The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Monday served closure notices on 12 crusher units operating without consent in Khurda district.

Copies of closure notices have been sent to district collector, SP and energy department. The sealing exercise will start next week, the board sources said.

On August 24, the OSPCB had identified 60 crusher units that are functioning without obtaining the mandatory permission from it. "The 60 crusher units will be served closure notices in a phased manner. In the first phase, we have sent notices to the 12 units. The sealing of the units will be done by Khurda district administration," said OSPCB regional officer (Bhubaneswar) Hadibandhu Panigrahi.

In first week of August, the board had served show-cause notices on the 60 crusher units, which are functioning without obtaining the 'consent to operate' from the board. The Puri temple administration had furnished the details of the illegal crusher units operating on its land to the board.............Read more

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