This is how banned scrap is set on fire. Hundred. local residents
Jagran correspondent, Faridabad. Burning of banned scrap in Sarurpur industrial area causes a lot of pollution. When this scrap burns, there is smoke all around and this causes severe pollution. Despite many complaints, concrete action is not taken against them. Now that this complaint has reached the District Deputy Commissioner, he has formed six teams of concerned departments to take action against the unit. This includes officials of Electricity Corporation, Municipal Corporation, District Town Planner Enforcement, Pollution Control Board.
Taking cognizance of the matter, asked for this report
Till January 5, all the teams will check every unit here. It will be seen that the unit is not being run illegally. Whether prohibited scrap is burnt inside it or not. If found so, the unit will be sealed. Its report will have to be submitted to NGT by 15 January 2026. Remember, this report has been sought after taking cognizance of an ongoing case in NGT. The next hearing in this case will be on January 15, 2026. Then NGT will assess this report and further orders will be given.
Scrap starts burning as soon as the day sets.
There are many such villages in the district, in whose area illegal plotting has been done on agricultural land. Industrial units are being run here. These include Sarurpur, Nangla, Qureshipur, Madalpur, Nekpur, Ghazipur and Fatehpur villages. There are also units where prohibited scrap is burnt.
Ingots are made by burning aluminum scrap. This game takes place at night. Scrap is smelted by adding coal to the furnaces. This produces a lot of smoke and also increases the level of air pollution. It is becoming difficult for people living nearby to breathe.
Prepared report and submitted it to NGT
Complaints were made several times to Pollution Control Board officials but no action was taken. Troubled by this, social worker Narendra Sirohi, resident of Sirohi village, had filed a petition in this matter in NGT.
On his petition itself, NGT had constituted a committee of departmental officers on 12 February 2025. This committee prepared the report and submitted it to NGT on 19 May 2025. It was also accepted in this report that many units are running illegally here.
Scrap is burnt in these units. The investigation team found heaps of ashes lying at many places on the spot. Investigation revealed that it was ash from banned scrap. Its samples have been taken. Burning of such scrap increases the level of air pollution.
'Teams come but do not take any action'
Narendra Sirohi alleges that the level of air pollution increases significantly in winter. The administration takes strict action against burning even in common places, but at these places, banned scrap is burnt but no concrete action is being taken. There is collusion in this. Teams definitely come here but after seeing it they go back.
"On the orders of the District Deputy Commissioner, six teams of officers and employees of different departments have started the investigation. Every unit is being investigated by visiting every area here. Its compiled report will be ready on January 5. If found illegal, the units will be sealed. Not a single unit will be spared. A lot of strictness is being taken regarding the banned scrap. Therefore, the unit operators should not burn such scrap at all."
-Harish Sharma, Regional Officer, Pollution Control Board
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