IN a recent move, Laghu Udyog Bharati (LUB) has decided to file another writ petition after Supreme Court's decision on September 12, 2000 concerning the household and small scale industries of Delhi. LUB's National President Shri Sudershan Sareen said that his organisation is deeply concerned with the adverse effects on 1,37,000 industrial units of Delhi. Shri Sareen informed: "if these 1,37,000 units of Delhi are closed down, at least 15 lakh workers will loose their job. Delhi wholesale markets such as Gandhi Nagar, Lajpat Rai Market, Bhagirathi Palace, Chawri Bazar, Sadar Bazar, and Kashmiri Bazar etc will also be affected because they are dependent upon these small scale, tiny and household industries".

He added that 80 per cent of the revenue received by the State Government comes from the small scale industries and the dependent wholesale markets LUB is of the opinion that the Government did not give correct information to the Apex Court and because of this this precarious situation has arisen. Polluting and non-polluting units have been confused with conforming and non-conforming units with the result that all units in non-conforming areas are deemed to be polluting units, which is not correct, Shri Sareen said. LUB demands that the Government of India should appeal to the hon'ble Apex Court to review its orders and the masterplan should be amended suitably so that the people do not loose their jobs for the sake of cosmetic cleansing of the mixed areas of Delhi. Those residential areas where more than 50 per cent industries are working should be declared mixed use areas. LUB informed that the contribution of these industries towards pollution of the city is no more than three per cent.