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Sir, the industry was granted consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 valid upto 30/06/2023 and under the Air Act, 1981 valid upto 30/06/2026 for manufacturing of Knitted dyed cloth & readymade garments @ 3600 Kg/day, Printing of knitted fabric @ 200 Kg/day & Finishing of knitted fabric @ 3600 Kg/day by operating the industry on single shift.
Now, the industry has applied for obtaining varied consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 for double its production and the industry has proposed to operate the unit in double shift.
The industry was visited by RO on 06.10.2023 and it was reported as under: 1. The industry was in operation. 2. It is engaged in manufacturing of Knitted dyed cloth & readymade garments @ 7200 Kg/day, Printing of knitted fabric @ 400 Kg/day & Finishing of knitted fabric @ 7200 Kg/day by using raw material as Polyester Yarn @ 7400 Kg/day, Knitted fabric for printing @ 400 Kg/day, knitted fabric for finishing @ 7200 Kg/day, Dyes @ 11 Kg/day, Acetic acid @ 92 Kg/day & Softener @ 120 Kg/day. 3. The industry has installed 1 no. thermopac of capacity 1000U & 1 no. boiler of capacity 5.0 TPH with cyclone as APCD & is using briquettes as fuel. 4. As per analysis results of sample collected from port hole of stack after APCD (Thermopack @ 1000 U and Boiler @ 5 TPH) on 06.10.2023 received from Zonal Lab, Ludhiana, SPM is reported as 495 mg/Nm3, which is within prescribed standards of 500 mg/Nm3. 5. The industry is engaged in dyeing of fabric and has installed soft flow machines (300 x 6, 500 x 1, 200 x 1). 6. The industry has connected its trade effluent to CETP 40 MLD. 7. There was only single outlet of the industry, which was connected to CETP sewer. 8. The industry has already disposed off its earlier ETP sludge @ 0.68 Ton to TSDF Nimbuan on 30.01.2023. 9. Detail of production calculated vis a vis machinery installed is attached as Annexure-A. 10. As per the record maintained by the industry, the industry is discharging its effluent @ 460 KLD to CETP on an average in the month of February, 2024 and 335.8 KLD in the month of March, 2024. 11. The industry has CETP shares of 500 KLD. The industry has applied for obtaining permission for ground water extraction from PWRDA.
In view of the above, it is recommended that varied 'consent to operate' under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 may be granted upto 30/06/2028 with suitable conditions as per policy of the Board, please.
(Category - Red, small) (Competency - SEE)
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