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The industry is a Red small category unit and was granted ‘consent to establish'/ (NOC expansion) under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 for proposed Printing of Cloth @ 3 TPD Mercerizing of Cloth @ 2 TPD alongwith existing Dyeing Washing & Finishing of Cloth @ 24 TPD and thereafter was granted ‘consent to establish'/ (NOC extension) under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 vide CTE/Ext/LDH1/2025/28327773 dated 02.05.2025 valid upto 01.05.2026 for the same production. Now the industry has applied for further NOC Extension for proposed Printing of Cloth @ 3 TPD Mercerizing of Cloth @ 2 TPD alongwith existing Dyeing Washing & Finishing of Cloth @ 24 TPD along with non-completion request letter stating that due to some recession in the market as well as shortage of labour, project is not being completed within the time period and it will require more time.
The industry has submitted Rs 42000/- as NOC fees vide Receipt no. 428169896 dated 30.04.2026 which is adequate upto 1 year as per as per Board's Office Order dated 29/10/2018. The industry has submitted project report along with the application form that entails all the proposed production and pollution control changes in a detailed way that may kindly be perused
. The industry was visited by Er. Nitish Pushkarna, AEE on 12.03.2026 and it was observed as under :- 1. The processing shed of the industry has been completed along-with the boundary wall. Machinery is arriving at site. 2. The industry has existing plot area 4270 sq.yds and it has proposed additional adjoining plot having area 9896 sq.yds. 1. The industry was in operation during visit. The industry has already submitted letter dated 17.08.2023 issued by PDA that the demat account of the industry is opened and the industry has shares for effluent discharge 1200 KLD. 3. The industry has installed 19 soft flow machines of different capacities. CALCULATION OF POLYESTER CLOTH FOR POLYESTER DYEING: S. No. Type of Machine and capacity No. of machines Liquor Ratio No. of baths/ lot No. of Lots Water consumption (Lts) Soft flow Fabric Dyeing Machines 1. 1000 Kg capacity 2 1:5 4 5 2x1000x5x4x5= 200KLD 2. 750 Kg capacity 2 1:5 4 5 2x750x5x4x5= 150KLD 3. 500 kg capacity 4 1:5 4 5 4x500x5x4x5= 200KLD 4. 400 kg capacity 3 1:5 4 5 3x400x5x4x5= 120KLD 5. 300 Kg capacity 1 1:5 4 5 1x300x5x4x5= 30KLD 6. 200 Kg capacity 3 1:5 4 5 3x200x5x4x5= 60KLD 7. 100 kg capacity 1 1:5 4 5 1x100x5x4x5= 10KLD 8. 50 kg capacity 2 1:5 4 5 2x50x5x4x5= 10KLD 9. 25 kg capacity 1 1:5 4 5 1x25x5x4x5= 2.5KLD WATER CONSUMPTION FOR DYEING ACTIVITIES (782.5 KLD) EFFLUENT DISCHARGED FROM DYEING ACTIVITIES 90%= 704.25 KLD CORRECTIONS / RE-DYEING 10%, Total trade effluent= 782.5KLD . STENTER 35 KLD SLITTING MACHINE EFFLUENT 10.5 KLD PRINTING MACHINE 70 KLD Mercerizer 40KLD and De-oiling 25KLD 4. The industry has connected its effluent discharge to CETP conveyance line. The industry is discharging its trade effluent @ 1195KLD and domestic effluent@5KLD into dedicated CETP conveyance line. 5. The industry has also installed the flow meter at the outlet to CETP line. the industry is discharging average effluent @650 KLD( as perused from the flow record of January and February 2026) into CETP line and discharge of the industry is within the consented capacity , within the shares capacity allotted to the industry and also in compliance of restriction to 80% discharge as applicable to CETP member units. 6. The industry has already obtained PWRDA permission for ground water extraction. 7. The industry has shares for effluent discharge 1200 KLD. 8. Now, the industry has proposed to modernized its existing dyeing unit by increase in production capacity such as printing alongwith addition in building. 9. It has also proposed to replace the existing 4 TPH boiler & 1.5 TPH Thermopack with 8 TPH Boiler & 40 Lac Kcal Thermopack, which will be equipped with separate cyclone separators followed by alkali scrubbers as APCD and adequate stack heights along with sampling arrangements. 10. Currently, the unit is operating in existing premises having area 4270 sq.yds. and now it has proposed additional area of 9896 sq.yds. Total area of the unit after expansion will be 14166 sq.yds. 11. The industry has proposed that it will shift all the existing machinery into new proposed building and only knitting will be carried out in the existing premises. 12. The industry has proposed that there will be no increase in the effluent by addition in the printing process as it will be completely digital printing.. It has proposed to add 1 no. printing machine, 1no. mercerizer machine, 1no. loop ager machine, 1no. continuous tumbler, 1 no. deoiling, 3 no. raising machines, 3 no. stenter (10 chamber). 13. It has proposed to discharge trade effluent @ 1195 KLD and domestic effluent @ 5 KLD into dedicated conveyance system leading to CETP (40 MLD). 14.. Further, the industry has proposed to add DG set of capacity 750 KVA, which will be equipped with canopy and adequate stack height.. There are no specific sitting guidelines for such type of industries. However, the existing as well as proposed area is located in Industrial zone as per Master Plan (2010-2031) of Ludhiana being in Focal Point. Applicability of press note 17: The press note 17 (1984 series was withdrawn by Ministry of Commerce and Industry vide letter no. 2(41)/2018-IL dated 11/09/2019. Applicability of Factories Act, 1948: As per policy of the Board, it is clearly mentioned that the Punjab Pollution Control Board will decide the applications for consent to establish (NOC) of all industries to be set up in designated/ approved areas such as Industrial Area/ Industrial Estate / Industrial Focal Point/ Approved Industrial Park / Industrial Zone of the Master Plan. However, the Site Clearance u/s 41 (A) of the Factories Act, 1948 will not be necessary for grant of consent to establish/ operate/ authorization by the Board. It is submitted that the subject cited industry is located in Industrial zone as per Master Plan (2010-2031) of Ludhiana. Therefore, there is no requirement of Site Clearance u/s 41 (A) of the Factories Act, 1948. The industry is complying with the conditions of the earlier NOC granted and also NOC Extension granted to it.
. In view of the above, it is recommended that ‘consent to establish'/ (NOC Expansion) under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 for proposed Printing of Cloth @ 3 TPD Mercerizing of Cloth @ 2 TPD alongwith existing Dyeing Washing & Finishing of Cloth @ 24 TPD may be granted for one year with suitable conditions of the Board with the approval of the Competent Authority, please along with special conditions that:
1. This extension of consent to establish is subjected to the decisions of Hon'ble National Green Tribunal in the appeal case no. 41 of 2024 filed by the SPV of CETP of 40 MLD- Focal Point Module. 2. There shall be no increase in the trade or domestic effluent with this expansion project. 3. The industry shall ensure that the effluent being discharged from its premises to the CETP conveyance line shall conform to the inlet parameters proposed by the SPV at the time of designing of aforesaid CETP while taking grant-in-aid from the MoEF & CC, Govt. of India, New Delhi as well as the inlet parameters prescribed / to be prescribed for the aforesaid CETP.
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