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It is intimated that the industry is a small-scale green category unit. Earlier, the industry was granted Consent to Establish (NOC) for an industrial unit u/s 25 of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and u/s 21 of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act,1981 vide no. CTE/Fresh/SAS/2024/25212044 dated 15.04.2024 having validity upto 14.04.2025 for manufacturing of Ready Mix Concrete @ 45.0 m3/h by using Cement @ 20.0 T/day, Sand @ 75.0 T/day, Coarse Aggregates @ 105.0 T/day, Concrete Admixture @ 250.0 Kgs/day, Water @ 15.0 Kilo Liters/Day as raw material with subject to suitable conditions mentioned therein.
Now, the industry has applied for obtaining fresh ‘consent to operate’ under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 for manufacturing of Ready-Mix Concrete @ 45.0 m3/h by using Cement @ 20.0 T/day, Sand @ 75.0 T/day, Coarse Aggregates @ 105.0 T/day, Concrete Admixture @ 250.0 Kgs/day, Water @ 15.0 Kilo Liters/Day as raw material, alongwith requisite documents and consent fee.
Consent fee: -
The industry has deposited Rs. 42,000/- vide UTR No. BARBW24163493016 dated 11.06.2024 under Water Act, 1974 and Rs. 42,500/- vide UTR No. BARBW24163488058 dated 11.06.2024 under Air Act, 1981 including application form fee, against the total cost of fixed assets of Rs. 344.90 lacs on 15.02.2024. The consent fee deposited by the industry is adequate upto 30.06.2029 under both acts.
Manufacturing process: -
Raw Material (Premix)—Batching—Mixing—Transporting—Placing—Compacting—Curing.
Land Documents
The industry has submitted rent deed executed between Sh. Kuldeep Singh S/o Lakhmir Singh & Sh. Gurpreet Singh S/o Kuldeep Singh and M/s Sham Exotic Group. The rent deed is valid upto 30.11.2026.
Visit
Accordingly, the industry was visited by AEE of this office on 15.06.2024 and during visit, it was observed as under:
1. The industry has installed machinery of ready-mix concrete (RMC) unit at the site and the same was not in operation.
2. The unit has installed 02 no. Silos, which are provided with dust collector as APCD.
3. The other raw materials i.e. sand, aggregates of different sizes etc. are being stored in open area at the unit.
4. There is use of water in the mixing of bajri, cement, sand etc. which is consumed 100% in the process.
5. There is no generation of trade effluent from the process and only generation of domestic waste water which is discharged onto land for plantation after treatment in septic tank.
6. The industry has provided wind breaking sheets of height about 2-3 meter around the site.
7. The industry has installed one no. of DG set of capacity 160 KVA, which is equipped with canopy and adequate stack of height.
8. The industry has stabilized the road inside its premises for movement of vehicles with gatka and concreting of the same was in process. The representative of the industry was advised to keep the said road in good condition at all times.
9. The industry has submitted approved site plan prepared by Er. Lokinder Bansal competent person from Director of Factories, Punjab.
Recommendations:
In view of above, it is recommended that the ‘consent to operate’ under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention &Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, may be granted to the industry upto 30.11.2026 with subject to suitable conditions and additional conditions that: -
1. The consent is only granted for setting up of RMC unit on temporary basis until construction work of project namely “THE TIARA” to be developed by M/s Sham Exotic Group at Site No. 2, Medicity, Mullanpur, Tehsil Kharar, District SAS Nagar, is completed and the project proponent shall not carry out any commercial activity/sale.
2. The industry shall not generate and discharge any kind of trade effluent from its process. The industry shall discharge only domestic effluent onto land for plantation within premises, after passing through septic tank.
3. The industry will be bound to comply with the zoning regulation of the master plan in force and the grant of consent by the Board will not vest any right on the industry w.r.t. other stipulations by any authority or the zoning regulations of the master plan.
4. The industry shall immediately provide flow meter at the tubewell installed in its premises and shall keep record of the same.
5. The industry shall keep the movement area clean and in good conditions, at all times.
6. The industry shall provide mechanical water sprinklers all along the boundary walls of the unit, so as to mitigate the dust pollution, within 01 month.
7. The industry shall carry out more plantation along its boundary walls, within 01 month and shall intimate the compliance of the same to the Board.
8. The industry shall ensure that no problem related to dust pollution is being caused by the unit due to its operation and no public complaints are received by the Board in this regard.
9. The project proponent shall comply with the guidelines issued by PWRDA and shall obtain permission from PWRDA for abstraction of ground water.
10. The industry shall comply with the zoning guidelines of PUDA/GMADA/Department of Town & Country Planning, at all times.
11. The industry shall not discharge the effluent into any drain/choe/nallah, in any case.
12. The industry shall not discharge any effluent at any unauthorized place by any unauthorized means i.e. shall not discharge any wastewater in any drain / inland surface waters / drain/choe/nallah/ onto land for stagnation or outside its premises, at any time, under any circumstances.
13. The industry has been approved by the Board from pollution angle and the industry shall obtain the statutory clearances / permissions from all other concerned departments.
14. The adequacy/ efficacy of the pollution control arrangements shall be the sole responsibility of the industry and the industry shall be bound to implement/ upgrade its pollution control arrangements as per the discretion of the Board to achieve the prescribed emission/ effluent standards, as amended from time to time.
15. The industry shall ensure the compliance of provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and/or any other environmental law applicable to him and Rules, Circulars & Directions issued by the Board from time to time.
16. The ‘consent to operate’ is being issued to the project proponent based upon the documents/ information submitted by it along with the online application form. The Board would be at liberty to take penal action against the industry/project proponent and its responsible/ concerned person(s) in case information/document is detected as incorrect/false/misleading at any point of time, without any opportunity of Personal Hearing.
17. In case the project proponent fails to comply with the provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and/or any other environmental law applicable to the project and Rules, Circulars & Directions issued by the Board from time to time, action as deemed fit shall be taken against the project proponent.
*Competency- Environmental Engineer
Date of Receipt : 15.06.2024
Date of Scrutiny : 16.06.2024
Date of Deemed Approval : 09.07.2024 |
