PANIPAT: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), along with other state bodies, to adopt and enforce a categorization of dairy farms and gaushalas, as specified. Shiv Das Meena, Chairman, CPCB, stated in an order that the committee formed for classification of the industries had finalized the dairy farms and gaushalas under orange and green categories respectively. He further directed the member secretaries of the pollution control boards of the states to submit action taken report within 15 days.
The CPCB, following National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order issued on May 21, provided guidelines on the waste management of dairy farms and gaushalas and provided methods for disposal of solid and liquid debris, besides focusing on air quality management.
The dairy farms having 15 or more milch animals, or those located in colonies or clusters should obtain permission under the orange category while gaushalas with weak, sick, injured, handicapped, and abandoned cattle will fall under green category.