Bharuch: Addressing a function of Ankleshwar Industries Association and Panoli Industries Association in industrial town Ankleshwar near Bharuch in Central Gujarat with Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Union Minister for Environment and Forest Anil Madhav Dave today announced central government’s decision to lift moratorium on expansion of existing industrial projects and setting up of new industrial units in Ankleshwar.

In 2010 on 10th or 13th January at sunrise, Ankleshwar witnessed dark. You were told you will not expand industry, you will not set up new industry because you trigger pollution. There was a restriction. And today I am here to remove that restriction. On 26 November 2016, as a common member and volunteer of Narendra Modi led team, a minister in cabinet, I want to announce that there’s no restriction anymore for Ankleshwar today. You are free. Dave’s announcement was welcomed by industries association members with applause and slogans ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jay’.

If I manufacture some chemical or product and if I need to make smallest change I need to go to environment ministry for another permission. But that is past. I want to tell you that if you don’t increase pollution you don’t need to take additional environment clearance for some change in your manufacturing.

Dave also said:If you have to pay one paisa in Environment ministry, you just need to call me and inform, I will see who has dared to do that. But if you from your side encourage their bad habit, we will not be able to fix it. I am a low profile person without having a personal assistant. You just need to call me. This is extra ordinary change in work pattern, in work culture which was attempted for last 70 years, but it is success now.

He said one entire area can’t be labeled as pollution making area. There can be good fishes and bad fishes in same pond. Good industrialists should be rewarded and bad industrialists should be punished but not industry should be punished. I am planning to change a rule that enforces ban on entire area.

Dave told industries that if two out of fourty units contribute pollution to your common treatment plant, it’s your own responsibility to fix those two.

Dave said this Gujarat, its land, its water, its river, its air don’t belong to us but it belongs to our future generation. Rs 800 crore in bank account on one hand and handicapped children, cancer patient daughter on the other hand don’t make sense. Karma pays back.

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani alleged that then Congress led goverment in centre wanted to damage Gujarat. He said order for lifting moratorium has already been issued yesterday. Rupani also read out a portion of order dated November 25. He described union minister Anil Dave as ‘fakkad girdhari’ who left worldy life to serve Bharat Mata, remained bachelor and became Sangh Pracharak.

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