Scheme stipulates effluent treatment plant
Four Plastic parks in the States of Assam (Tinsukia), Madhya Pradesh (Raisen), Odisha (Jagatsinghpur) & Tamil Nadu (Thiruvallur) have been approved for implementation till 2019-20, Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda told Parliament on 25 June 2019.
The scheme is in place to establish Plastic Parks across the country, he said in a written reply to the house.
In Phase-II of the scheme, preliminary proposals were received from Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Jammu & Kashmir and Rajasthan.
Based on merits and examination of completed Detailed Project Reports (DPRs), two plastic parks in Jharkhand (Deogarh) and Madhya Pradesh (Bilaua) have been given ‘final approval’ in 2018-19.
As per the Scheme guidelines, a Special Purpose Vehicle set up by the concerned State government, which is the implementing agency, is responsible for all statutory approvals, including environmental clearances from the state level authorities at the DPR stage.
The Scheme also provides building common infrastructure to support the plastic production units for hazardous waste management, incinerator, buildings and equipment/machinery for common facilities for characterization, prototyping and virtualization, non-destructive material testing, incubation, training, warehousing, plastic recycling, tooling, designing, Research & Development, plastic waste recycling etc.
It also stipulate establishment of effluent treatment plant, to ensure environmentally sustainable growth through innovative methods of waste management, recycling among others, Gowda added. fiinews.com
