water, installation of reverse osmosis plants for zero discharge, the tag of ‘critically polluted zone’ has remained. (KNN)
The move comes in the wake of suspension imposed by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on expansion and new projects in Ankleshwar, one of the 18 listed critically polluted industrial regions in the country.
According to media reports, although there has been concern about the survival of small units, both small and large players have benefited from the collaboration, albeit consent from the state pollution regulator Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) is imperative before commencing such work.
Currently, several pharmaceutical companies and those who make dyes and plastics have taken on outsourced work from large players.
The moratorium has been in force for over two years as a result of which there has been no expansion or new investments. Adding to the problem are the costs of water, power, labour and raw material.
The Ankleshwar and nearby Panoli industrial zones together house approximately 1,500 small and medium units in the chemicals, dyes, pharmaceuticals, plastics and engineering industries, according to reports.
The entire region was put under the critically polluted zones category in 2010 by the MoEF.
Despite putting in place environment management systems and other measures taken by units such as setting up of a multi-effect evaporation plant, recycling of waste water, installation of reverse osmosis plants for zero discharge, the tag of ‘critically polluted zone’ has remained. (KNN)
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