Nainital District Magistrate Arvind Singh Hyanki inaugurated the ESP-II plant installed at a cost of `3 crore at the Century Pulp and Paper Mill to treat the white ash generated in the mill. He requested the mill administration to also consider the problems and facilities of the local residents.
Hyanki inspected the new plant and sought information about it from technical experts on the occasion. The chief operating officer of the mill, Jai Prakash Narayan informed that after the plant starts operating, the white ash will stop falling in the area as it will not be released. It took more than three months to build this plant which was installed in view of the problems being faced by the locals due to the white ash falling in the area.
The DM said that any industrial enterprise should lay special focus on the problems and facilities related to those living in the vicinity of the unit. As a good neighbour, the Century Pulp and Paper Mill should also participate in social works in lalkuan and neighbouring areas, he said. SDM Harvir Singh, Tehsildar Mohan Singh Bisht, adviser to the mill AK Bhatia, general manager HK Patra and others were also present on the occasion.