Industries to be shut for want of effluent treatment plants: SC

The Bench left the issue of setting up of zero liquid discharge plants to the authorities concerned

Polluting industrial units across the country would be shut down if they do not have functional primary effluent treatment plants (PETPs) to stop the release of untreated waste in water bodies within three months after notice, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.

Issuing a slew of directions, a Bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar directed state pollution control boards (PCBs) to issue a common notice by way of public advertisement to all industrial units to ensure that they have set up PETPs as mandated under the law to carry out industrial activities.

“We direct concerned state pollution control boards to