India, Jan. 28 -- In a significant step towards strengthening pollution control infrastructure and promoting sustainable industrial growth, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has rationalised the regulatory framework governing Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs). The reform is aimed at expediting the establishment of CETPs across industrial clusters, while ensuring that environmental safeguards and regulatory oversight remain uncompromised.
CETPs are collective pollution abatement facilities that treat industrial effluents generated by clusters of industries, particularly small and medium enterprises that may face technical or financial constraints in setting up individual treatment systems.
These facilit...