Jalandhar, December 22- A double bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday allowed the trial run of the leather industries of Jalandhar which were lying shut down since October 29, 2019.
Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori has filed an affidavit in the Punjab and Haryana High Court being as chairman of Punjab Effluent Treatment Society for Tanneries (PETS) that an RCC mixing-cum-dilution tank has been constructed in the leather complex at the cost of Rs 1.45 crore.
Disclosing more information, Deputy Commissioner said that Punjab and Haryana High Court had ordered PETS to file compliance report about the dilution tank on January 6, 2020.
Ghanshyam Thori stated that since he joined as Deputy Commissioner on June 16, he held multiple meetings of the PETS and listened to officials from PPCB and industrialists.
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He said that following which he took up the matter with high-ups and the construction of the RCC mixing-cum-dilution tank was initiated and compliance report was filed in the High Court on October 29, 2020.
He told that the affidavit from him being as PETS chairman was filed in the court on Monday and today, the double bench of Punjab and Haryana High Court allowed the trial run of the leather industry.
KC Dogra of Punjab Effluent Treatment Society said that January 19 has been fixed as next date of hearing.
With the High Court’s order, the representatives from the leather industry thanked the Deputy Commissioner for his concerted efforts in pursuing the case and filing the affidavit.
They said that the order has given much-needed relief to them and their workers as the units were lying non-functional for past one year besides the labourers were facing hardships in the absence of any employment.
(Source: IANS)