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4 Plastic Parks approved for implementation in Phase-I- (Press Information Bureau) (25 Jun 2019)

MANU/PIBU/0666/2019

Environment

Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda, while giving a written reply to a question on Plastic Parks, in Lok Sabha today, stated that there is a scheme in place to establish Plastic Parks across the country.

Shri Gowda stated that in phase-I of the scheme, four Plastic parks in the States of Assam (Tinsukia), Madhya Pradesh (Raisen), Odisha (Jagatsinghpur) & Tamil Nadu (Thiruvallur) are approved for implementation till 2019-20.

In Phase-II of the scheme, preliminary proposals were received from the States of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Jammu & Kashmir and Rajasthan, and based on merits and examination of completed DPRs, two plastic parks in the States of Jharkhand (Deogarh) and Madhya Pradesh (Bilaua) have been given 'final approval' in 2018-19.

The Minister further stated that as per the Scheme guidelines, a Special Purpose Vehicle set up by the concerned State government, which is the implementing agency, is responsible for all statutory approvals, including environmental clearances from the state level authorities at the DPR stage.

Further, the Scheme also provides building common infrastructure to support the plastic production units for hazardous waste management, incinerator, buildings and equipment/machinery for common facilities for characterization, prototyping & virtualization, non-destructive material testing, incubation, training, warehousing, plastic recycling, tooling, designing, Research & Development, plastic waste recycling etc. and establishment of effluent treatment plant, to ensure environmentally sustainable growth through innovative methods of waste management, recycling, etc, Shri Gowda added.

Tags : PLASTIC PARKS   ESTABLISHMENT   APPROVAL  

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