Vapi Tourism, Gujarat India

It is situated on the banks of the Damanganga River. Vapi falls under the taluka administration of Pardi. It is the largest city in the Valsad district.

Due to the presence of these chemical plants, efforts are on to reduce the pollution in the area and to cause minimum amount of environmental damage. One such initiative is the Common Affluent Treatment Plant which is set up here. This is AsiaÂ’s largest such plant and is meant for treating the affluents coming out of the industries before they are dumped in the Daman Ganga River.

Economic and industrial growth in recent decades has, however, blurred the physical boundaries and the small stretch of roughly 21 km of Daman-Vapi-Silvassa has almost become a monolith.The town originally belonged to the community of Desai (Anavil Bramhins) and is now a very important industrial town. It is the largest industrial area in Asia in terms of small-scale industries, dominated by chemical industry plants. It has been ranked among the most polluted places in the world, but has improved in that respect.

Vapi also has a Centre of Excellence which has various analytical tools along with trained staff to carry out feasibility studies for product development.