New delhi: Special Zonal Inspection Teams have been constituted for inspection and taking action against industrial units running in residential areas, South Delhi Municipal Corporation told the National Green Tribunal on Wednesday.
These constituted teams comprising Zonal Licensing Officials, Engineers, Factory Inspectors, BSES officials, DJB officials and Police Officials (For sensitive areas), inspected the industrial units falling under Step-I, II & III , the corporation told the NGT.
"It is submitted that 91 units, under Step-1, were reported to be working and as such a re-survey was conducted in July 2019 and 47 units which were found to be running in violation were sealed. Again a survey in most of the units was carried out by the Constituted Joint Teams w.e.f. July to October 2020 wherein no illegal activity was found," the SDMC told the NGT.
The civic body told the tribunal that 936 units fall within the jurisdiction of Re-development Industrial Area and vest with Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd and are governed by Delhi Industrial Development Operation & Maintenance Act, 2010.
"As per the stand taken by DSIIDC, Delhi Government, the Supreme Court which is seized of the matter related to Re-development Industrial areas, that these units are not required to be sealed. In view of this, no action at present is required to be undertaken in respect of Step-1 & II units by answering Respondent," the SDMC said.
The NGT had earlier directed the Delhi government to immediately shut down 4,774 industrial units running in residential areas.
It had appointed a committee headed by a former Delhi High Court judge to deal with nearly 52,000 industrial units which are operating illegally in residential areas of the national capital.
The NGT has asked the committee to assume charge and said the accountability for making the panel functional will rest on the Delhi Chief Secretary and DPCC
Chairman.
The panel may inspect the hot spots and other sites for which Delhi Police will provide required security, it had said.
The tribunal had earlier taken note of a news report published in an English daily alleging that thousands of polluting industries are being brazenly run in the city right under the nose of
authorities.
The report had said that Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) recently listed 51,837 units operating from non-conforming/ residential areas and asked the three municipal corporations to initiate action against them.