Ahmedabad: For the first time, a comprehensive guideline to attack provisions for chemical plants in the development plan and city planning scheme of eight city companies and 156 Nagarpalika will be released by the state urban development department, several weeks after Diwali.
The state urban development department has been asked from the Gujarat pollution control agency (GPCB) list of chemical units, to be included in the upcoming new guidelines.
These units must produce hazardous chemicals, dispose of poisonous waste, or have a dangerous industrial gas chimney.
Back in July last year, the Government Vijay Kupani has initiated a discussion in this direction.
“Incentives in terms of taxes and exceptions will be given to existing industries to switch to newly appointed locations outside the city.
New development plans and TP schemes will ensure that no harmful listed or potentially polluting units or violates the provisions of the water law , 1974; Acu AC, 1981 and the environment (protection), 1986 were present in the city, “said a good resource that was well placed in the state urban development department.
‘Today the industry has been operating right in the middle of the city, which has a negative impact on pollution control measures and overall public health, “added the official.” We have proposed amendments to existing city planning laws to help us issue guidelines for DPS new.
For existing industries located in the middle of the city, we are in talks with income, law, industry, and mines and the Ministry of Finance to get rid of profitable incentives to pollute the industry to shift out of town, “said an official of the Senior Urban Development Department.
Availability Land within the city limits will also assist government institutions, because lower expenditures will be issued.
This land plot can also be used profitably to make affordable housing and commercial complexes in the main fields, “said the source.
High-ranking in the Urban Development Department, meanwhile, said “The concept of the green floor index (GFSI) can be introduced to provide incentives in energy-saving projects and mechanisms to evolve to utilize the category of silver, gold and platinum ranked.
This can help further In reducing pollution in all major cities of the country.