About 25% brick kilns in Punjab seek green clearance for resuming production

PATIALA: Some relief may be in store for those planning any residential or commercial construction in Punjab as nearly 25% of the brick kilns, which were lying idle following a ban, have applied for clearance from the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) following directions from the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Making of bricks may resume in the coming months, which is likely to bring down brick rates, that have shot up due to lack of supply.

NGT had imposed ban on sand mining all across the country, which had also put a stop on the functioning of brick kilns in Punjab. Officials at Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), which is the nodal agency to facilitate green clearance for brick kilns, revealed that about 800 of the total 3,100 brick kilns have applied for clearance.

"We have got many applications within weeks of initiating our exercise to facilitate clearance for brick kilns. The process would take around a month, after which the units will be allowed to excavate earth for brick production," said PPCB chairman Ravinder Singh. The PPCB head added that clearance would be given by the two different environment assessment committees constituted at the state level.

Pertinently, mining for the purpose of brick production was banned by the Supreme Court in February 2012. The Union minister of environment and forest had created a special B-II category for kilns, which require excavating earth in less than five hectares of area to run their units.

Sources said brick kilns were briefly operational earlier this year after Punjab government framed its own rules pertaining to mining, which were subsequently challenged in the court. Operations in most of the units were lying suspended since then. Those running operations were using earth stored in the units before the ban was imposed.

Those involved in construction business said it would still take a few months for the rates of bricks to come down since entire work was pending due to ban on large-scale sand mining. "Construction will be at full swing once raw material is available freely. Once all brick kilns get clearance and start functioning, brick rates will decline," said Inderjit Singh, a private civil contractor.

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