PPCB appoints 2 industrialists as members, bizmen hail move

Ludhiana: In a good news for the city’s industry, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has appointed industrialists

Rajinder Gupta

and Pankaj Sharma as its members.

Gupta

is the chairman of textile giant Trident Limited and

Sharma

is the general secretary of the Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (

CICU

). Hailing the appointments, city businessmen said now their problems would be resolved at a faster pace and issues that were till now not taken up for discussion at PPCB would also be taken care of.Upkar Singh Ahuja, president of CICU, said, “It is a moment of pride for us that Rajinder Gupta and Pankaj Sharma have been inducted as the members of PPCB. We thank the government of Punjab for taking this decision, which will go a long way in helping the industry get its issues resolved in a time-bound manner. CICU members are happy over the development as Pankaj Sharma is our general secretary and Rajinder Gupta our patron. This is a significant development for Ludhiana’s industry to be part of the PPCB. It was our long-pending demand to have more industry representatives in the PPCB, who can promptly understand and address our problems.”