| File Note: |
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.8pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-bidi-language: PA;">The industry is a small scale red category unit and was earlier granted consent to operate under Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 both valid upto 30.06.2022 for manufacturing of Tablets and Capsules @20000Numbers/Day i.e Paracetamol @250Kg/Year, Amoxicillin @100Kg/Year, Starch @500Kg/Year, empty Capsuls @10000 Numbers/Day, Vitamins B1, B2 , B6 Etc @ 50 Kg/Year under red category.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-bidi-language: PA;"> The industry was visited by officers on 07.06.2022 and found not complying and accordingly, the industry was issued notice to issue direction u/s 33-A of Water Act, 1974 along with show cause notice for violation of provisions of Air Act, 1981 with an opportunity to submit reply in writing within 15 days.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.8pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-bidi-language: PA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the industry has applied for varied consent to operate under Water Act, 1974 and Air Act 1981 for manufacturing of Tablets & Capsules @ 20000 Nos/day and Syrups @ 500 ltr/day by using Paracetamol @ 350 Kg/Year, Amoxicillin @ 150 Kg/Year, Strach @ 750 Kg/Year, Empty Capsules @ 10000 Numbers/Day, Vitamins B1, B2 , B6 Etc @ 50 Kg/Year, Aceclofenac @ 300 Kg/Year as raw material under red category with discharge of trade effluent @ 0.3 KLD into solar cum forced evaporation pond.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.8pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-bidi-language: PA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As per agenda note the industry was visited on 06.01.2023 and it was observed that the industry was in operation during visit and was engaged in manufacturing of medicines. The construction work for expansion was going on at site. The industry has also submitted application for obtaining consent to establish (NOC) for expansion online through OCMMS. The industry is generating effluent from washing of utensils / machines being used for manufacturing of syrups. The industry has now provided a new solar cum forced evaporation pond at roof top of size 10' x 10' x 2' and has installed 4 nos. electric heaters of 3 KW each in it for force evaporation. The industry has provided motor pump to lift the effluent from underground tank near syrup section to solar cum forced evaporation pond. The industry has now provided a new septic tank of sixe 12' x 12' x 6' and has provided another tank of size 3' x 3' x 6' adjacent to it for collection of treated sewage from septic tank from where it is being pumped through a permanent pipeline for discharge onto plants planted along the boundary wall.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.8pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-bidi-language: PA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The site of industry falls in general industrial zone as per DTP letter no. 1635 dated 23/08/2017. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-bidi-language: PA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keeping in view of above, it is recommended that varied consent to operate under Water Act, 1974 may be granted to the industry upto 30.06.2024 with usual conditions. Competency Senior Environmental Engineer, Jalandhar</span></p> |