Summary:
AdvertisingIn its report, the Pollution Control Board said the dyeing units are making use of approved fuels in their boiler furnaces and also have installed individual Air Pollution Control Devices to control air pollution. While the Punjab Pollution Control Board claimed that it has carried out 181 inspections of the dyeing units since June 2018 and around 18 units were found in default during the period, the court said only one inspection report of the amicus has exposed everything. The court earlier had taken note of the issue after the jail inmates had claimed it was affecting their health. The PIL was initiated earlier on the basis of a report sent by the Districts and Sessions Judge Ludhiana to the court. However, the report also revealed that the Board has been regularly receiving complaints from the residents regarding burning of illegal fuel..