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The poultry farm was given personal hearing before your good-self on 31.05.2024, wherein, it was decided that the concerned AEE to revisit the poultry farm within 07 days to check the contention made by the poultry farm during hearing and shall submit comments along with fresh recommendations to decide the consent applications of the poultry farm on merits. The proceedings of the said hearing has been conveyed to the poultry farm vide this office letter no. 3361 dated 19.06.2024 ( copy enclosed).
In compliance to the decisions of the personal hearing, the site of the poultry farm was visited by the undersigned on 05.06.2024 and it was observed as under:-
1. The poultry farm is located on Malerkotla-Nabha Road, Village Uppal Kheri, Tehsil & District Malerkotla.
2. There exists an old poultry farm premises of capacity approx. 4000-4500 birds. The new premises of the poultry farm has recently been constructed with the bird capacity of 10,000. Both the premises are operational under same name and style of M/s Binjoki Poultry Farm but separated by a LPG godown. The feed mill has been installed in the old poultry shed and yet no APCD has been installed on the same.
3. The village phirni/lal lakir Uppal Kheri is located at the distance of around 500 mtr from the site of the both the new and old poultry sheds. The area was checked and found that there are 13 houses within 300 mtr and 23 houses within the 500 mtr from the poultry sheds.
4. In the new shed no boundary has been provided by the poultry farm and is an only stand alone poultry shed. Hence, the distance of 10 mtr between boundary and poultry shed is not applicable.
5. Some flies and odour was observed near the new poultry shed.
6. The poultry farm has now provided the holding tank for cooling water, septic tank and one burial pit for the disposal of dead birds.
7. The Master Plan of this area is yet not notified, however, as stated above, there are 23 houses within the distance of 500 mtr from the site of new poultry shed. Also, the complaint has been made by the local villagers against this poultry farm before the SDM, Malerkotla.
In view of above, as such, the poultry farm is not compliant and not meeting with the siting criteria. It is therefore requested that consent to operate applications applied by the poultry farm be refused, please.
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