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It is submitted that the subject cited 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/LDH2/2018/7758955 dated 17/07/2018 valid upto 30/06/2023 for Zinc plating of tractor parts @ 300 Numbers/day.
Now, the industry has again applied for obtaining fresh consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 with requisite documents. As per the representative of the industry, the auto renewal and renewal option are not available on the portal of the industry, so the industry has applied fresh application. There is no change in the process as well as production and it may be allowed to obtain consent and it has submitted all the necessary documents for obtaining the 'Consent to Operate'.
Accordingly, the industry was visited by the officer of the Board on 31/12/2025. During the visit the industry was complying with the provisions of Water Act, 1974. The industry has submitted building plan prepared by Sh. Rajnish Kumar Singla approved Architect from Director of Factories, Punjab. The industry is situated in Bhawan Nagar which is non-designated area as per Master Plan, Ludhiana. Now, the Board has issued order vide no. 21 dated 08.06.2018 regarding continuation of operation of Industrial establishments in mixed Land use/non-designated area of Ludhiana upto 15 years from date of notification of the master plan which were established before the notification of the Master Plan, Ludhiana.
In view of above, may if approved, Consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & ontrol of Pollution) Act, 1974 may be granted upto 10.09.2026 (as the industry falls in mixed land use area and it is permitted by Deptt. of Housing & Urban Development vide letter no. 08/05/2023-4HI/2208 dated 06.10.2023 to run the existing industries till 10.09.2026) with suitable conditions as per policy of the Board, please.
(Competency – Senior Environmental Engineer)
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