SURAT: The Gujarat Pollution Control Board’s (GPCB) sleuths raided a chemical manufacturing company in Sarigam GIDC and found three drums filled with hazardous chemical waste buried in open ground in the factory premises on Saturday.
Official sources said that acting on the information received, a team of GPCB officials raided Survival Technologies Pvt Ltd in Sarigam GIDC. The officials found three drums containing toxic chemical buried in the ground.
GPCB officials said that they were going to digging the entire compound of the factory and their entire team of the Sarigam GPCB was on the spot.
Talking with TOI, BR Gajjar, regional officer, GPCB said, “Three drums with toxic waste were buried in the ground at the Survival Technologies.”
Gajjar added, “When we visited the spot and started digging the ground, we saw smoke coming out from the ground. That was an indication of the toxic waste buried in the ground. Our operation is continuing and we believe that more drums would be found till Sunday morning.”
Official sources said that acting on the information received, a team of GPCB officials raided Survival Technologies Pvt Ltd in Sarigam GIDC. The officials found three drums containing toxic chemical buried in the ground.
GPCB officials said that they were going to digging the entire compound of the factory and their entire team of the Sarigam GPCB was on the spot.
Talking with TOI, BR Gajjar, regional officer, GPCB said, “Three drums with toxic waste were buried in the ground at the Survival Technologies.”
Gajjar added, “When we visited the spot and started digging the ground, we saw smoke coming out from the ground. That was an indication of the toxic waste buried in the ground. Our operation is continuing and we believe that more drums would be found till Sunday morning.”
