Published on March 30, 2006
HYDERABAD: In tune with the High Court’s directive to evolve an action plan to shift 189 industries located in the 10 km radius of Himayatsagar and Osmansagar, the State Government issued orders last week to relocate them in Medak, Ranga Reddy, Nalgonda and Mahboobnagar districts without delay.
All these 189 industries have been placed in ‘red’ category, which means they are highly polluting units and the two lakes, the major sources of drinking water for the twin cities, are in danger of becoming useless as Hussainsagar.
Taking cognisance of newspaper reports, a division bench of the High Court took up the case suo moto and made the AP Pollution Control Board and Commissioner of Industries as respondents.
Later, the court served notices on the subject to all the concerned asking them to prepare a plan of action.
The 189 units include textiles (34), edible oil (31), steel re-rolling and ingots (39), led (44), bulk drugs and chemicals (12) and others (29).
According to official sources, the government set up a committee to ensure availability of proper infrastructure for relocating the units. The committee is also study the possibility of shifting the industries in clusters where common infrastructural facilities, including effluent treatment plants will be provided.
The committee has identified lands at Mucherla in Ranga Reddy, at Pashyamylaram in Medak, a few areas in Mahboobnagar and at Bhongir and Bibinagar in Nalgonda district, said sources.
Steel re-rolling mills will be shifted to Pashyamylaram where 50 acres of APIIC land is available. Edible oil units will be relocated in 40 acres at Rachemacherla in Ranga Reddy district.
Bulk drugs and chemical units are likely to be shifted to Pharma City in Visakhapatnam.
The shifting of the chemical units to a zone permitted by the APPCB will also be studied.
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