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An official from Andhra Pradesh pollution control board (APPCB) on 29th July’12 announced that all the applications and environmental clearances for establishing and operating industrial units and other establishments should be applied online from that day.
According to the sources, this initiative of making the application procedure online is aimed at maintaining transparency, sticking to time schedules and above all to make the process easy and comfortable for the industrialists and the entrepreneurs. The officials also mentioned that all the data pertaining to the computerisation of 11,000 units under the jurisdiction of APPCB, including that of hospitals and hotels will be done with an immediate affect.
Source: The New Indian Express