CII to organise environment exhibition

The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) will organise Envirotech - 2003, a conference-cum-exhibition on clean environment technologies, from December 12-14 at Ahmedabad.

Piruz Khambatta, chairman, CII Gujarat council, said: "People are ready to pay a premium for environment-friendly products. Envirotech brings technology for environment, which helps to generate wealth out of wastes. It is the first exhibition of its kind, where international buyers and sellers will meet."

The focus areas of the exhibition include treatment of industrial effluents and reusing the water, handling sewage treatment and reuse of water, solid waste management and revenue generation, recycling and reuse of wastes, air pollution measuring and control systems.

Sailesh Patwari, member, environment committee, CII, said, "Gujarat is the leading state in the field of dyes and dyes intermediates, fertilisers and petroleum products. Nearly 50 per cent of the exports of dyes and dyes intermediates of our country is contributed from Gujarat. The state always contributed a lion's share in the industrial growth of the country mainly due to pro-active industrial policy of the state."

The industrialisation led to clustering pollution industries along the rail and road corridor from Vapi to Mehsana. The fast development of industrial estate like Vapi and Ankleshwar were branded as environmental hot spots. Certain rivers and watersheds also suffered from contamination."

The objective of the exhibition is to bring latest, efficient and cost effective technologies at the doorsteps of the Indian industry and stake holder like municipal corporations, solid waste managements, NGOs and educational institutes.

The exhibition will provide a platform to exchange and deliberate, and promote the latest trends and technologies in the field of environment.

It will also help to select cost effective techniques and to achieve competitive edge by acquiring right technologies provided by the leading international companies.

Apart from providing the opportunity to meet the leading corporates of Indian industry, the exhibition will help in exploring partnerships and joint venture opportunities.

Various government, municipal and regulatory authorities are expected to interact and understand the opportunities in waste management.

"Apart from the damage of water and air, there is a serious question of inventerisation and safe disposal of hazardous wastes also posed major challenges. Recently the state had shifted it development paradigm to fall in line with tenets to sustainable development. With the effective enforcement of law, the compliance has taken to abate the pollution and also remedification of past pollution which has taken place" said Patwari.