EPA Enforced Environment Friendly Technology At Steel Mill
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 26, 2020 | 02:40 PM
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Jan, 2020 ) :Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in line with the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act 1997 (PEPA) has enforced environment friendly technology at Taibah Steel Re-rolling mills as a model for other industrial units to replicate for better health and safety measures.
Talking to APP, Deputy Director EPA Dr Mohsina Zubair said the steel re-rolling mill after various discussions was asked to implement the latest technology used in such industrial units to control pollution and provide healthy working environment.
During the visit, she said the administration of the mill was asked to hold internship programmes for university graduates to give them exposure and first hand experience at the steel mill. This would help to bring improvement in the plant through knowledge sharing.
The steel re-rolling mill had not submitted its environmental management plan to EPA which was mandatory for such unit to ensure environmental laws' compliance to the environmental watchdog, said a Taibah steel mills official while talking to APP.
"We have submitted our environmental management plan, devised a new corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy and safe standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure staff's health and also generating its own electricity to reduce our carbon footprint under the new CSR policy," he added.
He said the steel mill had organized an interactive session where the EPA Deputy Director Dr Mohsina Zubair, EMC representatives, ESPAK (Testing Laboratory) experts and other steel mills representatives to showcase the best health and safety practices adopted by the Taibah Steel re-rolling mills.
"The steel mill has worked out a plan to install wet scrubbers within a month, in the factory, to reduce the pollution further that was being created during its production. However, it is a re-rolling mill and its emissions are less detrimental for the environment and human beings as compared to the steel manufacturing units," the official noted.
The steel mill administration would also organize staff training and capacity building workshops to ensure safe and healthy working environment for the staff working at the steel re-rolling plant. Moreover, after Capital Development Authority (CDA)'s approval, the steel mill would also plant saplings at the adjacent green plants and walkways in its premises to ensure green and healthy environment.
"The EPA Deputy Director Dr Mohsina had raised some concerns in the system of our plant which have now been addressed after concentrated efforts," he added.
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