Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) seems to be interested in availing technical expertise of GTZ (German Technical Co-operation) for transforming its existing industrial estates into eco industrial parks. The German entity will soon hold discussions with GIDC officials for the purpose.

GTZ provides technical co-operation within the framework of Indo-German Development Co-operation for creation of eco industrial parks.

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"GTZ is already operating in Naroda industial estate and GIDC plans to give other existing estates to the German company for making them eco industrial parks," confirmed a GIDC official, who was present in the seminar organised by GIDC and Gujarat Cleaner Production Centre (GCPC) along with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Eco industrial parks envisages deployment of clean technologies for water purification, waste water/waste management. recycle/reuse and disaster management in industrial estates.

Apart from using technologies for reduced resource (raw materials, fuels, water and energy) consumption, eco parks sources power from renewable energy.

Clean technology refers to any product, service or process that delivers value using limited or no non-renewable resources and creates less waste than conventional offerings.

"GTZ has already given shape to 32 eco industrial parks in Andhra Pradesh under Indo-German Development Cooperation," added Ulrike Killguss, advisor, ASEM, Indo-German Environment Programme.

GTZ had started with 2 industrial estates in Andhra Pradesh on pilot basis and later on transformed 32 industrial estates into eco industrial parks. "We will now handle all the existing industrial parks in Andhra Pradesh," Raghu Babu added.

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