The Times of India          21.08.2013

11 industrial units raided and sealed

AHMEDABAD: After receiving regular complaints of chemicals being disposed off in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) drainage system, east zone team of AMC raided various industrial units in Odhav ward and sealed them.

Officials from health, estate and urban development department were involved in the raid. The AMC officials checked for health, licenses and various other documents from these units. As many as 11 units were found violating the norms.

The units that were sealed are Aashirwad Industries, Navjyot Industries, Samir Industries, P G Industries, Color star Industries, Overseas Enterprise, Pragya Enterprise, Petchem enterprise, Dicil India, Vaibhav Dyestuff (all from GIDC Odhav) and Trimurti Copper plating (Nikol gaam road).

The south zone team of AMC sealed two industrial units which were found to violate the pollution norms. The pollution control board members sealed New Fashion wash in Isanpur and Ashtvinayak Industries in Behrampura.