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Show cause notice for revocation/cancellation of consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 as amended in 1988 and the Air Act, 1981 as amended in 1987 alongwith notice to issue directions u/s 31-A of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 as amended in 1987 was issued to the industry with an opportunity of personal hearing before the Chairperson of the Board on 02.12.2025, wherein, it was decided as under:- ……1. Consent to operate granted to the industry under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, shall be cancelled……… 2. The industry shall submit Bank Guarantee of Rs. 05 lakhs, within 07 days, as an assurance to upgrade its Air Pollution Control Devices (APCD) and for not emitting black smoke from its stack alongwith following measures to be provided for the abatement of air pollution, within a period of one month: - i. The upgraded Air Pollution Control Devices (APCDs) shall achieve the revised emission standards as notified by MoEF&CC vide Notification No. GSR 373(E) dated 16.05.2023 and shall be operated regularly & efficiently. ii. ii. APCD shall be equipped with rotary valve for regular removal of APCD dust and regular removal must be ensured. iii. APCD shall be provided with the separate electric energy meter and daily record of energy consumed shall be maintained. iv. CCTV cameras shall be installed focusing towards the boiler stack and fuel feeding for self-monitoring of emissions and maintain 30 days footage as part of compliance records within one month. The CCTV cameras to be monitored regularly by the industry through in-house mechanism to be developed by the industry. v. Mechanized fuel feeding system shall be provided and to be operated regularly. vi. Only authorized fuel for which consent has been granted is to be used. vii. Fuel should not be moistured or wet. For that, quality of fuel shall be monitored regularly and a covered shed should be provided for fuel storage. viii. The industry shall carry out scientific storage and handling of boiler ash by making proper and covered arrangements to avoid its dispersion into atmosphere and prevent dust emissions. ………….3. The industry shall apply for obtaining consent to operate under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, within 15 days, in view of decision no. 01. 4. Environment Engineer, Regional Office-4, Ludhiana shall verify contentions of the industry, submit compliance with respect to the decisions as per the timelines given above and process consent applications on merit…………………….. To check the compliance of the proceedings issued by the competent authority, the industry was again visited by Er. Gurwinder Kaur, AEE on 30.12.2025 and the surprise team comprising of Er. Amritpal Singh Chahal, EE, RO-4, Er. Nitish Pushkarna, AEE, RO-1 and Sh. Mamta from Zonal Lab, Ludhiana on 30.01.2026 and it was observed that the 12 TPH boiler installed by the industry has failed to achieved revised emission standards as prescribed by MoEF & CC vide notification dated 16.05.2023. Further the industry is using pet coke as fuel in boilers thermopac installed. No separate storage room has been provided for fuel storage. The fuel is being stored in the boilers area along with ash generated which are reused as fuel……
Further, the industry has not submitted third part audit report to access the actual discharge capacity of the dyeing unit…………. As such,the industry is not complying with the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981……..
It is recommended that show cause notice for refusal of consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981 be issued to the industry with an opportunity of personal hearing before Chairperson of the Board………..
Competency – Hon’ble Chairperson of the Board
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