PCB issues show-cause to treatment plants in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad: The Central Pollution Control Board recently issued show-cause notices to Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP) across the country, including those in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, for failing to install the online continuous effluent monitoring system.
The CPCB wanted to know why the plants should not be shut down, along with their member industrial units, for failing to adhere to the deadline of June 30 this year for installation of the online monitoring system. In Andhra Pradesh, show-cause notices were issued to CETPs located at Autonagar Industrial Estate in Vijayawada, Pothepalli Industrial Park in Machilipatnam, JN Pharma City at Parvada in Visakhapatnam, IDA Kondapalli in Krishna district and at Textile Park in Nagiri in Chittoor.
In Telangana, show-cause notices were issued to the CETPs located at IDA Nacharam in Ranga Reddy district, Kunoor Leather Park in Nalgonda, Enumamula CETP at Warangal and to the effluent treatment plants at Patancheru and Jeedimetla.
While the CPCB issued show-cause notices only to CETPs, many industrial units too in AP and Telangana have not yet installed the online effluent monitoring system. An official of the Telangana State Pollution Control Board said, “CETPs at Patancheru, Jeedimetla and Bhadrachalam have installed the online effluent monitoring system. Other three CETPs are about to do it. They have ordered the machinery required for setting up the system.”
In AP, the CETPs are yet to take any action towards installing the system. However, even if all the CETPs install the online effluent monitoring system at their end, the Pollution Control Boards (PCB) of both states are yet to have their own computer servers with customised software so that there can be a single platform online which will enable PCB officials to keep round-the-clock checks on whether the effluents being released are up to the set standards.
The customised software will also make it possible for industrial units spread across the state to be connected to servers of the state PCB for continuous monitoring of pollution rather than the CPCB server, which is the case now.
