India, April 16 -- The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) on Wednesday issued notices to 140 red-category large and medium-scale industries in the district asking them to comply with new emission standards set by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in February this year.

The standards aims at reducing the maximum permissible particulate matter (PM) discharge limit from 80mg/Nm³ (milligrams per Normal Cubic Meter) to 50mg/Nm³.

According to officials the industries are now required to install upgraded anti-pollution control devices (APCDs), which will demonstrate a live emission model on the CPCB's new portal starting from August 1.

According to the HSPCB officials, the new emission rules apply to "highly-poll...