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Rs 60 cr slapped on polluting units, Rs 44 cr recovered: Haryana chief secretary

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana govt has imposed a penalty of Rs 60 crore on the polluting units. Out of these Rs 44 crore has been recovered by Haryana State Pollution Control Board and Rs 15 crore by State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority Haryana.

Chief Secretary, Sanjeev Kaushal shared this on Friday while chairing the meeting called for constituting a high powered committee to utilize these funds.

The chief secretary constituted a committee under the Chairmanship of CEO, Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority, Sudhir Rajpal to prepare an action plan and utilization of these funds for remediation and restitution of the environment. The other members of the committee will be director, urban local bodies, MD, HSIIDC, Commissioner MCF and deputy commissioner, Faridabad. Regional officer, Pollution Control Board will be member secretary.

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