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Zoning
Atlas - Ludhiana District (Punjab)
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Foreword
The
Central Pollution Control Board introduced an environmental planning
programme known as "Zoning Atlas for siting of Industries" in 1995
for identifying and protecting the environmentally sensitive zones
and helping in achieving developmental objectives, especially those
of industries, in an environmentally acceptable manner. Capacities
are being built on various technical aspects related to planning and
mapping, on interpretation of data/maps/information for decision making
purposes, on GIS, remote sensing applications, modelling, etc. as
well as on xhe application/usage of the results generated under the
programme. The programme is a part of the World Bank funded Environmental
Management Capacity Building Project and the GTZ (German Agency for
Technical Co-operation) supported "CPCB/SPCBs Environmental Quality
Assessment & Control" |
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the State of Rajasthan, Udaipur and Rajsamand Districts were taken
up by the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board as a part of the
pilot phase in 1995 with the technical support form CPCB and GTZ.
Although, the Atlas for these Districts was made available for official
use much earlier, owing to certain technical problems, this could
not be published for public use. Through constant R&D efforts and
with the support of GTZ, CPCB has now worked/-out GIS solutions for
speeding up printing of the Atlases. The present Atlas is the first
outcome of these efforts.
We hope, this Atlas will help the industrial entrepreneurs and the
Government agencies in proper siting of industrial units. |
Dilip Biswas
Chairman, CPCB |
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