Following a Task Force hearing which was conducted on Tuesday, the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) has decided to issue closure orders to 42 electroplating units located at Balanagar, Fatehnagar, Kukatpally, Jeedimetla and Gandhinagar.
A press release said the units do not have any treatment facility for disposal of their effluents (chrome based / HCl based) and were functioning without consent for establishment/consent for operations of the Board.