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GPCB launches major crackdown on polluting units [1]

Ahmedabad Tops The List With Maximum Notices

Ahmedabad: Following repeated violations of pollution norms in chemical hotspots, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued the highest number of show-cause and closure notices in recent times to several clusters of industries. Ahmedabad topped the list with most notices, according to the GPCB’s data. In just two financial years, the GPCB issued 1,680 closure notices to errant factories and nearly 2,118 show-cause notices, for violation of air, water and environment protection Acts respectively.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2012
Paul John & Tushar Prabhune [2]
Times Of India (Ahmedabad) [3]
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Ahmedabad (D) [4], State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) [5], Chemical Industry [6], Industrial Pollution [7], Air Pollution [8], Water Pollution [9], Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) [10], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [11], Industrial Waste [12], Environment [13], Hazardous Waste [14], Gujarat [15]
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