Srinagar, Jan 31(GNS): The government on Tuesday constituted a Committee for reviewing restrictions imposed on setting up of new plant protection chemical units including Pesticides, Weedicides and Herbicides in the Jammu Division.
Headed by Chairperson, J&K Pollution Control Committee, the other members of the committee include Director General, Industries and Commerce, Jammu (Convenor), Director, Horticulture, Jammu, Director, Ecology, Environment and Remote Sensing, J&K, Dr. Sudhir Kumar Singh, Professor, SKUAST, Jammu and Dr. R.S Bandral, Professor, SKUAST, Jammu.
The committee has been asked with to assess the scope for setting up additional plant protection chemical units in terms of capacity which could be allowed in the Industrial Estates of the districts of the Jammu Division, where number of such units is low, according to a government order with GNS.
Its terms reference also include to carry out a comprehensive exercise and recommend related criteria, guidelines, norms and standards for setting up of such units keeping all aspects including those pertaining to geographical, environmental and ecological situation of the area into consideration. The Committee shall submit its report within a period of one month, the order added.(GNS)
