AM/NS India to invest Rs 273 crore on zero liquid discharge at Hazira

ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel joint venture has announced that it was in the process of investing Rs 273 crore for zero liquid discharge, other environmental initiatives at its Hazira steel complex

Amid concerns about trade effluent discharged into the Tapi estuary in Surat district from its steel plants at Hazira causing pollution beyond permissible limits, Arcelor-Mittal Nippon Steel India Ltd (AM/NS) has announced a Rs 273 crore investment for zero liquid discharge.

Recently, the Gujarat High Court (HC) had appointed the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) as a court commissioner to find out if trade effluent discharged from AM/NS was causing pollution beyond permissible limits or not. The court had acted upon a public interest litigation filed by Surat-based environmental engineer Roshni Patel, who had alleged that the steel