The current huge demolition of unlawful buildings, together with scrap godowns, within the Kudalwadi space of Pimpri Chinchwad has left the small and medium-scale industries in Pune, Talegaon, Chakan, and different areas in Maharashtra in dire straits. For, the small items in Kudalwadi have been the one-stop vacation spot for these industries to get rid of their scrap metals.
On common, the Kudalwadi space processed 4,000-5,000 tonnes of scrap metallic each month. The items broke down the scrap metallic into smaller ingots, which have been despatched as uncooked materials for the casting industries. The scraps are generated primarily from metal-consuming industries that manufacture vehicle components parts and many others. The sellers bought the scrap and resold them to the scrap sellers in Kudalwadi.
As a part of an anti-encroachment drive, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Company (PCMC) carried out an enormous demolition drive primarily based on the Bombay Excessive Courtroom ruling by which 4,000 unlawful buildings, together with scrap godowns, have been razed within the Kudalwadi space.
In response to Sandeep Belsare, president of the Small Scale Industries Affiliation of Pimpri Chinchwad, many items are but to obtain any cost for the scrap that they had bought and plenty of are struggling to get their scrap cleared resulting in an area disaster. “We have no idea what to do with the scrap metallic generated. Area is a constraint for the items – we’re but to discover a resolution,” he mentioned. Belsare mentioned they worry industries would encounter a disaster of disposing of scrap or may need to promote it to distributors at low-cost charges.
Deepak Karandikar, former president of the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), additionally echoed the identical sentiment.
Different industries mentioned they have been fearful in regards to the sudden scarcity of scrap distributors brought on by the demolition drive. “Creation of a logistic chain will not be straightforward – to count on an in a single day resolution is unreasonable. We’re taking a look at different locations for disposal of scrap,” mentioned an industrialist who handled scrap within the space.
