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It is submitted that the industry is a small scale red category unit and was granted 'Consent to Operate' under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 vide no. CTOW/Renewal/LDH2/2020/138916 dated 02/11/2020 and under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 vide no. CTOA/Renewal/LDH2/2020/13891918 dated 02/11/2020 both valid upto 30/06/2024 for ED coating of cycle parts and nut bolts @ 8000 no.s/day under the name & style of M/s Uma Industries. Earlier history Earlier, the subject cited industry was visited by the officer of this office on 12.09.2025 in compliance to letter of the office of EE, Ludhiana-4, PPCB issued vide no. 1191-93 dated 22.08.2025 for non-lifting in the month of February, 2025 and March, 2025. During visit some observations were made. Accordingly, the industry was given personal hearing before the Senior Environmental Engineer, Zonal Office-I, Ludhiana on 28.11.2025 w.r.t. show cause notice for violation of the provisions under the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981, wherein, it was decided as under: 1. The industry shall apply for obtaining consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 with requisite documents & fee, within 15 days. 2. The industry shall regularly lift its trade effluent to the re-processor in accordance with the agreement and ensure that no trade effluent is discharged into sewer or through any unauthorized means under any circumstances. 3. The industry shall maintain proper daily record of fresh water consumption and effluent lifted to the re-processor and shall keep it available at site always. 4. The industry shall ensure that there is only one fresh water line with water meter in the processing area and shall utilize fresh water from the same only at all the times. 5. The industry shall provide additional storage tank to avoid any overflow from the main process tank, in case effluent is not lifted in time by re-processor. 6. The industry shall take up the matter with re-processor for increasing the frequency for lifting of trade effluent, so that timely disposal of the effluent could be ensured. 7. The industry shall install CCTV cameras with 30 days of backup, facing towards the entry gate of the processing shed, fresh water meter installed in processing area & effluent storage tank, within 15 days. The industry shall devise a self-monitoring mechanism through CCTV cameras to ensure that no unmetered fresh water is taken for the process and no illegal disposal is made. 8. The Environmental Engineer, Regional Office-2, Ludhiana shall visit the industry immediately after 15 to verify the compliance of the decisions of the hearing and process consent applications on merits. Now, the industry has changed its name & style from M/s Uma Industries to M/s Uma International. It has also changed its ownership from Partnership to sole proprietorship. Accordingly, it has applied for obtaining fresh consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 with requisite documents. To check the compliance, the industry was visited by officer of the Board on 12.01.2026 and it was observed the industry is complying with the decisions of the hearing except that the industry has not increased its storage capacity. The industry has submitted building plan prepared by Sh. Sukhjeet Singh approved Architect from Director of Factories, Punjab. Site suitability The site of the industry falls in Industrial Area-C as per khasra no’s mentioned in the gazette notification. In view of above, may if approved Consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 may be granted upto 30/06/2030 with suitable conditions as per policy of the Board and additional condition that the industry shall increase its storage capacity minimum upto the quantity of effluent as mentioned in the agreement within 15 days, please. (Competency – Senior Environmental Engineer) |
