'Industry has to heed the environment'
Business Standard|November 29, 2024
In the era of rapid industrialisation, businesses are required to adopt processes and technologies that are environment-friendly and achieve the goal of sustainability. RAVINDRA PRATAP SINGH, chairman of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), in an interview with Siddharth Kalhans in Lucknow said the board had been nudging industries to adopt eco-friendly technologies. He also spoke about the steps being taken to make people environment-conscious. Edited excerpts:
RAVINDRA PRATAP SINGH
'Industry has to heed the environment'

Can environmental protection and industries go together?

Environmental protection and industries can go and have to go together in order to sustain modern development and achieve the goal of sustainability as technology has made this possible. Industries are necessary for development. UP has set a goal of becoming a trillion-dollar economy and it needs rapid industrialisation. But in order to continue and sustain modern development, environmental protection is a must.

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