| File Note: |
Earlier, a surprise inspection was conducted by the officers of the Board on 25th of September 2025, and the concentration of particulate matter was beyond the permissible limits as prescribed by the Board. Accordingly, the industry was issued notice under section 31A of the Water Act with an opportunity for personal hearing before CWL on 1st December 2025. Accordingly, among other decisions, the chief environmental engineer decided that the bank guarantee of Rs. 50,000 already submitted by the industry may be encashed. The industry shall upgrade its APCD so as to achieve the prescribed standards. Also, the industry was directed to submit a fresh bank guarantee of Rs. 1 lakh and apply for a revised consent to operate under the Air Act. Now the industry has applied for obtaining revised consent to operate under the Air Act with the requisite documents and adequate consent fee as verified by the RO. The RO has reported that the previous bank guarantee of Rs. 50,000 was got encashed by the Board. Also, the industry submitted another bank guarantee of Rs. 1 lakh as an assurance to achieve the prescribed standards. The industry was visited by officers of the Board on 9th of February 2026. And it has been reported that the industry has provided dual-stage wet scrubber with multi-cyclone separator as APCD with the 8-ton per hour steam generation capacity installed by the boiler. The boiler rice husk, agrowaste-fired with mechanized feeding system, energy meter has been installed, CCTV cameras have been installed at the chimney fuel feeding and storage point. Scada system has also been installed by the industry records are being maintained. EMM meter at the groundwater has also been installed. The industry has also carried out agreement for fly ash disposal. In light of above, it is recommended for grant of consent up to 30th of June 2030 with suitable conditions. In this regard, it is mentioned here that earlier the cases of the memberships of the CTPs were being sent to the chairperson level as the NGT case of the CTPs was pending in the Honourable National Green Tribunal. Now in the file of message GR Woollen Mills, it has been decided that the consents be granted or dealt at the level of the competency as prescribed as per policy of the board. Also, it has also been decided in the said case that initially the consent will be granted for a period of six months. It is further mentioned here that earlier the samples, earlier the stack emission samples of the industry were not meeting with the prescribed criteria. Accordingly, it is recommended that a short-term consent for three months period be issued to the industry with usual conditions as being imposed in CETP member units and an additional condition that the industry shall get its stack emission monitoring carried out by the Board within a period of one month... Action in the matter. Submitted for approval...............Competency, consult case SC ZL2 for filing of notice issued under section 31A of the Air Act, Chief Environmental Engineer, Ludhiana |
