In case of existing industrial units, the PCB is communicating to them to obtain ‘consent to operate’ from it and such status will be given only when the industry sets up a fully operational ETP.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/set-effluent-treatment-plants-may-apspcb
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-chronicle-hyderabad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb-0
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/common-effluent-treatment-plant-cetp
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/godavari
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-pollution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment