MEERUT: Industry captains threatened a mass agitation and shift to Punjab as the Commission for Air Quality Management's (CAQM) deadline for NCR-based industrial units to convert to piped natural gas (PNG) or biomass expired on Friday.
"This diktat will directly hit 4 crore industrial workers in six districts of UP, which fall under the Delhi-NCR region. The figure will be much higher if districts in Haryana and Rajasthan under Delhi-NCR are included," said Anurag Agarwal, Indian Industries Association (IIA) chairman, Meerut division, that comprises six districts of UP including Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Baghpat, Bulandshahr and Hapur.
