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It is submitted that industry was given personal hearing before the Worthy Chief Environmental Engineer (B) of the Board for refusal of renewal of consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 on 22/02/2024, wherein it was decided that :
1. The industry shall construct an embankment around the plantation area within 15 days, so that no water from the plantation area crosses over to the forest land.
2. A team of the officers comprising of Er. Amit Kumar, EE(ZP-II), Er. Gurkaran Singh AEE, Regional Office, Patiala shall visit the industry to verify the contentions of the representative of the industry & other compliances of Environmental Laws and shall submit report/ recommendations, within 7 days.
3. The application submitted by the industry for obtaining consent to operate under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 shall be considered after the receipt of the report from the above said team.
In compliance to hearing decisions, the industry was visited by the undersigned alongwith AEE, Regional Office, Patiala on 04/04/2024 and observed as under:
1. The industry is engaged in the business of frozen food, food processing/ fried tikki & patty and was in operation. Raw Material processing is about 80000 T /day and production is in the range of 25000 T/day.
2. The industry has installed ammonia based chilling plant and cold store of capacity 6000 MT.
3. The industry has made agreement with M/s Vista Processed Foods for manufacturing of Allo Tikki and Patties, being made within the plant .
4. The industry has installed two nos. of submersible pumps as source of fresh water and has common header as well as flow meter. The reading of the flow meter was noted as 166426 m3 and is maintaining record of the same.
5. The source of wastewater generation are; washing of raw material, washing of processing line, CIP, floor washing, boiler blow down, softener regeneration, Ammonia condenser overflow (CT blow down), domestic effluent etc.
6. The representative of the industry has submitted that fresh water abstraction takes place out of major water is being used in the process for washing, CIP etc.(including M/s Vista Processed Foods Manufacturer of Allo Tiki and Patties), in boiler, in 4 no. cooling towers and the trade effluent generated from the process, boiler blow down, cooling tower overflow and the domestic effluent goes to ETP for treatment.
7. The industry has installed ETP having following components: Collection Tank Filter vessel Clarifier Lagoon with aeration Anaerobic Digester Clarifier Aeration tanks(3 no.) Secondary clarifier Outlet. The ETP was in operation. Samples were collected from the outlet of ETP and sent to Board’s lab for analysis.
8. It was observed that the return sludge from secondary clarifier is being fed to only one aeration tank.
9. Algal growth and dry leaves were observed on the surface of secondary clarifier and the weir loading was not uniform .
10. Lot of dry leaves were observed on the surface of most of the components of the ETP.
11. It was observed that sludge pits of ETP were empty . Sand filters/ACF installed at ETP are not connected/in-line.
12. The industry has installed EMF at out let of ETP. The reading at totalizer was 405463.6m3 and flow was 16.8m3.
13. The industry provided about 2.75 acre of plantation area as per Karnal technology (land on lease in two patches) and about 3 kanal of green area. Weed growth in plantation area was observed in the plantation area. Proper ridges and furrows along with plantation need to be made especially in the land falling in Kandhari Beverages. Lot of stagnation was also observed from the top of ETP in the plantation area towards Kandhari Beverages and the same was not accessable. The industry has submitted land lease deed of 2 acres, which is attached below but has not made any formal agreement of 0.75 acre of land with the adjoining Kandhari godown unit.
14. No effluent is being discharged in the forest land or into storm water drains having outlets outside the industry.
15. The industry has not provided any treated water distribution network in the plantation area.
16. The industry has installed 1 no. of boiler of capacity 850 kg/hr and using PNG @ 30 m3/hr as fuel. The boiler can be operated on HSD also but primarily PNG is being used .
17. A thermic fluid heater of capacity 4 lac Kcal is installed. The thermic fluid heater is using PNG @ 35 m3/hr. The thermopack can be operated on HSD also but primarily PNG is being used .
18. The industry has installed 2 no. of DG sets of capacities 750 KVA and 1 no of 250 KVA capacity which are equipped with canopies and stack of adequate height.
19. Waste Oil drums were found stored under hazardous waste shedbut no oil was found stored in it. The rep. of the unit informed that they have got the waste oil lifted to Satkar Oil Ludhiana on 2/4/2024. The rep assured to submit the copy of manifest within 2 days .
20. Soild waste generated from the unit is being given to piggeries . Copy agreement has been submitted.
As per analysis report received from the Lab, the industry has failed to achieve prescribed standards for TSS, BOD, O&G.
In view of above, may if approved, the renewal of consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 be refused without giving any further opportunity of personal hearing. Environmental Engineer, Regional Office, Fatehgarh Sahib be requested to initiate further action in the matter through e-note, please.
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