Planning for the Future Industrial Development in Pondicherry Region :

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Industrialisation is one of the major solutions for raising the level of economy and providing employment opportunities. However. The unplanned industrial concentrations in Cities are creating high risk to environment. It may be realised that the economic considerate,ions maximise profits cover a short time about the ecological considerations minimise the liabilities over a long time.

Industrialisation in Pondicherry has been taking place at a rapid rate. Such a rapid industrialisation. with the location of industries in an unplanned and haphazard. Manner, has a potential of causing considerable damage to the environment thereby affecting the quality of life in the already limited area of this Union Territory.

The present study has been carried out to identify follow and derelic lands in various communes of the Pondicherry Region for locating the future industries

and to make clustering of industries keeping in view of physical constraints of the Region, the Characteristics of the industries and the land use compatibilities

This report is a preliminarY attempt towards planning for industrial development keeping in view of the environmental impact. This report. has been prepared by Dr. A.B. Akolkar, Scientist-C, Shri. N. Raghu Babu, Asst. Environmental Engineer. The Cooperation extended by :he Town and Country Planning Oepartment, Pondicherry is highly acknowledged. The Manuscript of this report has been prepared by Sh. K. Ramamurthy, LDC.
Paritosh C. Tyagi
Chairman CPCB
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