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<p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">Undersigned has visited the industry on 21.03.2023 to verify the compliance Environmental Clearance condition. It was observed that the industry is yet to comply with following conditions.</span></p>
<p class="TableParagraph" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -27pt; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0.05pt 3.7pt 0.0001pt 27pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">1.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">The project proponent shall install system carryout Continuous Ambient Air Quality monitoring for common/criterion parameters relevant to the main pollutants released (e.g. PM10 and PM2.5 in reference to PM emission and SO2 and NOx in reference to SO2 and NOx emissions) within and outside the plant area (at least at four locations one within and three outside the plant area at an angle of 120o each), covering upwind and downwind directions. (Case to case basis small plants: Manual: Large plants: Continuous).</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; text-indent: -27pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; text-indent: -27pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"> Reply- </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">Not installed. Sh. Pardeep Goyal has assured that same will be installed shortly as the company has already called quotations from different companies for price comparison.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; text-indent: -27pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -27pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 27pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">2.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">Green belt shall be developed in an equal to 33% (4095.36 sqm) of the plant area with tree species as mentioned in the reply to SEAC observation in its 190th meeting in accordance with CPCB guidelines. Total 614 trees to be planted, protected, maintained and established without accounting any shrubs. The green belt shall inter-alia cover the entire periphery of the plant. The industry shall ensure that most of the periphery shall be provide with green belt by removing the unwanted / nonproductive structures already provided in the existing project near the boundary wall.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; color: red;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">Reply- </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">The industry has now purchased an additional land measuring 3 Biswe on 30.11.2021, 10 Biswe on 18.05.2022 and 10 Biswe on 07.07.2022 adjacent to its existing premises in view of developing require 33% of green area as per the condition of Environment clearance (EC). Accordingly, it has developed 3971.6 sqm green area i.e. 26.18 % total land for development of green belt.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">But, the industry has not obtained revised Environmental Clearance as per consent condition imposed earlier.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; text-indent: -27pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">3.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">The project proponent shall comply with the provisions contained in the Ministry’s OM vide F.No. 22-65/2017- IA.III dated 1st May, 2018, as applicable, regarding Corporate Environment Responsibility. The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the proposal for CER activities for spending at least minimum amount of Rs. 18.50 lacs CER activities.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">Reply- About Rs. 6.56 lacs have already been spent for the activities from sr. no. 8-11 against proposed amount of Rs. 18.50 lacs for construction of shed at Govt. Girls Smart Secondary School, Mandi Gobindgarh. Further, the industry is in the process to complete the remaining work under CER activities.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; text-indent: -27pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">4.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">The project proponent shall practice rainwater harvesting to the maximum possible extent. For this, a village pond having volume @ 28713 m3 located at Village Bhadla Neecha shall be adopted for desalting to recharge the water @ 43070 m3/annum (50% of total recharge 86139 m3annum.) As an additional safety measure, the stream carrying waste water of the village shall be diverted in one corner of Phytorid plants trench (designed based on the technology developed by CSIR-NEERI's) divided in different parts, the overflow of each chamber shall be allowed to enter into another chamber which will ultimately lead to the purification of water and collected into the pond to avoid any contamination of ground water aquifer, Pond water will percolate through natural strata (without injection) to augment the ground water and remaining water shall be used for irrigation purposes by pumping method in nearby fields.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">Reply – Not complying, as the industry has not started any work regarding construction of pond as per design of CSIR NEERI. Sh. Pardeep Goyal stated that company is in touch with Panchayat officer and village Sarpanch for construction of pond.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="caret-color: #5d5d5d; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">Submitted for record of proceedings please.</span></p> |
