The Directorate of Town and Country Planning has issued show-cause notices to 60 automobile dealers for flouting environmental norms, officials informed here on Friday.
According to official information, the notices were issued on November 22.
As per norms, the automobile dealers needed to undertake plantations in their establishment premises, install rainwater harvesting and solar energy system on their buildings.
During a meeting, chaired by Principal Secretary, Housing and Environment Department Aman Kumar Singh, it was found that the automobile showrooms were not following the norms.
About 60 such establishments were identified and notices were served to them. They have been given seven days time to respond to the notice, officials stated.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) had also recently directed a total of 44 Rolling Mills near Raipur city to shut down their units immediately following their not installing the mandatory ‘online emission monitoring’ systems.
The Board has also directed officials to cut power supply to the erring mills immediately, officials informed.
This was informed in a meeting chaired by Principal Secretary, Housing and Environment Aman Kumar Singh in Raipur .
The Raipur District Collector O P Choudhary and Raipur Municipal Commissioner Rajat Bansal were present in the meeting among other senior officials.
This is by far the biggest action taken by CECB against units which had not abided by the stringent pollution control norms.
During the meeting, it was also decided that work for pollution checks of all vehicles in urban pockets across the State be taken up jointly by City Police and the Traffic Department with the deadline to complete pollution checks of all vehicles in urban areas by December 31, 2016.
Notably, Chhattisgarh is among 16 other states in the country which had implemented advanced automated solutions to deal with environmental and pollution related applications and approvals, the Central Government has informed.
These solutions provide hassle free, 24 X 7 'e-access' to businesses to apply online, track applications, file returns and statements and get online permissions under various Acts and regulations.
The states include — Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.