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Id: 23687066
Approve: false
Approve Note:
Clarification: false
Clarification Note:
Date Created: 2023-09-22 15:18:04.967
File Note: <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sir, the report of Regional office has been perused.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The industry is small scale red category unit and was earlier granted consents under Water Act, 1974 &amp; Air Act, 1981 both valid upto 30.06.2023</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Now, the industry has applied for obtaining consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The industry is engaged in manufacturing of cycle parts with powder coating for which it has made agreement with M/s JBR Technology Pvt. Ltd., Ludhiana @ 5000 Ltr/M for lifting of its trade effluent.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The industry is maintaining the record of fresh water consumed in process area and trade effluent lifted to re-processors. As per the record maintained by the industry, the details of water consumption viz-a-viz effluent lifted are as under :-</span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 481.5pt; background: white; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt;" border="0" width="642" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 77.4pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="103"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: .15pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Month</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 193.4pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="258"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;Fresh water consumption</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 111.6pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="149"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Total fresh water consumption (In Ltrs)</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 99.0pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="132"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Trade Effluent Lifted to CETP</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 77.4pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="103"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: .15pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 193.4pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="258"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Previous balance</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 111.6pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="149"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1500 Ltrs</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 99.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="132"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 77.4pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="103"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">May, 2023</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 193.4pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="258"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">120.79-117.20 = 3.59 KL</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 111.6pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="149"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3590 Ltrs</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 99.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="132"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1700 Ltrs</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 77.4pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="103"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">June, 2023</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 193.4pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="258"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">123.69-120.79= 2.9 KL</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 111.6pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="149"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2900 Ltrs</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 99.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="132"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">4500 Ltrs</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 77.4pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="103"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">July, 2023</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 193.4pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="258"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">5.11-0.0 = 5.11 KL</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 111.6pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="149"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">5110 Ltrs</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 99.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="132"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">3000 Ltrs</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 77.4pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="103"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Aug, 2023</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 193.4pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="258"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">8.92-5.11= 3.81 KL</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 111.6pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="149"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">3810 Ltrs</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 99.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="132"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">5000 Ltrs</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 77.4pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="103"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 193.4pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="258"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;</span></p> </td> <td style="width: 111.6pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="149"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">16910 Ltrs</span></strong></p> </td> <td style="width: 99.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="132"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: .15pt 3.6pt .0001pt 0cm;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">14200 Ltrs</span></strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background: white; margin: 0cm 4.9pt .0001pt 40.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">As such, the industry is getting the trade effluent lifted in synchronization with water consumed considering the evaporation loss.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The domestic effluent has been discharged into sewer.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The site of industry falls in Industrial Area -C as per khasra no. mentioned in gazette notification.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Deposited consent fee is adequate upto 30.06.2028.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">In view of report by Regional Office, if approved, consent to operate under Water (Prevention &amp; Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 may be renewed upto 30.06.2028 with suitable conditions, please.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; background: white;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">&nbsp;(Category - Red, small)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Competency -SEE)</span></strong></p>
Inspection: false
Inspection Note:
Officer: PPCB056
Reject: false
Reject Note:
Role: ZO EE Pardeep Balu