VIA Activities

The Association has also given impetus to organizing several program's like free health camps, eye camps etc. for the benefit of the villagers. Some of the member industries, on individual capacity, have adopted some backward villages for development and provided schools, dispensaries and many other amenities.

Pollution Control: A commendable contribution of VIA is its crusade against pollution of environment. Though Vapi is a Chemical Estate with several pollution prone industries, VIA has succeeded in keeping the pollution under check by a series of measures initiated by it including a Common Effluent Treatment Plant. The industries are kept under surveillance round-the-clock and the effluent samples are drawn and tested on a regular basis to measure the pollution load. Those found flouting the norms are subjected to severe penalty including curtailment of production till they fall within the permissible range.

The Common Effluent Treatment Plant (C.E.T.P) of 55 MLD capacity which was constructed by GIDC at a cost of Rs.20 crores (which is borne by the industries) based on the feasibility study conducted by NEERI and design of Kirloskar Consultants was handed over to the Association for commissioning and operation in January, 1997. The Plant was inturn assigned to a Canadian Consultant engaged by the Association namely M/s. Anderson Operations Inc. who have commissioned the plant on 17th January 1997.

Another major project in hand is the Solid Waste Management Project for which one lakh sq. mtrs. land has already has been acquired for GIDC. A competent agency has been appointed to design, construct and operate the Project based on most advanced technology available across the globe.