Siting Criteria

• All Red/Orange/Green category of industries will only be allowed to set up in the designated industries zones in the cities/towns where statutory/non-statutory Master Plan/Local Planning area have been prepared/notified by the Town & Country Planning Department, Punjab and designated industrial areas /FEZ declared by the Govt. of Punjab, Department of Industries/PSIEC/PSIDC/any other Govt. Authority.

• All Red/Orange/ Green category of industries, where statutory/non­statutory Master Plans/Local Planning area have not been prepared/ notified by the Town & Country Plannmg Department, Punjab, will be allowed to set up at a distance of 100m outside the Municipal Council limits/ phirni of village/ designated residential area approved by the Competent Authority of the State.

• Office order no. 198 dated 21/11/1995 will not remain operative in future.

• Clause no. 1, 2, 4 & 5'6f the Office Order No. GPC/1999-2000/Gen­434/F-1 dated 16/08/2000 as amended from time to time will remain operative as far as Red and Green category of industries are concerned and clause number 3 of the said order will not remain operative in future. A copy of the said Office Order is annexed herewith as Annexure-B.

• Orange category of industries will be treated at par with Red category of industries as far as siting criteria/shifting of industries from non-designated area to designated industrial area is concerned. As such, all circulars/office orders/notifications/clarifications issued by the Board for siting criteria for Red category of industries, are also applicable to Orange category of industries.

• The siting guidelines issued for rice shelling plants/cement plants including cement grinding plant/brick kilns will remain operative and implemented independently from the aforesaid siting criteria