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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-indent: 1.5in; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">The industry was granted ‘Consent to Operate’ under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 vide no. CTOW/Renew/LDH3/2022/18750754 dated 22.07.2022 and vide no. CTOA/Renew/LDH3/2022/18750758 dated 06.07.2022 respectively, both valid upto 31.12.2022 and Directions u/s 33-A of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 were issued to the PSPCL Authorities vide no. 4876-79 dated 18.07.2022 for temporarily restore the electricity connection of the industry for period upto 31.12.2022. Now, the industry had applied for renewal of ‘Consent to Operate’ under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 under green category, for manufacturing of Knitted Hosiery Goods @ 3000 Numbers/day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-indent: 1.5in; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">The industry was visited by officer of the Board on 05.01.2023 and 09.01.2023 and it was observed as under:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 27.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-indent: -27.0pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">1. The industry was in operation for production of hosiery goods. During visit, no washing was in operation during both the visits.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 27.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-indent: -27.0pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">2. The industry has installed 20 Knitting machines, 07 Linking machines, 03 Stitching machines, 02 Overlock machines, 02 Washing machines, 02 Tumbler & 02 Hydro machines.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 27.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-indent: -27.0pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">3. The industry has installed ETP consisting of collection tank, chemical dosing tank, aeration tank, settling, sand & carbon filter for treatment of trade effluent generated from washing section. As during visits washing was not in operation, no effluent was received at ETP inlet. Further, the effluent samples of the industry were collected on 20.06.2022 and found within prescribed limit as per analysis report received from Zonal Lab, Ludhiana vide no. 668 dated 29.06.2022.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 27.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-indent: -27.0pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">4. The industry has installed separate energy meter with ETP and during visit, its reading was 179.1 KWh. The industry has installed water flow meter at the outlet of ETP and its reading was 111.8 KL. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 27.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-indent: -27.0pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">5. The industry has provided wood fired boiler of capacity 500 kg with adequate stack height.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 27.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-indent: -27.0pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The industry has provided an underground tank for disposal of domestic effluent, which further lifted by moveable tankers as informed by the representative of the industry. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 27.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-indent: -27.0pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">7. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The industry has also provided 01 D.G set, which is without canopy. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As such, the industry is violating the provisions of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">Keeping the above in view, it recommended as under:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">A) Show Cause Notice for refusal of ‘Consent to Operate’ under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with an opportunity of personal hearing may be issued to the industry.</span></p> |
