Proceedings for the 82nd Committee Room, Punjab … Proceedings SEIAA held on 11.04.2015...Item No. 82.01: Confirmation of the minutes of 81st meeting of SEIAA held on 27.03.2015

Proceedings for the 82nd meeting of State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority to be held on 11.04.2015 at 11.00 am in the Committee Room, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Vatavaran Bhawan, Nabha Road, Patiala.

The following were present:

1. Sh. Darshan Singh Jaidka,

Chairman, SEIAA

2. Sh. Anil Kumar Sondhi,

Member, SEIAA

3. Sh. Tejinder Singh Dhaliwal, IAS Member Secretary, SEIAA

Item No. 82.01: Confirmation of the minutes of 81st meeting of SEIAA held on 27.03.2015.

The SEIAA noted tht the proceedings of 81st meeting of SEIAA

held on 27.03.2015 were circulated to all concerned vide letter no. 1951-52 dated

31.03.2015. No observation has been received from any of the members. As such,

SEIAA confirmed the said proceedings.

Item No.82.02: Action taken on the proceedings of 81st meeting of SEIAA held on 27.03.2015.

It was seen by SEIAA.

Item No.82.03: Application for obtaining Environmental Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for a Group Housing Project namely “Pinnacle Homes” at GH-3, Pearl City, Sector-104, Distt. Mohali, Punjab by M/s Pinnacle Self Supporting Co-operative Welfare H/B Society Ltd.

The SEIAA observed that:

1. M/s Pinnacle Self Supporting Co-operative Welfare H/B Society Ltd. vide

letter dated 24.07.2014 has applied for obtaining environmental clearance as

required under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for development of a

group housing project namely “Pinnacle Homes” at GH-3, Pearl City, Sector-

104, Distt. Mohali. The project is covered under category 8 (a) of the

Schedule appended to the said notification.

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The case was considered by the SEAC in its 99th meeting held

on 21.08.2014, which was attended by the following on behalf of the project

proponent:

Sh. Nikhal Sadaf, Secretary of the promoter Society

Dr. Rekha Singh (Coordinator) of M/s GRC India Pvt. Ltd, Environmental Consultant of the promoter Society

Mr. Puneet Bhardwaj, Assistant Manager, of M/s GRC India Pvt. Ltd, Environmental Consultant of the promoter Society

Dr. Rekha Singh (Coordinator) of M/s GRC India Pvt. Ltd,

Environmental Consultant of the promoter company, presented the salient

features of the project before the SEAC.

The SEAC observed that the presentation made by the project

proponent is not satisfactory and does not cover all aspects related to the

project such as identification of sources/activities and their impacts on

environment.

The SEAC further observed that the project proponent is again

required to make presentation after attending to the following observations:

(i) During, the presentation, the project proponent stated that the

fresh water requirement will be either met through own tubewell

or will be met from GMADA water supply or through the water

supply by the Pearl City. However, in the application submitted by

the project proponent, it has been mentioned that the fresh water

requirement will be met through GMADA water supply. Hence, the

project proponent is required to clarify the source from the

requirement of fresh water will be met.

(ii) The per capita water demand assumed by the project proponent

for calculating the water balance statement is 135 lpcd. The

SEIAA, Punjab (available on the official website of SEIAA i.e.

www.seiaapunjab.co.in) has already laid down criteria for

assessment of water demand and utilization of treated wastewater

for Building, Construction, Township & Area Development on the

basis of communities with different population size. Therefore, the

water balance statement submitted by the project proponent is

not as per the criteria specified by the SEIAA, Punjab.

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(iii) The project proponent is required to submit the storm water

management plan for the areas other than the roof top including

the measures to be adopted to avoid the flooding of the areas

outside the project site.

(iv) The project proponent informed that the treated wastewater will

be disposed off into the sewer to be laid down by the GMADA,

which is at a distance of 1 km from the project site. However, the

project proponent is required to clarify as to how the connectivity

of the sewer line of the project will be ensured with the main

sewer line of GMADA simultaneously with the completion of the

project. In case of non-connectivity with main sewer line of

GMADA, an alternate arrangement for the disposal of the treated

wastewater is required to be submitted.

(v) The project proponent is required to identify and intimate the

sources available to utilize the treated wastewater during the

construction phase of the project.

(vi) The project proponent has not identified certain construction

wastes likely to be generated and measures to be adopted for its

proper management, handling and disposal.

(vii) The project proponent has proposed to use certain type of solid

waste for the filling purposes. However, the project proponent is

required to provide the details such as type, nature,

characteristics, quantity to be used for the filling purpose and in

case of excessive quantity its ultimate disposal.

(viii) The project proponent is required to identify all the sources which

may cause air & noise pollution due to the coming up of the

proposed project, their quantification and likely impacts on the

environment and mitigation measures to be adopted.

(ix) The project proponent is required to submit the bifurcated

quantity of the various types of the municipal solid waste to be

generated from the project, their likely impacts on the

environment and management, handling & disposal.

(x) The project proponent is required to submit the approved

landscape plan.

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(xi) The proposed energy conservation measures needs to be

reviewed and more energy may be conserved with focus on

providing non-conventional / renewable sources of energy.

(xii) The project proponent is required to mention the names of the

villages to be adopted under the Corporate Social Responsibility

activities and the activities to be carried out in these villages.

After detailed discussions, the SEAC decided to defer the case till the

project proponent submits the reply to the above noted observations.

The decision of SEAC was conveyed to the project proponent vide

letter no. 2561 dated 26.08.2014.

2. Now, the project proponent vide letter no.2567 dated 18.09.2014 has

submitted the reply of the observations of SEAC, the details of which are as under:

Sr. no

Observations of the Committee

Reply submitted by the project proponent.

1. During, the presentation, the project proponent stated that the fresh water requirement will be either met through own tubewell or will be met from GMADA water supply or through the water supply by the Pearl City. However, in the application submitted by the project proponent, it has been mentioned that the fresh water requirement will be met through GMADA water supply. Hence, the project proponent is required to clarify the source from the requirement of fresh water will be met.

The GMADA vide letter no.3932 dated 02.09.2011 has intimated to M/s PACL India Ltd. That it has accounted for the water supply demand and the sewage load as per norms fixed by the govt. of India for Sec-100 & 104,while designing the trunk services to be laid by GMADA on the peripheral grid roads of Mohali Master Plan. The connections with these trunk services will be allowed after these services are laid and commissioned in due course of time.

2. The per capita water demand assumed by the project proponent for calculating the water balance statement is 135 lpcd. The SEIAA, Punjab (available on the official website of SEIAA i.e. www.seiaapunjab.co.in) has already laid down criteria for assessment of water demand

Submitted the revised water balance.

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and utilization of treated wastewater for Building, Construction, Township & Area Development on the basis of communities with different population size. Therefore, the water balance statement submitted by the project proponent is not as per the criteria specified by the SEIAA, Punjab.

3. The project proponent is required to submit the storm water management plan for the areas other than the roof top including the measures to be adopted to avoid the flooding of the areas outside the project site.

Submitted.

4. The project proponent informed that the treated wastewater will be disposed off into the sewer to be laid down by the GMADA, which is at a distance of 1 km from the project site. However, the project proponent is required to clarify as to how the connectivity of the sewer line of the project will be ensured with the main sewer line of GMADA simultaneously with the completion of the project. In case of non-connectivity with main sewer line of GMADA, an alternate arrangement for the disposal of the treated wastewater is required to be submitted.

The GMADA has assured that the construction of sewer line approaching to project site will be completed within 1-1.5 years. While the completion of proposed project will require around 3 years and again around 6 months to be in complete operational phase. So the time gap is around 2 years between laying of sewer line and sewer discharge from the project.

5. The project proponent is required to identify and intimate the sources available to utilize the treated wastewater during the construction phase of the project.

Submitted

6. The project proponent has not identified certain construction wastes likely to be generated and measures to be adopted for its proper management, handling and disposal.

Submitted

7. The project proponent has proposed to use certain type of

Submitted

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solid waste for the filling purposes. However, the project proponent is required to provide the details such as type, nature, characteristics, quantity to be used for the filling purpose and in case of excessive quantity its ultimate disposal.

8. The project proponent is required to identify all the sources which may cause air & noise pollution due to the coming up of the proposed project, their quantification and likely impacts on the environment and mitigation measures to be adopted.

Submitted

9. The project proponent is required to submit the bifurcated quantity of the various types of the municipal solid waste to be generated from the project, their likely impacts on the environment and management, handling & disposal.

Submitted

10. The project proponent is required to submit the approved landscape plan.

Submitted

11. The proposed energy conservation measures needs to be reviewed and more energy may be conserved with focus on providing non-conventional / renewable sources of energy.

Submitted

12. The project proponent is required to mention the names of the villages to be adopted under the Corporate Social Responsibility activities and the activities to be carried out in these villages.

Submitted

The case was considered by the SEAC in its 102nd meeting held on

17.10.2014, which was attended by the following on behalf of the project

proponent:

i) Sh. Nikhil Sadaf, Secretary of the promoter company

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ii) Sh. Mervyn Gilbert of M/s Grass Roots Research & Creations

India (P) Ltd. Environmental Consultant of the promoter

company

A perusal of the application and presentation made by Sh. Mervyn

Gilbert, Environmental Consultant of the promoter company reveal, the salient

features of the project as under:-

The total plot area is 20,244.73 sqm having a built up area of 53,482.252

sqm. Plot no. 3 at Sector-104, Pearls City, Mohali has been allotted to

M/s The Pinnacle Co-op. Welfare Housing Society Ltd. by M/s Pearls

Infrastructure Projects Ltd. vide allotment letter no. 14901 dated

27.03.2012.

Dept. of Housing and Urban Development has granted CLU to M/s PACL

India Ltd. vide no. 6291 dated 10.07.2006.

Total water requirement for the project will be 245 KLD, out of which

187 KLD will be met through fresh water supply and remaining 58 KLD

will be met from treated wastewater.

The total wastewater generation from the project will be 196 KLD, which

will be treated in a STP of 250 KLD capacity to be installed within the

project premises. The project proponent has proposed to use 58 KLD of

treated wastewater for flushing purpose, 17 KLD for irrigation of green

area and remaining 101 KLD will be discharged to MC sewer in summer

season. In winter season, 58 KLD of treated wastewater will be used for

flushing purpose, 6 KLD will be used for irrigation of green area and

remaining 112 KLD will be discharged to MC sewer. In rainy season, 58

KLD of treated wastewater will be used for flushing purpose, 2 KLD will

be used for irrigation of green area and remaining 116 KLD will be

discharged to MC sewer.

GMADA has issued a letter no.3932 dated 02.09.2011 wherein, it has

been mentioned that the GMADA has accounted for the water supply

demand and the sewage load for the Sector- 100 & 104, while designing

the trunk services to be laid by GMADA on the peripheral grid roads of

Mohali Master Plan.

The total quantity of solid waste to be generated from the proposed

project has been estimated as 630 Kg/Day, which will be segregated into

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bio-degradable and non-biodegradable waste as per the MSW Rules,

2000. The biodegradable waste will be converted into compost. The

recyclable waste will be sold off to recyclers. GMADA has issued a letter

no.3932 dated 02.09.2011 wherein, it has been mentioned that the

quantity of garbage likely to be generated from Sector-100 & 104 has

also been accounted for while calculating the capacity of Common Waste

Management Facility for GMADA cluster by Local govt. Punjab.

The total load of electricity required for proposed project will be 1503.1

KW which will be supplied by PSPCL. The project proponent has

proposed to install 2 DG sets OF 500 KVA capacity for backup power

supply.

The e-waste generated will be stored in an isolated room and will be sold

to authorized collection centers/re-processors as per provisions of the E-

Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011 rules.

Used oil to be generated from the DG sets will be managed & handled as

per the provisions of the Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling &

Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008.

The ambient air monitoring has been got done from M/s GRC India

Training & Analytical Laboratory and the analysis results indicate that the

concentration of various pollutants such as PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2 and CO

have been measured. Also, ambient noise monitoring has been got done

from the said firm and the analysis results indicate that the noise levels

during day and night times, have been measured as 53.4 dB(A) leq and

43.2 dB(A) leq, respectively, against the prescribed standards of 55 and

45 dB(A) leq. The groundwater of the area is potable in nature as per

analysis report of groundwater.

Airport authority has issued a NOC dated 09.09.2013 wherein, it has

been mentioned that the maximum height shall not exceed 48.87m.

During construction phase, Rs.40 lacs will be incurred for implementation

of Environment Management Plan. During operation phase, Rs.50.5 lacs

will be incurred for implementation of EMP. The implementation of EMP

will be responsibility of Mr. Harinder Singh, Director, Mr. Dinesh Mahajan,

Project Manager, and Mr. Subrat Kumar Pradhan, AGM of the company

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Rs. 1.00 crore will be utilized for following activities under Corporate

Social Responsibility:

• Rs. 10.65 lacs for shelters to labour class.

• Rs. 13.40 lacs for rural primary health centres.

• Rs. 27.35 lacs for distribution of clothes to poor people.

• Rs. 26.80 lacs for vocational training centres.

• Rs. 21.80 lacs for green plantation along the periphery of

project site.

The traffic circulation plan and Disaster/Risk Assessment &

Management Plan has been prepared and the same has been submitted.

The SEAC observed that the project proponent is required to submit

the following documents/clarification:

i. A copy of the agreement regarding the water supply and sewerage

connection to be provided by M/s PACL which is the Area

development promoter company and this project is a part of that Area

Development Project. .

ii. Source of treated wastewater to be used during construction phase.

iii. Details of the total energy saved w.r.t. building materials and

orientation of the buildings.

iv. Details of the solid waste likely to be generated during the

construction phase and its disposal arrangements.

The project proponent assured the SEAC that all the above

documents/clarification will be submitted shortly and requested for recommending

their case to SEIAA for grant of environmental clearance.

The Committee observed that the project proponent has provided

adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations raised by it. Therefore,

the Committee awarded 'Silver Grading' to the project proposal and decided to

forward the case to the SEIAA with the recommendation to grant environmental

clearance to the project proponent for development of a group housing project

namely “Pinnacle Homes” at GH-3, Pearl City, Sector-104, Distt. Mohali, subject to

the following conditions in addition to the proposed measures as and when the

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project proponent submits the above mentioned documents/clarification and the

same is approved by the Chairman SEAC on the case file of the project:

PART A – Specific conditions

I. Construction Phase

(i) “Consent to establish” shall be obtained from Punjab Pollution Control Board under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and a copy of the same shall be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority before the start of any construction work at site.

(ii) All required sanitary and hygienic measures should be in place before starting construction activities and to be maintained throughout the construction phase.

(iii) A first aid room will be provided in the project both during construction and operation phase of the project.

(iv) All the topsoil excavated during construction activities should be stored for use in horticulture / landscape development within the project site.

(v) Disposal of muck during construction phase should not create any adverse effect on the neighbouring communities and be disposed off after taking the necessary precautions for general safety and health aspects of people with the approval of competent authority.

(vi) Construction spoils, including bituminous material and other hazardous material, must not be allowed to contaminate watercourses and the dump sites for such material must be secured, so that they should not leach into the groundwater.

(vii) The diesel generator sets to be used during construction phase should be of low sulphur diesel type and should conform to the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 prescribed for air and noise emission standards.

(viii) Vehicles hired for bringing construction material to the site and other machinery to be used during construction should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

(ix) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored during construction phase.

(x) Fly ash should be used as construction material in the construction as per the provisions of Fly Ash Notification of September, 1999 and as amended on August, 2003 (This condition is applicable only if the project is within 100 Km of Thermal Power Station).

(xi) Ready mixed concrete should be used in building construction as far as possible.

(xii) Water demand during construction should be reduced by use of premixed concrete, curing agents and other best practices.

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(xiii) Separation of drinking water supply and treated sewage supply should be done by the use of different colours.

(xiv) Fixtures for showers, toilet flushing and drinking should be of low flow either by use of aerators or pressure reducing devices or sensor based control.

(xv) Adequate steps shall be taken to conserve energy by limiting the use of glass, provision of proper thermal insulation and taking measures as prescribed under the Energy Conservation Building Code.

(xvi) The approval of competent authority shall be obtained for structural safety of the buildings due to earthquakes, adequacy of fire fighting equipments etc. as per National Building Code including protection measures from lightning.

(xvii) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, disposal of waste water & solid waste in an environmentally sound manner, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

II. Operation Phase

i) The installation of sewage treatment plant (STP) and adequacy of disposal system should be certified by Punjab Pollution Control Board and a report in this regard should be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests/State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority before the project is commissioned for operation. The project proponent shall discharge not more than 116 KLD of treated wastewater into sewer during rainy season.

ii) The project proponent shall provide electromagnetic flow meter at the outlet of the water supply, outlet of the STP and any pipeline to be used for re-using the treated wastewater back into the system for flushing and for horticulture purpose/green etc. and shall maintain a record of readings of each such meter on daily basis.

iii) Adequate & appropriate pollution control measures should be provided to control fugitive emissions to be emitted within the complex.

iv) Adequate treatment facility for drinking water shall be provided, if required.

v) Rainwater harvesting for roof run-off should be implemented. Before recharging the roof run-off, pretreatment must be done to remove suspended matter, oil and grease. However, no run off from gardens/green area/roads/pavements shall be connected with the ground water recharging system.

vi) The solid waste generated should be properly collected and segregated. The recyclable solid waste shall be sold out to the authorized vendors and inerts shall be sent to disposal facility. The Bio-degradable solid waste shall be adequately treated as per the scheme submitted by the project proponent. Prior approval of competent authority should be obtained, if required.

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vii) Hazardous waste/E-waste should be disposed off as per Rules applicable and with the necessary approval of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

viii) The green belt along the periphery of the plot shall achieve attenuation factor conforming to the day and night noise standards prescribed for residential land use. The open spaces inside the plot should be suitably landscaped and covered with vegetation of indigenous species/variety.

ix) The project proponent should take adequate and appropriate measures to contain the ambient air quality within the prescribed standards. The proposal regarding mitigation measures to be taken at site should be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests/ State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority within three months.

x) Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air quality, noise and water quality should be periodically monitored after commissioning of the project.

xi) Application of solar energy should be incorporated for illumination of common areas, lighting for gardens and street lighting in addition to provision for solar water heating.

xii) Traffic congestion near the entry and exit points from the roads adjoining the proposed project site must be avoided. Parking should be fully internalized and no public space should be utilized.

xiii) A report on the energy conservation measures conforming to energy conservation norms finalized by Bureau of Energy Efficiency should be prepared incorporating details about machinery of air conditioning, lifts, lighting, building materials, R & U Factors etc. and submitted to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB/SEIAA in three months time.

xiv) Environmental Management Cell shall be formed during operation phase which will supervise and monitor the environment related aspects of the project.

PART B – General Conditions :

i) This environmental clearance will be valid for a period of five years from the date of its issue or till the completion of the project, whichever is earlier.

ii) The environmental safeguards contained in the application of the promoter / mentioned during the presentation before State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority/State Expert Appraisal Committee should be implemented in letter and spirit.

iii) The entire cost of the environmental management plan (i.e. capital cost as well as recurring cost) will continue to be borne by the project proponent until the responsibility of environmental management plan is transferred to the occupier/residents society under proper MOU after obtaining prior permission of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

iv) The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results of monitored

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data (both in hard copies as well as by mail) to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB/SEIAA.

v) Officials from the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority / State Level Expert Appraisal Committee / Punjab Pollution Control Board who would be monitoring the implementation of environmental safeguards should be given full cooperation, facilities and documents / data by the project proponents during their inspection. A complete set of all the documents submitted to State Environment Impact Assessment Authority should be forwarded to the CCF, Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh/State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

vi) In the case of any change (s) in the scope of the project, the project would require a fresh appraisal by State Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

vii) Separate distribution pipelines be laid down for use of treated effluent / raw water for horticultural/gardening purposes with different colour coding.

viii) All other statutory clearances such as the approvals for storage of diesel from Chief Controller of Explosives, Fire Department, Civil Aviation Department, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 etc. shall be obtained, by project proponents from the competent authorities including Punjab Pollution Control Board and from other statutory bodies as applicable. The project proponent shall also obtain permission from the NBWL, if applicable.

ix) The project proponent should advertise in at least two local newspapers widely circulated in the region, one of which shall be in the vernacular language informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and copies of clearance letters are available with the Punjab Pollution Control Board. The advertisement should be made within seven days from the day of issue of the clearance letter and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh.

x) These stipulations would be enforced among others under the provisions of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, the Public Liability (Insurance) Act, 1991 and EIA Notification, 2006.

xi) Environmental clearance is subject to final order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the matter of Goa Foundation Vs. Union of India in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 460 of 2004 as may be applicable to this project and decisions of any competent court, to the extent applicable.

xii) The project proponent shall comply with the conditions of the CLU granted to M/s PACL by the competent authority, vide letter no. 6291 dated 10.07.2006.

xiii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zilla Parishad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban local body and the local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions / representations, if any, were

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received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

xiv) The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the stipulated EC

conditions, including results of monitored data on their website and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of MoEF, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB. The criteria pollutant levels namely; PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NOx, CO, Pb, Ozone (ambient air as well as stack emissions) shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of the company in the public domain.

xv) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan and shall spend Rs.50.5 Lacs as capital cost on the Environment Management Plan.

xvi) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Corporate Social Responsibility and shall spend Rs. 1.00 crore as proposed or atleast minimum required to be spent under the provisions of the Companies Act 1956, whichever is higher.

xvii) The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority reserves the right to add additional safeguards/ measures subsequently, if found necessary, and to take action including revoking of the environmental clearance under the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, to ensure effective implementation of the suggested safeguards/ measures in a time bound and satisfactory manner.

xviii) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

The decision of the SEAC was conveyed to the project proponent vide

letter no. 3270 dated 31.10.2014.

The project proponent vide letter dated 21.10.2014 and 27.11.2014

submitted the reply to the observations raised by the SEAC, the details of which are

as under:-

Sr.

No. Observations of the SEAC Detail of reply submitted by the

project proponent

1. A copy of the agreement regarding the water supply and sewerage connection to be provided by M/s PACL which is the Area development promoter company and this project is a part of that Area Development Project.

The project proponent has not submitted a copy of the agreement regarding the water supply and sewerage connection to be provided by M/s PACL. However, the project proponent has submitted a copy of receipt dated 15.05.2014, vide which it had applied to the CGWB for permission for

abstraction of groundwater.

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2. Source of treated wastewater to be used during construction phase.

The project proponent has submitted that being a prime location, at GH-3, Pearl City, Sector-104, District Mohali, Punjab and there are few projects (Taj Towers, Municipal Heights, The Views and Central Plaza) in the vicinity of this project site, therefore, surplus treated wastewater from their STPs will be provided for construction

purposes.

3. Details of the total energy saved w.r.t. building materials and orientation of the buildings.

Submitted.

4. Details of the solid waste likely to be generated during the construction phase and its disposal arrangements.

The project proponent has submitted that the solid waste expected to be generated during the construction phase will comprise

of the following wastes:

(i) Excavated materials from the project

site.

(ii) Used bags of cement

(iii) Bricks, sand, concrete, tiles

(iv) MS rods

(v) Wood or timber projects

(vi) Salvaged building components such as doors, windows and plumbing fixtures.

The project proponent has proposed the following methods of disposal of solid

waste during construction phase.

1. The construction yards are proposed for

the storage of construction material.

2. The excavated material such as top soil and stones, aggregates will be stacked for reuse during later stages of

construction.

3. Excavated top soil will be stored in temporary constructed soil bank covered with tarpaulin sheets and will

be reused for land scaping.

4. Remaining soil shall be utilized for refilling / road work / rising of site level at locations and the surplus soil shall be

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sold to outside agency for construction

of roads, etc.

5. Used cement bags will be used for road making purpose and surplus no. of bags will be sold to the Govt. approved

agency.

It is further intimated that the matter regarding permission of CGWA

or recommendation letter from CGWB to CGWA for abstraction of groundwater,

was discussed in the 8th combined meeting of SEIAA & SEAC held on 15.12.2014,

wherein it was decided that:

“Where municipal water supply is not available and/or groundwater is

to be abstracted, a condition be imposed in the environmental

clearance to be granted to the proposed project, to the effect that

project proponent shall obtain permission from the CGWA for

abstraction of groundwater & digging of borewell(s) and shall not

abstract any groundwater without prior written permission of the

CGWA, even if any borewell(s) exist at site.”

The case was considered by the SEAC in its 106th meeting held on

17.01.2015 and 107th meeting held on 21.01.2015 and was deferred due to paucity

of time in both the meetings.


06.02.2015, which was attended by Sh. Nikhal Sadaf, Secretary of the promoter

Society. The project proponent submitted a copy of letter issued by the GMADA

vide no. 3532 dated 28.07.2014, wherein it has been mentioned that this project

site has been allotted to Pinnacle Cooperative House Building Society, GH-3,

Sector-104, SAS Nagar by M/s PACL. The water supply to this project will be

provided by the supply network laid down by the M/s PACL and no separate water

supply connection will be provided. The project proponent further submitted that

no ground water will be abstracted.





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clearance to the project proponent for development of a group housing project

namely “Pinnacle Homes” at GH-3, Pearl City, Sector-104, Distt. Mohali, subject to

the same conditions as already decided in 102nd meeting of SEAC held on

17.10.2014 in addition to the proposed measures.

The case was considered by the SEIAA in its 80th meeting held on

28.02.2015, which was attended by Sh. D.K. Singal, President of the Society. Sh.

D.K. Singal, President of the Society informed that the Secretary of the Society and

Environmental Consultant are out of station and he requested for deferment of the

case.

The SEIAA accepted the request of the President of the Society and

decided to defer the case to the next meeting.

The decision of the SEIAA was conveyed to the project proponent

vide letter no. 1463 dated 05.03.2015.

The case was considered by the SEIAA in its 82nd meeting held on

11.04.2015, which was attended by Sh. Nikhil Sadaf, Secretary of the Society.

Sh. Nikhil Sadaf, Secretary of the Society presented the salient

features of the project before the SEIAA and requested to grant environmental

clearance for the project.

The SEIAA observed that the project proponent is required to mark

the location of DG set & other utilities on the layout plan and to correct the MSW

management in the presentation.

The project proponent marked the location of DG set & other utilities

on the layout plan and also corrected the MSW management in the presentation.

The SEIAA observed that the case stands recommended by SEAC and

the Committee awarded ‘Silver Grading’ to the project proposal. The SEIAA

looked into the details of the case and was satisfied with the same. Therefore, the

Authority decided to grant environmental clearance to the project proponent for

development of a group housing project namely “Pinnacle Homes” in an area of

20,244.73 sqm having built-up area of 53,482.252 sqm at GH-3, Pearl City, Sector-

104, Distt. Mohali, subject to the conditions as proposed by the SEAC in addition to

the proposed measures.

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Item No.82.04: Application for obtaining Environmental Clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for construction of an Educational Institute namely “Rayat & Bahra Bio- Technology Centre Of Excellence” at Chandigarh-Ropar Road, Sahauran, Tehsil Kharar, District SAS Nagar, Punjab.


M/s Rayat & Bahra Group of Institutes and Educational

Charitable Society, has applied vide letter No. 609 dated 20.12.2014 for obtaining

the environmental clearance as required under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006

for construction of an Educational Institute namely “Rayat & Bahra Bio- Technology

Centre Of Excellence” at Chandigarh-Ropar Road, Sahauran, Tehsil Kharar, District

SAS Nagar. The project is covered under category 8 (a) of the Schedule appended

to the said notification. The details of the project as per Form I & IA are as under:

The total project area is 33.5 acres having total built up area of 67,685 sqm.

The total cost of the project will be Rs.78.93 cores.

Total water requirement for the project will be 471 KLD (451 KLD for

domestic use and 20 KLD for Laboratory), out of which 340 KLD will be met

from own tubewell and remaining 131 KLD will be met from treated

wastewater.

The total wastewater generation from the project will be 381 KLD, which will

be treated in a CETP to be installed within the project premises. The project

proponent has proposed to use 131 KLD of treated wastewater for flushing

purpose, 45 KLD for irrigation of green area @ 5.51 sqm and remaining 205

KLD will be used for plantation as per karnal technology in summer season.

In winter season, 131 KLD of treated wastewater will be used for flushing

purpose, 14 KLD will be used for irrigation of green area @ 1.71 sqm and

remaining 236 KLD will be used for plantation as per karnal technology. In

rainy season, 131 KLD of treated wastewater will be used for flushing


KLD will be used for plantation as per karnal technology.

The total quantity of solid waste to be generated from the proposed project

has been estimated as 2.6 T/day, which will be segregated into bio-

degradable and non-biodegradable waste as per the MSW Rules, 2000. The

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bio-degradable will be used as manure after treatment. The non-

biodegradable like papers, plastic, metals etc will be sold to the authorized

recyclers.

The e-waste will be handled and managed as per the E-waste (Management

& Handling) Rules, 2011.

The used oil from the D.G. sets will be sold out to the registered recyclers as

per the provisions of the Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling &

Transboundary Movement), Rules, 2008.

The total load of electricity required for proposed project will be 246 KW

which will be supplied by PSPCL. The project proponent has proposed to

install 2 DG sets of capacity 250 KVA and 320 KVA each, for backup power

supply.

The other details of the project have been given in the Form 1 & 1A

submitted by the promoter and the details of the proposed project are as under:

1. Properly filled Form 1 & 1A Yes

2. (a) In case(s) where land has already been purchased/acquired:

Proof of ownership of land

(b) In case where land is yet to be purchased/acquired:

Proof of ownership of land (existing owner) such as copy of latest Jamabandi (not more than one month old) and credible document showing status of land acquisition w.r.t. project site as prescribed in OM dated 07.10.2014 issued by MoEF)

Copy of Jamabandi attached

3. Copy of Master Plan of the area

showing land use pattern of the

proposed site/certificate from

Competent Authority intimating land

use pattern of the project site as

per proposals of Master Plan of the

area.

Permission for CLU has been granted

vide No. 6007 dated 07.06.2005 for an

area measuring 84 bighas and 7 biswas.

4. Layout plan duly approved by the

Competent Authority/Conceptual

plan of the project.

Submitted Conceptual plan of the project.

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5. Topographical map of the area

showing Contour Plan.

Submitted.

6. Status of construction, if any,

alongwith photographs from all

the four sides.

Submitted, photographs showing that

construction has already been done at

site.

7. 500 meter radius map of the area

from periphery of project site

clearly indicating the various

industries (specifically red category

industries) and structures lying in

the area.

Submitted.

8. Location plan showing the exact

location of the project site w.r.t.

some permanent/important features

of the area and site plan of the

project showing the following

i) Location of STP ;

ii) Solid waste storage area.

iii) Green belt

iv) Parking space

v) RWH and water recharge pits

vi) Fire fighting equipment layout

vii) First aid room

viii) Location of Tubewells

ix) DG Sets and Transformers

x) Any other utilities

i) Marked ii) Marked iii) Marked iv) Marked. v) Marked. vi) Marked vii) Marked viii) Marked ix) Marked x) E-waste storage area

marked

9. Permission of Competent Authority

for;

a) Water and Sewerage connection

A letter from concerned Local

Body/Authority giving details about

existing status of sewer

connectivity and availability of

water supply in the area and

acceptance of Local Body for taking

the quantity of sewage to be

generated by the proposed project

and providing the water supply.

Existing position of public sewer

a) The treated wastewater will be used onto land for plantation.

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and water supply line duly marked

on the lay out map/plan.

b) Collection of Solid waste

b) Solid waste will be used as manure after treatment.

10. Water balance chart for summer,

rainy and winter seasons

indicating critical requirements.

Submitted.

11. Availability of adequate land for

use of treated sewage and

plantation.

Submitted

12. Analysis reports of ambient air,

ground water and noise levels

from NABL / MoEF accredited

laboratories.

The ambient air monitoring has been got done from M/s Chandigarh Pollution Testing Laboratory and the analysis results indicate that the concentration of various pollutants such as PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2 and CO have been measured. Also, ambient noise monitoring has been got done from the said firm and the analysis results indicate that the noise levels during day and night times, have been measured in the range of 41-44 dB(A) leq and 35-38 dB(A) leq, respectively, against the prescribed standards of 55 and 45 dB(A) leq. The analysis report of groundwater has also been

submitted.

13. Quantification of energy saved

and renewable energy devices

used.

Submitted

14. Drawing showing plumbing

systems for use of fresh, treated

and hot water

The treated waste water will not be

reused for plumbing.

15. Construction schedule

(PERT/CPM Chart)

Construction work has already been

completed.

16. Affidavits for ;

a) Constitution of Environment Monitoring Cell

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b) Use of ready mix concrete or use of fly ash during construction.

c) To provide Fire Fighting System

d) To provide wind breaking curtains and water sprinkling system to minimize dust emissions.

e) To provide adequate safety measures for the construction workers during the construction phase.

Submitted

17 Environmental Management Plan indicating the following: a) All mitigation measures for

each item-wise activity to be undertaken during the construction, operation and the entire life cycle to minimize adverse environmental impacts as a result of the activities of the project.

b) Compliance of various environmental regulations

c) Steps to be taken in case of emergency such as accidents at the site including fire.

d) For how long period the project proponent will be responsible for implementation of EMP and the name of the person(s) responsible for implementation of EMP.

e) Capital & recurring cost for

the EMP per year and the

details of funds for the same.

f) Name of the individual

persons / organization, who

will be responsible for

Submitted

Submitted

Submitted Registrar will be responsible for implementation of Environment Management Plan. Rs.63 lacs will be incurred on account of capital cost and Rs.5.50 lacs/annum will be incurred on account of recurring charges for implementation of EMP during the operation phase.

Registrar will be responsible for

implementation of Environment

Management Plan.

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implementation of EMP after

the lapse of the period for

which the project proponent

is responsible.

18 Corporate Social Responsibility indicating various activities to be undertaken, provisions of funds for the same, the period for which the same is to be implemented and the person(s) responsible for the implementation of the same.

The implementation of the Corporate

Social Responsibility will be

responsibility of the Registrar. Rs.17

Lacs will be utilized for the following

activities:

Donation for school welfare in Govt. Senior Secondary School, Dao Majra.

School books to disadvantaged students within 2km radius schools.

Environment awareness and tree plantation drive in all villages within 1km radius.

Medical check up cum cleanliness camps in all villages within 2km radius.

Free education upto primary level to children of slum dwellers of nearest villages.

19. Traffic Circulation System and

connectivity with a view to

ensure adequate parking, conflict

free movements, Energy efficient

Public Transport.

Submitted.

20. Disaster/Risk Assessment and

Management Plan

Submitted.





06.02.2015, Sh. Jagjit Singh, Purchase Supervisor of the Ryat & Bahra, appeared

before the SEAC and requested for deferment of the case.

The SEAC decided to accept the request of the representative and

deferred the case till next meeting.

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20.02.2015 and was attended by the following:

1. Sh. R.P. Chaudhary, AO

2. Sh. Sital Singh, CTPL Envirotech Chandigarh

Sh. Sital Singh, Environmental consultant of the promoter company

submitted that the promoter Company has completed all the civil construction work

and institute is functional.

The SEAC observed that the case is required to be dealt as per the

procedure mentioned in the Office Memorandum dated 12.12.2012 of the Ministry

of Environment & Forests as amended on 27.06.2013 since the promoter company

has violated the provisions of EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 by starting

construction of the project without obtaining environmental clearance under the

said notification.

After detailed deliberations, the SEAC decided as under:

(i) To forward the case to SEIAA with the recommendation to ask the

project proponent to submit a formal resolution passed by the Board

of Directors of the Company or to the Managing Committee / CEO of

the Society, Trust, partnership / individually owned concern, within 60

days, mentioning that violations will not be repeated in future and in

the meantime, the project may be delisted. In the eventuality of not

having any response from the project proponent within the prescribed

limit of 60 days, the project file may be closed.

(ii) To recommend to SEIAA for:

initiating credible action against project proponent /

responsible persons / promoter company under the

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 due to start of construction

activities of the project without obtaining Environmental

Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006.

issuance of directions under Section 5 of the Environment

(Protection) Act, 1986 to restrain the promoter company from

carrying out any further construction activity of the project till

the environmental clearance under EIA notification dated

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14.09.2006 is obtained.

The SEIAA & SEAC in their 6th combined meeting held on 17.10.2014

had decided that parking for visitors/public transport should be provided by project

proponent(s) within the premises near the main gate/entrance to avoid parking

along the road side outside the premises. The project proponent should also

provide some security personnel to guide the visitors in this regard. It was further

decided to constitute a Committee of SEAC members and was requested to visit

Patiala-Chandigarh Road, Banur-Landran- Kharar Road, Mohali-Ropar Roads for this

purpose.

The Committee visited the said area and report of the Committee was

placed before the SEIAA in its 7th combined meeting held on 18.11.2014, wherein,

it was decided to issue notice u/s 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 with an

opportunity of personal hearing before the SEIAA, for violating provisions of EIA

notification dated 14.09.2006. The name of M/s Rayat & Bahra Educational

Complex also figured amongst the Educational Institutions visited by the

Committee.

As such, in compliance to the above mentioned decision of SEIAA &

SEAC and in exercise of the powers as delegated by MoEFCC vide notification no.

S.O. 637 (E) dated 28.02.2014, a notice u/s 5 of Environmental (Protection) Act,

1986 proposing to issue the certain directions as mentioned therein with an

opportunity of personal hearing before SEIAA on 24.12.2014 was issued to the

project proponent vide letter No. 3571 dated 04.12.2014.

The hearing before SEIAA was attended by Sh. Sandeep Puri, Director

(Planning) of the Society on 24.12.2014.

Sh. Sandeep Puri, submitted that 27 m wide strip of land outside the

boundary wall/along the Highway where vehicles are parked is self owned. He

further submitted that they will deploy security guards and take other traffic control

/ management measures and ensure that in future no traffic hazard is caused due

to the stoppage/parking of vehicles by students/visitors in front of the Institute. He

also informed that they have applied for obtaining environmental clearance under

EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 on 22.12.2014.

After hearing, the SEIAA observed that the Institute has completed

construction and is operating without obtaining environmental clearance in violation

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of provisions of EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 and Environment (Protection)

Act, 1986.

After detailed deliberations, the SEIAA took certain decisions. The

details of the decision and the compliance made thereof is as under:

Sr.No.

Decision

Compliance

1. Ask the institute to submit approved plan and other documentary evidence to prove that the parking land belongs to the Institute and no encroachment of Government land is involved.

The decision was conveyed to the project proponent vide letter No. 20 dated 07.01.2015. The project proponent has submitted reply vide letter dated 17.02.2015 received on 24.02.2015 has informed that the traffic/parking plan of Institute has already been submitted vide letter dated 07.01.2015, wherein, khasra numbers of the land out of which area is used for parking have specifically been marked. The project proponent has also attached copy of registered land sale deeds. The plan submitted vide letter dated 07.01.2015 is not approved by any competent authority.

2. Ask the the Institute to submit complete traffic management plan, within 15 days, to ensure that no traffic congestion / obstruction takes place along the main road/highway in front of the Institute due to stoppage/parking of vehicles including public/private vehicles meant for loading/unloading passengers/ students of the Institute.

It has been informed that arrangement for traffic plan management were also explained in the letter dated 07.01.2015. The traffic plan submitted vide letter dated 07.01.2015 shows parking spaces and traffic movement / circulation route only and no complete traffic management plan has been submitted.

3. Ask the project proponent to submit, within 60 days, a formal resolution passed by the Board of Directors of the Company or to the Managing Committee / CEO of the Society, Trust, partnership / individually owned concern, mentioning that violations in respect of starting construction activities without obtaining

An undertaking dated 16.02.2015 by Sh. Gurvinder Singh Bahra, Chairman, Rayat & Bahra Group of Institutes has been submitted. However, formal resolution passed by Board of Directors has not been submitted.

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environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006, are un-intentional and will not be repeated in future.

4. Initiate credible action against project proponent(s), responsible person(s) & promoter company by invoking powers u/s 19 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 as delegated by Ministry of Environment & Forests vide notification No. S.O. 638 (E) dated 28.02.2014 due to start of construction activities of the project without obtaining Environmental Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006. Punjab Pollution Control Board be written in this regard for taking necessary legal action u/s 15 of the Environment (Protection) Act,1986 for the period for which the violation has taken place.

Punjab Pollution Control Board was requested to launch prosecution against the project proponent and its responsible persons vide letter no. 22 dated 07.01.2015. Now, Member Secretary, Punjab Pollution Control Board vide letter no. 650 dated 19.02.2015 has informed that in one of such cases where Board has launched prosecution against the project proponent and its responsible person on the direction of SEIAA, one of the person against whom prosecution was launched submitted representation to the Board/Court stating that he is not responsible for day to day work and requested to replace the name of another person in his place. It has been requested that to avoid legal complications lateron, SEIAA shall also convey the names of responsible persons to the Board against whom prosecution is to be launched.

5. Issue directions under section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 as delegated by Ministry of Environment & Forests vide notification No. S.O. 637 (E) dated 28.02.2014 to restrain the promoter company from carrying out any further construction or operation activity of the project till the environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 is obtained.

Directions under section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 have been issued to the project proponent vide letter no. 20 dated 07.01.2015.

The project proponent while quoting the provisions of notification

dated 22.12.2014 issued by Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change,

wherein, projects such as industrial sheds, school, college, hostel for educational

institution have been exempted from obtaining environmental clearance has

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requested to reconsider their case under the provisions of above mentioned fresh

notificaction.

The SEIAA observed that an e-mail dated 27.02.2015 has been

received from Sh. Sandeep Puri, Director (Planning) Rayat & Bahra Group of

Institutes, wherein while expressing inability to attend the meeting of SEIAA on

28.02.2015 due to some un-avoidable circumstances and request has been made

to afford another opportunity of next meeting of SEIAA.

After deliberations, the SEIAA decided to accept the request of

project proponent and defer the case to the next meeting.




11.04.2015 and was attended by Sh. Sandeep Puri, Director (Planning) of the

promoter Company

Sh. Sandeep Puri, Director (Planning) of the promoter Company

submitted that the promoter Company has completed all the civil construction work

and institute is functional.

The SEIAA observed that in compliance of the decision taken by it

during the meeting held on 24.12.2014, the project proponent still required to

submit the following compliances:

(i) Complete traffic management plan is required to be submitted as only traffic

movement & parking arrangement marked on the layout map has been

submitted with the letter dated 07.01.2015

(ii) A formal resolution passed by the Board of Directors of the Company or to

the Managing Committee / CEO of the Society, Trust, partnership /

individually owned concern, mentioning that violations in respect of starting

construction activities without obtaining environmental clearance under EIA

notification dated 14.09.2006, are un-intentional and will not be repeated in

future.

(iii) Names of responsible persons against whom prosecution is to be launched

alongwith copy of Memorandum of Article & Association / partnership deed /

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undertaking of sole proprietorship / list of Directors and names of other

persons responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of the project.

The project proponent requested that as per notification dated

22.12.2014 issued by MoEF&CC, being a college they are exempted from obtaining

environmental clearance under EIA notification, 2006.

In this regard, the SEIAA observed that the SEAC members during

visit to the area on 14.11.2014 has intimated that the campus is being run in the

name of Rayat & Bahra University. The project proponent could not give any

satisfactory reply to this observation of SEIAA.

Therefore, the SEIAA decided to defer the case and ask the project

proponent to submit the complete reply alongwith supporting documents of the

above mentioned observations within 15 days.

Item No.82.05: Action u/s 5 of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986 against the Educational Complex namely "Chandigarh Group of Colleges" already existing in the revenue estate of Village Landran, Tehsil Kharar, District Mohali for violation of the provisions of EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.


The Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, New

Delhi has issued EIA notification no. 1533 (E) dated 14/9/2006 under the provisions

of Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986 and as per the provisions of the said

notification, it is mandatory for the project/activities covered under the schedule

appended with the said notification, to obtain prior environmental clearance from

Ministry of Environment & Forest (MOEF)/ State Level Environment Impact

Assessment Authority (SEIAA).

It has been clearly provided in the said EIA notification dated

14/9/2006 that project proponent cannot start any construction work or

preparation of land except for securing of land before obtaining the environmental

clearance. The Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, New Delhi vide

Office Memorandum dated 19.08.2010 has further clarified that no activity relating

to any project covered under this notification including civil construction, can be

undertaken at site without obtaining prior environmental clearance except fencing

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of the site to protect it from getting encroached and construction of temporary

shed(s) for the guard(s).

M/s Shri Guru Ram Das Educational Society Regd. had applied for

obtaining the Environmental Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for

an Educational Complex namely "Chandigarh Group of Colleges" already existing in

the revenue estate of Village Landran, Tehsil Kharar, District Mohali.

In the 53rd meeting of SEAC held on 24.11.2011, the project

proponent, during presentation, himself had admitted that the entire construction

of the institute had already been completed.

Thereafter, the environmental clearance application submitted by the

Society was delisted by SEIAA on the recommendations of SEAC in its 51st meeting

held on 06.09.2013 and decision in this regard was conveyed to the Society vide

letter no. 42733 dated 24.09.2013. No fresh application for obtaining

environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 has been

submitted by the Society, so far.

The Educational Complex, was visited by the Committee, comprising

of Ers. Malvinder Singh, Nirmal Singh Kahlon and JS Sekhon and observed that:

“A large number of cars and two wheelers were parked on both

sides of road. Since this institute is very close to main Chandigarh

crossing, parking on road is a big traffic hazard”

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It is evident from above, that the project proponent is operating the

Educational Complex without obtaining environmental clearance and is violating the

provisions of the EIA notification dated 14.09.2006.

The matter was considered by the SEIAA & SEAC in its 7th combined

meeting held on 18.11.2014, wherein, it was decided to issue notice u/s 5 of

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 with an opportunity of personal hearing before

the SEIAA, for violating provisions of EIA notification dated 14.09.2006.

The matter was considered by the SEIAA & SEAC in its 7th combined

meeting held on 18.11.2014, wherein, it was decided to issue notice u/s 5 of

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 with an opportunity of personal hearing before

the SEIAA, for violating provisions of EIA notification dated 14.09.2006.

As such, in compliance to the above mentioned decision of SEIAA &

SEAC and in exercise of the powers as delegated by MoEFCC vide notification no.

S.O. 637 (E) dated 28.02.2014, a notice u/s 5 of Environmental (Protection) Act,

1986 proposing to issue the following directions with an opportunity of personal

hearing before SEIAA on 24.12.2014 has been issued to the project proponent vide

letter No. 3570 dated 04.12.2014:

1. That the group will stop forthwith operations of their Educational Complex.

2. That the group will not restart any operation till the required environmental

clearance is obtained.

3. That Punjab State Power Corporation Limited will disconnect the supply of

electricity available to Educational Complex.

4. That Municipal Council/Local Body will disconnect the water supply and

sewerage connection available to the premises of Educational Complex.

The hearing before SEIAA was attended by Sh. R.S. Rakhra, Assistant

Director (Amn) of the Institute on 24.12.2014.

He submitted that they are in the process of obtaining various

approvals/permissions from the concerned departments so as to attend to the

observations of SEAC completely and requested for one month's time to resubmit

the complete environmental clearance application. He further submitted that

vehicles are parked by students / visitors outside their premises at their own

though they have sufficient parking space available inside their premises. He

submitted that they will deploy security guards and take other traffic control /

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management measures and ensure that in future no traffic hazard is caused due to

the stoppage/parking of vehicles by students/visitors in front of the Institute. He

also submitted that the construction activity has been stopped completely and at

present no construction activity is going on in the premises.

The SEIAA was apprised that Punjab Pollution Control Board in

compliance to the orders issued by Govt. of Punjab, Department of Science,

Technology & Environment has filed a criminal complaint in the Competent Court of

law u/s 15 & 16 read with section 19 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and

issued directions vide letter no. 1476 dated 04.03.2014 u/s 5 of Environment

(Protection) Act, 1986 directing the project proponent to not to carry out any

further construction activity at site till it obtains environmental clearance.

Photocopies of the above said documents were procured from record file of Punjab

Pollution Control Board, Zonal Office-1, Patiala and have been placed in the record

file of SEIAA.

After hearing, the SEIAA observed that the Institute has

completed construction and is operating without obtaining environmental clearance

in violation of provisions of EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 and Environment

(Protection) Act, 1986.

After detailed deliberations, the SEIAA decided to:

(i) Ask the the Institute to submit complete traffic management plan,

within 15 days, to ensure that no traffic congestion / obstruction

takes place along the main road/highway in front of the Institute due

to stoppage/parking of vehicles including public/private vehicles

meant for loading/unloading passengers/ students of the Institute.

(ii) Ask the project proponent to submit, within 60 days, a formal

resolution passed by the Board of Directors of the Company or to the

Managing Committee / CEO of the Society, Trust, partnership /

individually owned concern, mentioning that violations in respect of

starting construction activities without obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006, are un-intentional

and will not be repeated in future.

(iii) Ask the institute to submit application for environmental clearance

under EIA notification, 2006 within one month.

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(iv) Sh. Gulshan Kumar, AEE (SEIAA) shall visit the Institute to verify the

construction status and submit the report.



The project proponent has not submitted any compliance report of

the above mentioned decisions.

However, Sh. Gulshan Kumar, AEE (SEIAA) has submitted its report,

the contents of the same are as under:

Visit Report

1. Name & Address of Institution : Chandigarh Group of Colleges. Landran.

2. Date of Visit : 07.01.2015

3. Person Contacted : Capt. R.S. Rakhra Asstt. Director

(Admn.)

Observations:

I. The institute has 3 no. of parkings available for students &

approximately 650 cars can be parked and about 1000

bikes/motorcycles/activas can be parked. The institute has 24 no of

buses, which were parked inside the campus. Apart from this the

faculty can park their vehicles inside the campus. The institute has

hired a contractor for parking arrangement of contract has been

signed (copy enclosed) with contractor on 20.06.2014. It seems that

adequate parking is available, however, Some students (about 50

bikes & 30-40 cars) along roadside inspite of clearcut instructions

issued by the Admn. that no one will park vehicle along roadside. The

college has also provided visitor parking.

II. The institute has completed the construction work of New (Block)

Applied Services – Block-10) and adjoining hostel already. Only

connection of sewerage, construction of boundary wall, landscaping

of lawns & minor finishing work is pending.

III. The institute has also completed construction work of STP, which will

be commissioned in next 1-2 weeks.

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28.02.2015, which was attended by the following on behalf of project proponent:

i. Sh. R.S. Rakhra, Director (Admn).

ii. Sh. Sandeep Garg of M/s Eco Labs, Mohali, Environmental Consultant of the promoter company

Sh. R.S. Rakhra, Director (Admn) of Chandigarh Group of Colleges

requested that total built up area of the premises is 1,48,000 sqm and in the

premises only group of Colleges affiliated with Punjab Technical University are

being run and they be exempted from the ambit of EIA notification, 2006.

After deliberations, the SEIAA decided to ask the project proponent to

submit documentary evidences towards his claim/contentions.


vide letter No. 1387 dated 05.03.2015.

Now, the project proponent vide letter No. 1212 dated 20.03.2015

has informed that the proposed built up area of the project is 148000 sqm out of

which 123875.52 sqm has already been constructed at the said site. The plan for

construction of additional land area of 24124.48 sqm has been dropped and no

new construction will be done at the site. The project proponent has submitted the

layout plan showing the details of area, but the same has not been approved

by the Competent Authority.

Further, the project proponent submitted that the name suggests that

Chandigarh Group of Colleges is an integrated campus of 5 colleges. All these

colleges are affiliated Punjab University and approved by AICTE.

The project proponent has also informed that if in future the built up

area of the project increased then the statutory clearances will be obtained under

EIA notification.



i. Sh. R.S. Rakhra, Director (Admn) of the promoter company

ii. Sh. Sandeep Garg of M/s Eco Labs, Mohali, Environmental Consultant of the promoter company.

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The SEIAA observed that since construction has already been

completed, as such, project proponent is required to submit approved layout plan

to prove his contention that the total built up area of the premises is 1,48,000 sqm.

The SEIAA decided to ask the project proponent to submit the

approved layout plan and to defer the case till the project proponent submits the

same.

Item No.82.06: Application for obtaining Environmental Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for an Educational Complex namely "Gian Sagar Medical College & Hospital and Gian Sagar Dental College & Hospital established by Gian Sagar Educational & Charitable Trust, in the revenue estate of Village Ram

Nagar, Tehsil Rajpura, Distt. Patiala.


1. M/s Gian Sagar Educational & Charitable Trust had applied for obtaining

environmental clearance as required under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006

for the Medical College, Hospital and allied requirements such as residential

apartments in the year 2008 and the same was refused by the SEIAA Punjab

vide letter no. 32906 dated 7.10.2009 due to the fact that the layout plan of

the Educational Institution-cum-hospital was not approved by the

Competent Authority of the State.

2. Thereafter, M/s Gian Sagar Educational & Charitable Trust has applied for

obtaining Environmental Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006

for an Educational Complex namely "Gian Sagar Medical College & Hospital

and Gian Sagar Dental College & Hospital established in the revenue estate

of Village Ram Nagar, Tehsil Rajpura, Distt. Patiala. The project is covered

under category 8 (b) of the Schedule appended to the said notification.

3. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 54th meeting held on


proponent:

i) Sh. S.C. Tyagi, Chief Project Manager ii) Sh. Jai Karan Sharma, Senior Manager (Admn & Liaison) iii) Sh. Sandeep Garg, Environmental Consultant of M/s Eco

Laboratories and Consultants, Mohali.

The Committee perused the minutes of 61st meeting of the

Accreditation Committee, National Accreditation Board for Education &

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Training, Quality Council of India and noted that the accreditation of M/s Eco

Laboratories & Consultant Pvt. Ltd., Mohali has been cancelled. Therefore,

the Committee did not allow the environmental consultant of the promoter

company to make a presentation of the project proposal. The Committee

further noted that the project proponent is required to submit certain

information / data for scoping of the project proposal.

After detailed deliberations in the matter, the Committee

decided to defer the case till the project proponent submits the reply of its

observations. It was also decided to call the Medical Superintendent of

Rajindera Hospital, Patiala and Oncology Expert of PGI, Chandigarh in the

meeting of the SEAC in which the case is to be considered. The said decision

of the Committee was conveyed to the project proponent vide letter no. 392

dated 24.01.2012.

4. The project proponent vide letter no. GSMCH/11-12/150 dated 23.02.2012

has submitted reply of the observations of the SEAC, the details of which are

as under.

Sr. No.

Observations of the Committee Members

Reply of the observations

1 Whether 0.52 acres of land area, for which permission for CLU is yet to be obtained, is a part of the project proposal or not? If yes, then submit the CLU for the said area and intimate for what purpose the same will be used.

Permission to seek CLU for 0.52 acres of land area is in process with the concerned department and the said land area has been earmarked for the construction of residential complex.

2 The photographs submitted by the project proponent show that the construction of the Institute has already been completed, as such, intimate the reasons as to why the construction has been made in violation of provision of the EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 and submit an undertaking to the effect that no further construction will be done without obtaining environmental clearance required under the said notification.

No further construction will be done without obtaining the Environmental Clearance required under the EIA notification dated 14.09.2006. The project proponent has also informed that the earlier construction has been made prior to issuance of EIA notification dated 14.9.2006.

3 Whether the project proponent is yet to construct any additional building out of the total built-up area mentioned in the application

There is no proposal for construction of any additional building at present. Prior approval will be obtained in

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for obtaining environmental clearance or not?

case any construction is made in future.

4. How much quantity of bio-medical waste is generated and how each category of bio-medical waste is being managed and handled? Further what is the status of authorization required under the Bio-medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998.

Details have been submitted.

5. Whether any kind of hazardous waste like mercury is generated? If yes, the status of authorization under the Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008 and how the said wastes are being managed and handled?

The institution is using mercury thermometers and blood pressure apparatus. If there is any breakage of the apparatus containing mercury, the same is collected and sent to Bio-medical Workshop where the Biomedical Engineer conserves it for further use in repairable blood pressure apparatus. However, more than one third of blood Pressure Apparatus have been replaced by aneroid BP Apparatus in phase-1 and the remaining mercury containing apparatus will be replaced with non-mercury apparatus by the end of July, 2012.

6. Whether any kind of e-waste is generated and how the same is being managed & handled?

There is no generation of e-waste at present since the equipment purchased is fairly new and is being disposed off under exchange cost programme.

7. What are the present mode of treatment / disposal of bio-degradable, non-biodegradable and recyclable waste.

At present, the entire bio-degradable, non-bio-degradable and recyclable waste is sent to the STP. However, ETP equipments have been procured and civil work for installation of ETP is in progress and the same will be made operational by 22.03.2012.

8. What type of the industries are located within a radius of 500 m from the project site and their impact on the Institution?

There is one RCC Pipe plant within a radius of 500 m from the site of the Institute.

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9. Whether any laundry plant has been installed and how much wastewater is generated from the said plant and which treatment facility has been installed for the same and what mode of disposal has been provided for the same?

The laundry plant has been installed in which the average usage of water is about 10,000 liters per day. The wastewater generated from the said plant is treated in the existing STP. However, there is a proposal to install a separate ETP for the same.

10. Whether any nuclear liquid/solid waste is generated and how the same is being managed & handled and whether any permission for the same has been obtained from Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) or not?

No nuclear (liquid/solid) waste is generated in the Institute.

11. Whether any radio-active material is used or not? If yes, whether permission for the same has been obtained from AERB or not?

No radioactive material is used in the Institute.

12. How much wastewater is generated from X-ray section and how the same is being managed and handled?

No such waste is generated from the X-ray section in the Institute.

5. The project proponent was requested by the SEAC vide letter no.1086 dated

20.03.2012 to attend its 57th meeting on 27.03.2012. However, the project

proponent vide letter no 657 dated 27.3.2012 informed that the responsible

person dealing with the case had resigned and now the matter is being

looked into by Mr. S.C Tyagi, who is abroad due to some personal work.

Therefore, the promoter company will not be in a position to present the

project proposal on 27.03.2012 and requested for some more time to

present the project proposal.

In compliance to decision taken by the SEAC in its 54th

meeting held on 30.12.2011, Director, Post Graduate Institute of Medical

Education Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and Medical Superintendent,

Govt. Rajindera Hospital, Patiala were requested vide letter no. 1086 dated

20.03.2012 and 1088 dated 20.03.2012, respectively to attend the 57th

meeting of the SEAC on 27.03.2012, so as to advise the Committee.

Accordingly, Dr Sushmita Ghoshal, Professor, Deptt of Radiotherapy

PGIMER, Chandigarh and Dr V.K Dangwal, Associate Professor,

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Department of Radiotherapy, GMC Patiala attended the said meeting of the

SEAC and informed that:

i) For setting up of radiotherapy unit and radio diagnostic centre, the

hospital is required to get the layout plan approved from Atomic

Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) before carrying out any

construction activity at site. Also, AERB issues certificate for

operation of said unit/centre and inspections are being carried out

from time to time by the officials of the AERB, so as to ensure as to

whether the guidelines/regulations of the AERB are adhered with or

not.

ii) Similarly, for setting up of Nuclear Medicine Centre and X-ray units

/CT scan units, the hospital is required to get the layout plan

approved from Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) before

carrying out any construction activity at site. Also, AERB issues

certificate for operation of said centre/ X-ray/CT scan units and

inspections are being carried out from time to time by the officials

of the AERB, so as to ensure as to whether the

guidelines/regulations of the AERB are adhered with or not.

iii) Only qualified person authorized from AERB can handle Nuclear

medicine & isotopes and this authorization generally remains valid

for three years.

iv) Every hospital having Radiotherapy or Radio-activity unit, is required

to appoint Radiological Safety Officer (RSO), who is responsible for

activities related to the Radio-therapy and Radio-activity unit.

After detailed deliberations in the matter, the Committee was

of the opinion, that there is a need to ask the project proponent to submit

the reply of above-mentioned points brought out by the Experts for

scoping of the project proposal. The Committee, therefore, decided to

defer the case till the proper reply of observations of the Experts is

received. The decision of the Committee was conveyed to the project

proponent vide letter No. 15921 dated 09.04.2012.

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6. The project proponent submitted the reply of the observations of the

Committee, the details of which are as under:

Sr. No.

Observations of the SEAC Reply submitted by the project proponent

1. For setting up of radiotherapy unit and radio diagnostic centre, the hospital is required to get the layout plan approved from Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) before carrying out any construction activity at site. Also, AERB issues certificate for operation of said unit/centre and inspections are being carried out from time to time by the officials of the AERB, so as to ensure as to whether the guidelines/regulations of the AERB are adhered with or not.

Submitted a copy of the letter vide which layout plan has been approved by the AERB vide letter no. AERB/RSD/X-ray/ PJ / 2006 / 26444 dated 05.03.2007 and submitted a copy of layout plan photocopied in pieces, as such, nothing can be seen and concluded from the same.

2. Similarly, for setting up of Nuclear Medicine Centre and X-ray units / CT scan units, the hospital is required to get the layout plan approved from Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) before carrying out any construction activity at site. Also, AERB issues certificate for operation of said centre/ X-ray/CT scan units and inspections are being carried out from time to time by the officials of the AERB, so as to ensure as to whether the guidelines/regulations of the AERB are adhered with or not.

Submitted a copy of letter issued by AERB vide No. AERB/RSD/X-ray/ PB / 2011 /7592 dated 22.06.2011, vide which the management of the hospital has been requested by the AERB to comply with the observations before installation of Mammography unit.

3. Only qualified person authorized from AERB can handle Nuclear medicine & isotopes and this authorization generally

No nuclear medicine is used in the hospital, as such, no authorization from AERB is required.

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remains valid for three years.

4. Every hospital having Radiotherapy or Radio-activity unit, is required to appoint Radiological Safety Officer (RSO), who is responsible for activities related to the Radio-therapy and Radio-activity unit.

No radio-therapy or radio activity unit has been installed in the hospital, as such, no RSO is required.

7. The project proponent was requested by the SEAC vide letter no. 30350

dated 16.07.2012 to attend its 62nd meeting on 21.07.2012 to present the

reply of its observations. Also, Director, Post Graduate Institute of Medical

Education Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and Medical Superintendent,

Govt. Rajindera Hospital, Patiala were requested vide letter no. 3222 dated

19.07.2012 and 3223 dated 19.07.2012, respectively to attend the 57th

meeting of the SEAC on 27.03.2012, so as to advise the Committee

Following were present in the said meeting on behalf of the

project proponent:

i) Sh. A.S. Sekhon, Dean of the Institute ii) Sh. S.C. Tyagi, Chief Project Manager of the Institute iii) Sh. Jai Karan Sharma, Senior Manager (Admn & Liaison)

Besides above, Dr. V.K. Dangwal, Associate Professor,

Department of Radiotherapy, GMC Patiala attended the meeting and he

informed that he is satisfied with the reply submitted by the project

proponent regarding the observations of 57th meeting of the Committee.

Thereafter, Sh. J.K. Sharma, AGM submitted a letter no.

GSECT/Admn/2012/43 dated 19.07.2012, in which it has been mentioned

that:

(i) Permission for CLU for additional land area (0.52 acres) in addition to

14 acres has been obtained from the Department of Town & Country

Planning vide letter no. 1605-CTP (Pb)/SP-432 (P) dated 23.04.2012

and submitted a copy of the said permission.

(ii) The area of the project has been increased from 56.61 acres to 58.31

acres and the revised layout plan is yet to be approved by the

Competent Authority of the State.

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(iii) The construction of the project was started in the month of October,

2005 and the major construction has already been completed. The

representative of the project proponent submitted a copy of the

resolution passed by the Board of Trustees in which it has been

stated that no further construction will be done in the complex

without obtaining the environmental clearance.

(iv) The total built up area with the revised proposal has been increased

from 1,90,824.93 sqm to 2,25,212.14 sqm.

(v) There is a proposal to construct NRI Boys hostel having built up area

4771.45 sqm.

(vi) The categorywise quantity of bio-medical generated during the period

January, 2011 to December, 2011 is as under.

Sr. No Category Quantity(Kg)

1. Yellow Bags 5604

2. Red Bags 6726

3. Blue Bags 4002

4. White Waste 2839

5. Sharp 459.2

The entire bio-medical waste is being given to M/s

Rainbow Environments (P) Ltd., Village Balyali, District SAS Nagar and

the authorization from the Punjab Pollution Control Board under the

Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998 has been

obtained and the same is valid upto 31.03.2015.

(vii) Only source of hazardous waste is mercury from B.P. apparatus,

majority of which had been replaced with aneroid type B.P.

apparatus. The old mercury based B.P. apparatus had been sent back

to the supplier.

(viii) The e-waste is being handled as per E-waste (Management &

Handling) Rules, 2011.

(ix) The municipal solid waste is being collected and disposed off to the

Municipal Council dumping site through a private contractor.

(x) Submitted a copy of plan showing various features within a radius of

500 m.

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(xi) About 10 KLD of wastewater is generated from the laundry plant and

a separate ETP will be installed for the same.

The SEAC observed that the project proponent has now

revised the project proposal due to which there may be changes in the data

/ information in the earlier application submitted by the project proponent

for obtaining environmental clearance under EIA notification dated

14.09.2006. After detailed deliberations in the matter, the SEAC further

observed that the project proponent is required to intimate the Committee

as to what will be the changes in the data / information in the application

submitted by it after revised project proposal and to submit the revised

layout plan, before scoping of the project proposal.

The Dean of the Institute requested the Committee to give 10

days to submit the reply of observations of the Committee and revised

layout plan. The Committee agreed to accept the request of the Dean of the

Institute and decided to defer the case till the project proponent submits

proper reply of its observations. The decision of the Committee was

conveyed to the project proponent vide letter no. 32785 dated 03.08.2012.

8. Thereafter, the Ministry of Environment & Forests vide Office Memorandum

on 30.10.2012 informed that all projects which are pending between 3 to 6

months of the SEAC meeting for want of information, reminder may be sent

seeking information within a month. If the information is not received within

this period, even these projects may be de-listed.The case of this project

was considered by the SEAC in its 66th meeting held on 11.01.2013 in light

of said OM of the Ministry of Environment and Forests and decided to issue

reminder to the promoter company regarding the above. The decision of the

SEAC was conveyed to the project proponent vide letter no. 6886 dated

12.02.2013.

9. Thereafter, the project proponent vide letter no. 23 dated 11.03.2013

informed that the Gian Sagar Educational & Charitable trust got approved its

layout plan from the Chief Town Planner, Punjab vide their office memo no.

5198-SP-463 dated 25th July 2011 for an area measuring 56.61 acres. The

layout plan was submitted by the Trust to the said authority for an area of

57.13 acres, but it was considered only for 56.61 acres as some buildings

were under construction on the remaining area. However, after getting

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change of land use for additional land, the area of the project was increased

from 56.61 acres to 58.31 acres and accordingly, the Trust submitted the

revised layout plans for approval to the Chief Town Planner, Punjab vide

letter no. GSECT/ADMN/2012/25 dated 14.06.2012. The CTP office advised

the Trust vide its letter no. 4980/CTP (PB)/SP-463 dated 25.09.2012 to

deposit a sum of RS. 22,49,350.00 as scrutiny fee. The Trust have already

deposited the required fee vide pay order no. 100731 and 100732 dated 18th

February 2013. The revised layout plans for approval are under process in

the office of CTP, Punjab. Therefore, the revised project proposal shall be

submitted as soon as the layout plans are approved by the competent

authority. The project proponent has further requested to consider the case

sympathetically and give him more time for submission of revised project

proposal.

10. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 69th meeting held on

18.04.2013, wherein, the SEAC deliberated upon the matter and decided as

under:

(i) To recommend to SEIAA to send the case to the Govt. of Punjab,

Department of Science, Technology & Environment for simultaneously

initiating credible action against project proponent /responsible

persons /promoter company under the Environment (Protection) Act,

1986 due to start of construction activities of group housing project

without obtaining Environmental Clearance under EIA notification

dated 14.09.2006.

(ii) To accept the request made by the project proponent and to give

three months time to submit the revised project proposal.

11. The case was considered by the SEIAA in its 47th meeting held on

15.05.2013, wherein, the SEIAA noted that the project proponent vide letter

no. GSMCH/11-12/150 dated 23.02.2012 has already informed that the

earlier construction had been made prior to issuance of EIA notification

dated 14.9.2006 and no further construction will be carried out without

obtaining Environmental Clearance under the EIA notification dated

14.09.2006.

After detailed discussions and deliberations, the SEIAA decided as under:

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i) To ask the project proponent to attend the next meeting of SEIAA

and to bring material evidence in that meeting to substantiate the

written statement submitted by the promoter company to the SEAC to

the effect that no construction work of this project has been carried

after 14.9.2006.

ii) To defer the case to next meeting of SEIAA.

The above said decision of the SEIAA was conveyed to the

project proponent vide letter no. 24313 dated 24.05.2013 for compliance.

12. The project proponent was requested by the SEIAA vide letter no. 24313

dated 24.05.2013 to attend its 48th meeting on 03.06.2013, which was

attended by the following on behalf of the project proponent:

i) Sh. Harnam Singh, President of the promoter company

ii) Sh. J.K. Sharma, Asstt. General Manager of the promoter company

iii) Sh. Arun Kumar, Environmental Consultant of M/s Grass Roots

Research & Creation India Ltd., New Delhi.

Sh. Harnam Singh, President of the promoter company informed that:

a) The Gian Sagar Educational & Charitable Trust started the construction of

buildings before issuance of EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006 by the MoEF.

As soon as the PPCB officials directed the trust for NOC, the Trust applied

for the same and NOC's from pollution angle were issued by PPCB for

setting up of Gian Sagar Dental College & Hospital and Gian Sagar Medical

College & Hospital vide vide letter No.ZO/PTA/2006/NOC/70 dated

20.7.2006 and No.ZO/PTA/2006/NOC/81 dated 18.9.2006, respecitively.

b) The Trust had also applied to Ministry of Environment & Forests for

obtaining environmental clearance under EIA notification and the public

hearing was conducted by the Punjab Pollution Control Board on

24.8.2006. After conduct of the public hearing, the proceedings of the public

hearing were sent by Punjab Pollution Control Board to the Ministry of

Environment & Forests.

c) In the meantime, the SEIAA/SEAC was constituted for the State of Punjab

and accordingly the application was submitted to SEIAA, Punjab on 2.4.2008

for obtaining environmental clearance. The case was heard by the SEAC on

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9.8.2008 and some observations were made, which were cleared by the

Trust.

d) The case was considered by SEIAA in its meeting held on 19.9.2009 and the

application for environmental clearance was refused by SEIAA vide their

letter dated 7.10.2009 due to the reason of not submitting the layout /

building plans duly approved by the Competent Authority and advised to

apply afresh for environmental clearance after getting the layout plans

approved.

e) After getting the layout plans approved by CTP, Punjab vide letter dated

25.7.2011, the Trust again submitted the project proposal on 2.12.2011 to

SEIAA, which was heard by the SEAC in its meeting held on 30.12.2011 and

the Committee pointed out some obeservations, reply for which was given

and the same was considered by SEAC in its meeting held on 21.07.2012.

In the said meeting, the committee observed that the project proponent has

now revised the project proposal due to which there may be changes in the

data/information in the earlier application submitted for obtaining

environmental clearance. After detailed deliberations in the matter, the

committee directed the trust to submit the revised layout plans alongwith

the changed data/infromation (area from 56.61 to 58.31 acres). The revised

layout plans was again submitted to the Chief Town Planner, Punjab on

14.6.2012 for approval, which are still pending and therefore, the SEAC was

requested to give more time to submit revised project proposal.

f) The Trust has followed the instructions issued by the authorities from time

to time and as such, there is no violation of EIA notification. The case my

be considered sympathetically and allow the trust to submit the revised

project proposal as soon as the revised layout plans are approved by the

Chief Town Planner, Punjab.

The SEIAA noted that the SEAC while noting down the decision of its

69th meeting held on 18.04.2013 mentioned the word 'group housing

project' in the following paragraph, which seems to be typographical error

and the may be read as 'medical institute':

"To recommend to SEIAA to send the case to the Govt. of Punjab,

Department of Science, Technology & Environment for simultaneously

initiating credible action against project proponent /responsible

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persons /promoter company under the Environment (Protection) Act,

1986 due to start of construction activities of group housing project

without obtaining Environmental Clearance under EIA notification

dated 14.09.2006."

The SEIAA also looked into the provisions of EIA notification dated

27.01.1994 as amended on 07.07.2004 and noted that:

a) The new construction projects such as new townships, industrial

townships, settlement colonies, commercial complexes, hotel

complexes, hospitals and office complexes for 1,000 persons or above

or discharging sewage of 50,000 liters per day or above or with an

investment of Rs. 50 crores or above are required to obtain

environmental clearance under the EIA notification.

b) New construction projects which were undertaken without obtaining

the clearance required under the notification and where construction

work had not come up to the plinth level, shall require clearance

under the notification with effect from the 7th day of July, 2004.

The SEIAA also looked into Circular dated 15.01.2008 of the Ministry

of Environment & Forests, New Delhi in which it has been mentioned that:

(i) Since the EIA notification, 1994 has now been superseded by EIA

notification, 2006, all project activities listed under the EIA notification

dated 14.09.2006 require environmental clearance.

(ii) Only such projects listed under EIA Notification, 2006 shall not require

environmental clearance under the said notification which were not listed

in EIA notification 1994 and for which NOC was issued on or before

September 14, 2006.

(iii) All such projects listed in both EIA Notifications of 1994 and 2006 shall

require prior environmental clearance irrespective of issue of NOC if the

project related activity has not yet commenced at site. The validity of

NOC should not be extended without asking the proponent to seek prior

environmental clearance under the EIA Notification, 2006.

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After detailed discussions and deliberations, the SEIAA observed that

the project proponent is required to submit following information to ascertain as to

whether the project proponent has violated the provisions of EIA notification dated

14.09.2006 by starting construction activities of the project without obtaining

environmental clearance under the said notification or not.

a) On which date the Trust had submitted application for obtaining

environmental clearance in the office of the Ministry of Environment &

Forests, New Delhi for which the public hearing was conducted by the

Punjab Pollution Control Board on 24.8.2006 alongwith photocopy of the

said application and any communication received from the Ministry of

Environment & Forests/ with regard to said application.

b) The total investment of the project, expected discharge of wastewater and

expected strength of students including staff at the time of commencement

of the project/start of construction activities of the project.

c) The below mentioned proforma duly filled-in and supported with material

evidence to corroborate the data mentioned in the said proforma.

Sr.

No. Activity Date of

start of

activity

Date of completion

of activity

Project area in

acres

Built up area in

sqm

Remarks,

if any

The SEIAA decided to ask the project proponent to submit the reply

of above noted observations, at the earliest and to defer the case till the project

proponent submits the same.

The above noted observations were conveyed to the project

proponent vide letter no. 24156 dated 11.06.2013, however, no reply has been

received, so far.


30.08.2014, however, no representative of the Trust attended the meeting.

After deliberations, the SEIAA decided that one last

opportunity be afforded to the project proponent to submit the desired

information as sought vide letter no. 24156 dated 11.06.2013 and a

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reminder be issued to submit the requisite information within 15 days. The

SEIAA further decided that the case be deferred to the next meeting.

13. Now, the project proponent vide letter no. 132 dated 20.11.2014 has

submitted the reply to the observations of SEIAA and the same is

reproduced as under:

“Gian Sagar Educational & Charitable Trust started construction of

buildings earlier than the EIA notification issued by the MOEF i.e. during the

year 2005-2006. As soon as the PPCB officials directed the Trust to get

NOC/environmental clearance the Trust submitted the application alongwith

the Rapid EIA report on dated 18.7.2006 to Member Secretary PPCB,

Patiala. Accordingly NOC’s from pollution angle were issued by the PPCB for

setting up Gian sagar Dental College & Hospital & Gian Sagar Medical

College & Hospital vide their letters No.ZO/PTA/2006/NOC/70 dated

20.7.2006 and No.ZO/PTA/2006/NOC/81 dated 18.9.2006 respectively and

also directed to conduct public hearing for EIA clearance in the presence of

competent authority. Accordingly the public hearing was conducted on

24.8.2006.

After the public hearings the case for consideration for grant of

environmental clearance to the project proponent was forwarded to the

Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi

vide letter No.CSA/PH-06/G-14/6602 dated 12.09.2006 by the Member

Secretary, PPCB and later on it was known that the State Level

Environmental Impact Assessment Authority will clear the projects.

Accordingly the Trust submitted the case for grant of environmental

clearance to SEIAA on 02.04.2008 and the case was heared by the SEAC on

26.07.2008 (which was constituted in November 2007 and came into

operation during March 2008).

The total investment of the project was Rs.139, 66, 51,417.00. An

STP of 800 kld capacity has been installed and the treated water is being

used for irrigation purposes in the lawns and in the earmarked area for this

purpose. The total strength of students shall be 100 students each of MBBS

& BDS courses.

It is further submitted that we had purchased land for our project

initially in the year 2004 and process for land purchase was completed in the

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year 2007 and no land was purchased after 2007. Construction activities of

the project were started during the year 2005. No doubt our project was

covered under the amendment made in 2004 in EIA notification of 1994 as

well as the new EIA notification dated 14.9.2006. It was not clear whether

the projects which had started their construction activities prior to their

projects covered under EIA notification of 2006 and also whether they could

continue further construction activities simultaneously with the process of

obtaining environmental clearance. As such we applied for the environment

clearance and continued the construction activities after obtaining NOC from

the PPCB. It was only on 15.1.2008 when the MOEF vide their circular No.

J[11013/41/2006-IA-II(I)(Part) clarified that all such projects listed in both

EIA Notifications, 1994 and 2006, shall require prior environment clearance

irrespective of issue of NOC if the project related activity has not yet

commenced at site. The validity of NOC should not be extended without

asking the proponent to seek prior environment clearance under the EIA

Notification, 2006.

The Ministry further clarified in the said circular that:

“In view of the above, it is advised to the State Pollution Control

Boards not to grant/extend/revalidate NOC/CTE without advising the

proponent to seek environment clearance under EIA Notification, 2006 for

the projects which were listed in EIA Notification, 1994 and are now also

listed under EIA Notification, 2006 even if they have acquired the land

before January 1994. All such projects, which were issued NOC/CTE before

September 2006 and listed in both the Notifications, but have not

commenced project activities at the site shall not start project activity now

without obtaining prior environment clearance under EIA Notification, 2006

even if the land was acquired before January 1994.”

Even in the said circular, the Ministry had not stressed upon the

stopping of ongoing construction activities and has directed only in case of

projects where no construction activity had started. However, we received

directions from the SEIAA vide letter No.SEAC/948 dated 9th January 2012

as under:

“The photograph submitted by the project proponent show that the

construction of the Institute has already been completed, as such, intimate

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the reasons as to why the construction has been made in violation of

provision of EIA notification dated 14.9.2006 and submit an undertaking to

the effect that no further construction will be done without obtaining

environment clearance required under the said notification.”

In compliance to the directions, we immediately stopped the

construction activities and also submitted a resolution passed by the Board

of Trustees that:

“The Trust has submitted an application to the State Environment

Impact Assessment authority for grant of environmental clearance for Gian

Sagar Hospital Complex situated at Ram Nagar (Rajpura) Distt. Patiala.

Resolved that no further construction will be done in this complex without

obtaining environmental clearance from the competent authority and a copy

of this resolution be submitted to State Expert Appraisal Committee,

Punjab”.

No construction activities have been undertaken since then.”

Further, the project proponent has submitted the following documents:

i) Copy of the letter vide which the Trust submitted the application alongwith

the Rapid EIA report on 18.07.2006 to MS, PPCB, Patiala.

ii) Copy of the NOC’s granted by the Punjab Pollution Control Board dated

21.07.2006 and 18.09.2006.

iii) Copy of the letter vide which the MS, Punjab Pollution Control Board has

forwarded the proceedings of the public hearing to Secretary to Govt. of

India, MoEF, New Delhi.

iv) Copy of the proceedings of the public hearing conducted on 24.08.2006 for

the devolpment of Medical Institute named as “Gian Sagar Medical College

and Hospital” at Vill. Ramnagar, Near Banur, Tehsil Rajpura, Distt. Patiala.

v) CA certificate dated 19.11.2014 wherein, it has been mentioned that the

buildings have an undepreciated value of Rs. 139,66,51,417/- as on

31.03.2014.

vi) Details of Construction of Buildings alongwith the details of the built up area

and date of start & completion.

vii) Date wise details of land acquisition starting from 33 bigha dated

06.10.2004 to 10 K-13-1/3M dated 30.04.2007.

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24.12.2014, but no one from the Trust the attended the meeting. However, a SMS

requesting another opportunity of hearing has been received from the Trust.

The SEIAA accepted the request of the Trust and decided to defer the

case to the next meeting.


vide letter No. 91 dated 07.01.2015.



(i) Sh. Shailender Choudhary, CEO of the Trust.

(ii) Sh. J.K. Sharma, General Manager (Admn) of the Trust.

(iii) Sh. Shashank Srivastava of M/s Grassroots Research & Creation India (P) Ltd, Environmental Consultant of the Trust.

Sh. Shailender Choudhary, CEO of the Trust stated that the Trust

needs some time to submit the complete clarification of the observations of the

SEIAA and requested for one month's time.

After deliberations, the SEIAA accepted the request of the Trust and

granted one months' time to submit the reply. It was further decided that Sh.

Gulshan Kumar, Asstt. Environmental Engineer, shall visit the project site and

submit a report regarding construction status at site.

No reply has been received from the Trust. Sh. Gulshan Kumar, Asstt.

Environmental Engineer, submitted his visit report, the contents of the same are as

under:

Visit Report

Name of project: M/s Gian Sagar Education & Charitable Trust Vill Ram Nagar Banur, Distt.-Patiala.

Date of Visit : 26.02.2015

Person Contacted : Sh. J.K. Sharma GM of the Promoter Company.

Observations:

1. No construction work was going on during the visit.

Representative of promoter company informed that the

construction work has been stopped since 11.06.2012.

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2. Project proponent has constructed Blocks A, B, C, D1, D2, E,

F, G1, G2, G3, J1, J2, H1, H2, K, L, M, O, P, Q, R.

3. Out of above building plans for Blocks J2, H1, & H2 have not

been approved by the competent authority.

4. Structural work of Auditorium (Block-R) has already been

completed, finishing is yet to be completed.

Construction work for Block Q2 (NRI students Hostel) is yet to be

started.


28.02.2015, which was attended by Sh. Sucha Singh representative of project

proponent informed that the Sh. J.K. Sharma GM of the Promoter Company, who is

conversant with the facts of the case is not available and he requested for

deferment of the case.

The SEIAA accepted the request of the promoter company and

decided to defer the case to the next meeting.

The decision of the SEIAA has been conveyed to the project

proponent vide letter 1462 dated 05.03.2015.



(i) Sh. J.K. Sharma, General Manager (Admn) of the Institute.

(ii) Sh. Kamaljit Singh, Deputy Director of the Institute

(iii) Sh. Sandeep Garg of M/s Eco Labs, Mohali, Environmental Consultant of the Institute

The SEIAA observed that the matter is required to be deliberated in

detail and more time is required. Therefore, the SEIAA due to paucity of time

decided to defer the case.

Item No.82.07: Application for obtaining Environmental Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for construction of a Housing Project namely “Ansal Florence Estate” at G.T. Road, Amritsar, by M/s Ansal Buildwell Infrabuild (P) Ltd.


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1. M/s Ansal Buildwell Infrabuild (P) Ltd., 118, UFF, Prakashdeep Building, 7,

Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi vide letter dated 03.07.2013 has applied for

obtaining the environmental clearance as required under the EIA notification

dated 14.09.2006 for construction of a Housing Project namely “Ansal

Florence Estate” at G.T. Road, Amritsar. The project is covered under

category 8 (b) of the Schedule appended to the said notification.

2. The project proponent was requested by SEAC vide letter no. 2262 dated

22.07.2014 to attend its 96th meeting on 23.07.2014, which was attended by

the following on behalf of the project proponent:

i) Sh. Vipin Vashishta, Addl. General Manager of the promoter company.

ii) Sh. Deepak Gupta of M/s Jalvayu Consultants, Environmental Consultant of the promoter company.

From the perusal of the application and presentation made by

Sh. Deepak Gupta, Environmental Consultant of the promoter company, the

salient features of the project are as under:

The total project area is 16.1089 acres having total built up area of

161645.86 sqm. The layout plan has been approved vide no 48/6

dated 25.09.2013.

Total water requirement for the project will be 600 KLD, out of which

446 KLD will be met from own tubewell and remaining 154 KLD will be

met from treated wastewater.

The total wastewater generation from the project will be 480 KLD,

which will be treated in a STP to be installed within the project

premises. The project proponent has proposed to use 154 KLD of

treated wastewater for flushing purpose, 114 KLD for irrigation of

green area and remaining 212 KLD will be discharged to MC sewer in

summer season. In winter season, 154 KLD of treated wastewater

will be used for flushing purpose, 31 KLD will be used for irrigation of

green area and remaining 295 KLD will be discharged to MC sewer. In


purpose and remaining 326 KLD will be discharged to MC sewer.

Application for obtaining permission for abstracting groundwater has

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been submitted to the CGWB, Chandigarh and CGWB has raised

certain queries, which are being clarified.

Green area will be developed in an area measuring 20801 sqm. The

treated wastewater storage tank of adequate capacity will also be

constructed to hold treated wastewater.

The total quantity of solid waste to be generated from the proposed

project has been estimated as 1786 kg/day, which will be segregated

into bio-degradable and non-biodegradable waste as per the MSW

Rules, 2000. The bio-degradable waste would be sent to approved

site. The non-biodegradable and recyclable waste would be sold to the

recyclers. Municipal Corporation, Amritsar has issued letter no. 304

dated 26.06.2014 in which it has been mentioned that the solid waste

to be generated from this project will be sent to the 'Municipal Solid

Waste Management Facility' at Bagwantwala with condition that the

company will deposit the requisite charges with Municipal Corporation.

The e-waste will be handled and managed as per the E-waste

(Management & Handling) Rules, 2011 and earmarked the site for e-

waste storage room on the approved layout site plan.

The used oil from the D.G. sets will be sold out to the registered

recyclers as per the provisions of the Hazardous Waste (Management,

Handling & Transboundary Movement), Rules, 2008.

The total load of electricity required for proposed project will be 4.8

MW (4800 KW) which will be supplied by PSPCL. The project

proponent has proposed to install DG sets, for backup power supply.

The ambient air monitoring has been got done from Chandigarh

Pollution Testing Laboratory and the analysis results indicate that the

concentration of various pollutants such as PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2 and

CO have been measured. Also, ambient noise monitoring has been got

done from the said firm and the analysis results indicate that the noise

levels during day and night times, have been measured in the range

of 49.8 dB(A) leq and 35.7 dB(A) leq, respectively, against the

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prescribed standards of 55 and 45 dB(A) leq. The groundwater of the

area is potable in nature as per analysis report of groundwater.

Airports Authority of India has issued NOC vide no. 2056 dated

18.09.2012 and allowed the construction upto the height of 68.21m.

During construction phase, Rs.18.50 lacs will be incurred for

implementation of EMP and Rs.11.50 lacs/annum will be incurred on

account of recurring charges. During operation phase, Rs.105 lacs will

be incurred for implementation of EMP and Rs. 14.50 lacs will be

incurred on account of recurring charges. Association of the residents

or M.C. whosoever takes over the project, will be responsible for

implementation of EMP.

Rs. 12.00 lacs will be utilized for following activities under Corporate

Social Responsibility and Director, of company will be responsible for

implementation of CSR:

i) The management will give preference in the job to nearby area people (Village sultanwind and jandiala Guru).

ii) Blood donation camps and other health related camps will be organized in the 5 Km area of the project

iii) Widening of road in the vicinity of the project.

iv) Camps will be organized for awareness of cancer and other diseases

v) Saplings will be distributed in the area.

vi) Training to the unemployed youths in the field of computer repairing.

vii) The implementation of the CSR will be responsibility of director of the company

viii) A fund of Rs. 12 Lac has been earmarked by the management for the activities stated as above and other related activities

o The traffic circulation plan has been prepared and the same has been

submitted alongwith application.

o Disaster/Risk Assessment & Management Plan has been prepared and the

same has been submitted alongwith application.

o No construction activity has been started at site.

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During the meeting, Environmental Consultant of the promoter

company submitted a copy of sanction letter dated 26.11.2013 vide which layout

plan has been approved by M.C. Amritsar.

To a query regarding storm water disposal, project proponent

submitted that the storm water for areas other than roof top will be harvested for

90 percentile of rainfall event at site and will be utilized for other purposes such as

fire fighting, irrigating green areas. The project proponent earmarked the site for

storm water harvesting tank on the approved layout site plan.

The SEAC observed that though the project proponent has

satisfactorily clarified all the technical observations, however, has not submitted

recommendation letter from CGWB to CGWA for abstraction of groundwater.

The project proponent assured the SEAC that the above noted

document will be submitted shortly and requested for recommending their case to

SEIAA for grant of environmental clearance.



the Committee awarded 'Silver Grading' to the project proposal and decided that

as and when the project proponent submits recommendation letter from CGWB to

CGWA for abstraction of groundwater and the same is approved by the Chairman

SEAC on the case file of the project, the case be forwarded to the SEIAA with the

recommendation to grant environmental clearance to the project proponent for

construction of a Housing Project namely “Ansal Florence Estate” in an area of

16.1089 acres having total built up area of 161645.86 sqm at G.T. Road, Amritsar,

subject to certain conditions as mentioned in the proceedings of the said meeting

in addition to the proposed measures.

The decision of the SEAC was conveyed to the project proponent vide

letter No. 2386 dated 05.08.2014.

Thereafter, the project proponent vide letter dated 27.08.2014

submitted a copy of letter No. 2217 dated 27.08.2014 vide which CGWB has

forwarded the proposal of the project proponent for abstraction of groundwater @

446 KLD.

The above noted reply submitted by the project proponent has been

considered by the Chairman, SEAC and as per the decision taken by the SEAC in its

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96th meeting, approval was accorded for recommending the case to SEIAA for

grant of environmental clearance.



proponent:

(i) Sh. Harmanjit Singh Malhotra, Addl. General Manager of the promoter company

(ii) Sh. Ritesh Jain, Senior Manager of the promoter company

(ii) Sh. Deepak Gupta of M/s Jalvayu Consultants, Environmental Consultant of the promoter company

Sh. Deepak Gupta Environmental Consultant of the promoter

company presented the salient features of the project before the Authority and

requested for grant of environmental clearance.

The SEIAA observed that the total built up area of the proposed

project is 161645.86 sqm and per notification No. S.O. 562 (E) dated 26.02.2014

of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi, the original EIA notification

No. S.O. 1533 (E) dated 14.09.2006 has been amended as under:

In the said notification, in paragraph 7, in sub para II, in

item (i), in the first proviso, for item (i), the following item

shall be substituted, namely: -

"(i) all projects or activities listed under category, 'B' against

item 8 (a) of the Schedule".

The SEIAA further observed that as per the above mentioned

amendment, now all the projects covered under category 8 (b) of the Schedule

appended with the EIA notification dated 14.09.2006, are required to be appraised

on the basis of EIA study report instead of Form-1, 1A and conceptual plan only, as

was being done earlier.

After detailed deliberations, the SEIAA decided to remand the case to

SEAC for re-examining the same in light of the said notification.

The case was considered by the SEAC in its 101st meeting held on

18.09.2014, The SEAC observed that as per the amendment dated 26.02.2014

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issued by the MoEF, now all the projects covered under category 8 (b) of the

Schedule appended with the EIA notification dated 14.09.2006, are required to be

appraised on the basis of EIA study report instead of Form-1, 1A and conceptual

plan only as was being done earlier. The meeting was attended by the following

on behalf of project proponent:

(i) Sh. Harman Singh representative of the promoter company

(ii) Sh. Deepak Gupta of M/s Jalvayu Consultants, Environmental Consultant of the promoter company

After detailed deliberations in the matter, it was decided to categorize

this project as category B-1 and to finalize and issue the following "Terms of

Reference" to the project proponent for preparation of the draft Rapid EIA report:

A. Construction stage

1. The project falls under category B-1 under item 8(b) Township and Area Development projects and requires an Environmental Impact Assessment Study for the entire site area.

2. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts at the stage of land acquisition including aspects such as displacement of families, acquiring of agricultural/forest land, acquiring of ecologically important lands and

water bodies.

3. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts due to change of land use and land cover including aspects such as hydrological

characteristics, imperviousness of land and drainage pattern being altered.

4. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts at the stage of construction of boundaries & fencing including its impact on the pattern of natural drainage and flooding pattern and barriers being constructed for restricting wildlife movement into project area.

5. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts due to leveling and landscaping including aspects such as excavation & filling of soil, clearing of vegetation, change of topography, development of plantation, green belt, lawns & parks and development of impervious areas.

6. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts due to excavation, transportation and filling of earth including aspects such as

excavation, filling, sourcing, transportation and disposal of soil.

7. Examine and submit the details of the construction material to be used at the construction stage including aspects such as quarries and transportation, stone crushing and screening, mining & transportation of sand, soil

excavation, transportation and filling.

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8. Examine and submit the impacts being caused due to transportation of construction materials and men such as increase in traffic and load on public transportation facility, destruction and damage of transportation infrastructure, increase of risk due to road accident, pollution caused due to

dust and tail pipe emissions and consumption of fuel by transport vehicles.

9. Examine and submit the details of the temporary housing and amenities to be created and used by the work force including aspects such as water supply, electrical energy and fuel supply.

10. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts at the stage of creation of roads, transportation facility and other physical infrastructure including aspects such as use of construction materials, excavation and /or filling of soil, generation of construction waste, creation of impervious

surfaces, noise & suspended dust pollution and accidental risk.

11. Examine and submit the details of the noise pollution, air pollution, consumption of fuel and generation of scrap being caused due to operation

and maintenance of construction machinery and equipment.

12. Examine and submit the details of the source and supply of water for construction activity.

13. Examine and submit the details of the source and quantity of power for

construction activity.

14. Examine and submit the details of the fuel consumption, noise pollution, emissions of the exhaust gas, engine & coolant oil and batteries being discarded due to captive and emergency power generation.

15. Examine and submit the details of the handling of wastewater during construction including the domestic wastewater being generated from

amenities.

16. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts at the stage of development of residential buildings, commercial, institutional and industrial infrastructure including aspects such as construction materials to be used, earth work (excavation and/or soil filling), generation of construction waste, lighting, HVAC units, waste generation from packaging, residual paints and chemicals and their cans, Generation of wooden, glass, metal and other scrap materials, plumbing and sanitary waste generation, creation of impervious surfaces, noise pollution, suspended dust pollution and risk of

accidents.

17. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts due to the laying of the water supply system including aspects such as use of piping, fittings ad pumps, water pumping stations, earth work and water treatment

plant.

18. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts due to the laying of the sewerage and sewage treatment and disposal system including aspects such as use of construction material, piping, fittings ad pumps, earth work, laying of sewers & manholes, sewage pumping stations and swage

treatment plant.

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19. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts due to the laying of the storm water drainage system including aspects such as use of construction material, piping, fittings and pumps, earth work, storm drains,

storm water inlets and catch basins and storm water outfalls.

20. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts due to the electrical power system and street lighting to be provided including aspects such as construction materials to be used, distribution lines, cables, control panels, transformers and meters.

B. Operation stage

1. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts due to the residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, recreational, social, cultural

& religious activities to be carried out.

2. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts due to the facilities to be provided such as water supply, electrical power supply, fuel

supply & consumption including LPG, transportation and communication.

3. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts due to the coming up of the activities such as urban agriculture and animal husbandry.

4. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts due to the sewerage & sewage treatment and its disposal systems and storm water &

its drainage system.

5. Examine and submit the details of the environmental impacts caused due to the generation of captive power & emergency power.

6. Submit the details of the management & handling of municipal solid waste, e-waste, hazardous waste, scrap, estate management, construction and

demolition waste management.

7. Submit the details of the socio economic impact due to the employment to

be generated from the household activities.

C. General

1. Other details as indicated in Appendix III of EIA Notification 2006 and the manual titled as "EIA guidance Manual-Building, Construction, Township and area Development projects" published by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi, should also be attended.

2. Environmental aspects identified under some of the project activities may not be comprehensive and some of the significant aspects under some of the activities of the project in question might not have been identified. All such environmental aspects may be added to the list.

3. Some of the activities with their associated environmental aspects of the project in question might be of significant magnitude and not included in the list project activities. All such activities may be added to the list of project activities.

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4. The project proponent may add additional project activities and environmental aspects, if any, fill the impact matrix (copy attached) and carryout significance analysis for identifying the significant environmental aspects. Scale, sensitivity and duration of impacts; type, size and frequency of environmental aspects; applicable legal requirements; and concerns of interested parties and local public may be used as the basis for the significance analysis of the environmental aspects.

5. In the EIA study each of the environmental aspects listed in the TOR should be quantified, their positive and negative impacts on different areas of impacts should be identified and assessed and the results of such assessment should be reported in the EIA report.

6. In the Environment Management Plan, management of each of the significant environmental aspects (with identified and assessed significant environmental impacts) for mitigating the impacts should be objectively stated.

7. Environment Management Plan should include technical and institutional aspects for pre-treatment by constituent units.

8. Environmental Management Plan should be accompanied with Environmental Monitoring Plan and environmental cost and benefit assessment.

9. Examine separately the details for construction and operation phases both for Environmental Management Plan and Environmental Monitoring Plan.

10. Does the company have a well laid down Environment Policy approved by its Board of Directors? If so, it may be detailed in the EIA report.

11. Does the Environment policy prescribe for standard operating process / procedures to bring into focus any infringement / deviation / violation of the environmental or forest norms / conditions? If so, it may be detailed in the EIA.

12. What is the hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with the environmental issues and for ensuring compliance with the EC conditions. Details of this system may be given.

13. Does the company have a system of reporting of non compliances / violations of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the Company and / or shareholders or stakeholders at large? This reporting mechanism should be detailed in the EIA report.

14. Delineate the concrete proposal regarding activities to be undertaken under Corporate Social Responsibility programme, which should be long lasting in nature and should be as per the needs of a particular Village/area/ local habitats/ stakeholders to be adopted by the promoter company, which can be done by involving a person having knowledge and experience of socio-economic activities.

The aforesaid 'Terms of Reference' will be valid for a period of two

years from its issuance. A detailed draft EIA/EMP report should be prepared as per

the above noted TOR.

The SEAC further decided to request the Punjab Pollution Control

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Board to verify the construction status of the project at site and send the detailed

status report (with quantification) to SEAC within 15 days.

Before, issuance of the ToRs, the Punjab Pollution Control Board was

requested to verify the construction status of the project at site and send the

detailed status report (with quantification) to SEAC within 15 days.

Now, the Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board,

Regional Office, Amritsar through e-mail has informed that the residential colony

namely M/s Florence Estate, was visited by Environmental Engineer, Regional

Office along with AEE on 27/11/2014 and observed that the work regarding laying

down of sewerage network has been completed, the office building of project has

also been completed, at some places premix road has been laid down while at

other places stabilized roads have been laid down. The Photographs showing above

said development work in the residential colony as e-mailed by Regional Office,

Amritsar are as under: [

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In view of the changed status as reported by Regional Office, the

matter is placed before the SEAC for reconsideration.



proponent:

i) Sh. Vipin Vashista, Addl. General Manager of the promoter company.


Sh. Deepak Gupta of M/s Jalvayu Consultants, Environmental

Consultant of the promoter company contended that no construction has been

carried out at site and only a temporary office building has been established at site

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as the company has got approval of the same from the M.C. Amritsar vide letter

no. 1160 dated 17.10.2011.

The SEAC noted that as per report & photographs sent by Punjab

Pollution Control Board, Regional Office, Amritsar the work regarding laying of

sewerage network has been completed, the office building of project has also been

completed, at some places premix road has been laid while at other places

stabilized roads have been laid. The SEAC observed that from the photographs sent

by the Punjab Pollution Control Board and shown to the project proponent during

the meeting, the structure constructed at site is not a temporary building.

Moreover, the other infrastructure developments such as laying of sewer,

construction of roads, lighting etc. have also been undertaken without obtaining

the environmental clearance.

The SEAC further observed that as per Office Memorandum No. J-

11013/41/2006-IA.II(I) dated 19.08.2010, no activity relating to any project

covered under the EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 including civil construction can

be undertaken at site without obtaining prior environmental clearance except

fencing of the site to protect it from getting encroached and construction of

temporary shed(s) for the guard(s).

After detailed deliberations, the SEAC decided that:

(i) ToRs as finalized in 101st meeting of SEAC held on 18.09.2014 and

are under issue, may not be issued.

(ii) To forward the case to SEIAA with the recommendation to ask the


of Directors of the Company or the Managing Committee / CEO of the

Society, Trust, partnership / individually owned concern, within 60





(ii) To recommend to SEIAA:

For initiating credible action against the project proponent /


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For issuance of directions under Section 5 of the Environment



the environmental clearance is obtained under EIA notification

dated 14.09.2006.



proponent:

(i) Sh. Vipin Vashishta, Addl. General Manager of the promoter company.

(ii) Sh. Rajeev Kumar, Manager of the promoter company.

(iii) Sh. Deepak Gupta of M/s Jalvayu Consultants, Environmental Consultant of the promoter company.

Sh. Vipin Vashishta, Addl. General Manager of the promoter company

contended that temporary office and pavements etc. as reported is not part of the

original project proposal for which the environmental clearance application has

been filed and will be demolished once the project related activity is started at site.

He requested to get the site re-visited to check the construction status of the

project.

After detailed discussions, the SEIAA decided to remand the case to

SEAC to review the matter in light of contentions made by the project proponent

and send its recommendations accordingly.






proponent:

i) Sh. Vipin Vashista, Additional General Manager of the promoter company.

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The project proponent submitted that they have constructed a

temporary site office structure at site which will be dismantled at the time of

completion of project. This structure is not a part of their project. The project

proponent requested the SEAC to revisit the site with advance intimation to them,

before taking any action in this matter.

After detailed deliberations, the SEAC decided to get the site revisited

by Sh. M S Bhatti, member SEAC along with Environmental Engineer, Regional

Office, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Amritsar and under advance intimation to

project proponent and submit report. It was further decided to defer the case till

the report is received.

As decided, Sh. M S Bhatti, Member (SEAC) and Environmental

Engineer, Regional Office, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Amritsar were requested

vide letter No. 1280-81 dated 18.02.2015 to visit the project site and submit report.

Sh. M S Bhatti, member SEAC and Environmental Engineer, Regional

Office, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Amritsar have visited the project site and

the report is being prepared and the same will be placed before the SEAC during

the meeting.


18.03.2015, which was attended by Sh. O.P. Wahi, Addl. Vice President (S) of the

promoter company and he stated that the construction carried out at site is not

part of the project proposal and the said construction is purely temporary and will

be demolished before starting of project related activities. He requested to issue

the ToRs for preparation of EIA study.

The report submitted by Sh. M S Bhatti, Member SEAC was placed

before the SEAC during the meeting. As per the said report, the site was visited by

Sh. M S Bhatti, Member SEAC on 07.03.2015. Shri Vipin Vashista, Additional

General Manager, Civil and Shri Harmanjit Singh Malhotra, Additional General

Manager, Liason. Sh. Kamaljit Singh, AEE, Regional Office, PPCB, Amritsar

accompanied the visiting Member of the SEAC. It has been mentioned in the report

that the project proponent has constructed a site office showing elegantly

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designed entry gate, demonstration housing unit, working office with provision for

air conditioning, water supply.

In light of the visit report, the SEAC observed that the case is

required to be dealt as per the procedure mentioned in the Office Memorandum

dated 12.12.2012 of the Ministry of Environment & Forests as amended on

27.06.2013 since the promoter company has violated the provisions of EIA

notification dated 14.09.2006 by starting construction of the project without

obtaining environmental clearance under the said notification.


(i) To forward the case to SEIAA with the recommendation to ask the





















proponent:

i) Sh. O.P. Wahi, Addl. Vice President (S) of the promoter company.

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Consultant of the promoter company contended that no construction has been

carried out at site and only a temporary office building has been established at site

as the company has got approval of the same from the M.C. Amritsar vide letter

no. 1160 dated 17.10.2011, and submitted a copy of the same, which was taken

on record by the SEIAA.


i. The report sent by SEAC is incomplete as no comments have been

given on the earlier report sent by the Punjab Pollution Control

Board wherein other construction activities such as laying of

sewage network, roads, etc. were also reported.

ii. The permission letter issued by M.C. Amritsar vide letter no. 1160

dated 17.10.2011 for construction of a temporary office building

also needs to be looked into and commented upon.

After detailed deliberations, the SEIAA decided to remand the case

to SEAC.

Item no.82.08: Application for obtaining environmental clearance for developing a 'Model Industrial Park' in the revenue estate of Village Vallah, District Amritsar by M/s Penguin Buildtech Pvt. Ltd. and Veer Colonizers & Builders Pvt. Ltd.


1. M/s Penguin Buildtech Pvt. Ltd. and Veer Colonizers & Builders Pvt. Ltd has

applied on 18.02.2013 for obtaining environmental clearance as required

under the EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006 for developing a 'Model

Industrial Park' in the revenue estate of Village Vallah, District Amritsar. The

project is covered under category 7 (c) of the Schedule appended to the

said Notification.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 68th meeting on 18.03.2013, which was attended by the following on behalf of the project proponent:

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(i) Lt. Col. N. S. Narang, Region Head. (ii) Sh. Yash Pal Jain of M/s ACE Consultants, Environmental Consultant

of the project proponent.

The SEAC allowed Sh. Yashpal Jain of M/s Ace Engineers &

Consultants, Patiala to make presentation of the case before the Committee

in compliance to orders dated 09.10.2012 passed by the Hon'ble Punjab &

Haryana High Court in 19598 of 2012 titled as M/s Ace Engineers &

Consultants V/s Union of India & another and in light of contents of Office

Memorandum dated 04.08.2009 of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

Accordingly, Sh. Yashpal Jain of M/s Ace Engineers & Consultants, Patiala

presented the project proposal before the Committee. He informed that the

site of the project is located in the industrial zone of the notified Master Plan

of Amritsar and he submitted a copy of the Notification dated 10.12.2012

vide which the Master Plan of Amritsar has been notified by the Department

of Town and Country Planning, Punjab. He contended to waive off the public

hearing due to the fact that the site of the project is located in the industrial

zone of the Master Plan and the Master Plan of Amritsar was notified after

inviting objections from the general public. During presentation, the

representative of the promoter company submitted the following documents,

which were taken on record by the Committee:

1. A copy of letter bearing no. 13920 dated 08.03.2013 of Divisional

Forest Officer, Amritsar in which it has been mentioned that there is

no protected area notified under the Wildlife(Protection) Act, 1972

falls within a radius of 10 Km from the project site.

2. 500 meter radius map of the area from periphery of project site

clearly indicating the various industries and structures etc.

The SEAC brought into the notice of representative of the

promoter company that as per sub para regarding 'Public Consultation' of

Para 7 of the EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006, no public consultation is

required for the projects/activities located within 'Industrial Estates or Parks'

approved by the concerned authorities. The SEAC further informed to the

representative of the project promoter that the site of the project has not

been declared as Industrial Estate or Park by the Department of Industries

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and Commerce, Punjab, therefore, the request of the promoter company for

waiving off public hearing can not be considered.

The Committee noted that the case pertains to category 7(c)

of the Schedule appended to the EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006 and such

type of projects are to be appraised as category B-1 as per the said

Notification. Thus, the project proponent is required to be issued 'Terms of

Reference' for preparation of draft Rapid EIA study report.

After detailed deliberations in the matter, it was decided to

categorize this project as category B-1 and to finalize "Terms of Reference"

and to convey the same to the project proponent for preparation of detailed

draft Rapid EIA report. The SEAC also decided not to waive off the public

hearing in light of the facts stated above.

The 'Terms of Reference' (TOR), were conveyed to the project

proponent vide letter No. 47707 dated 08.11.2012 for preparation of rapid

EIA report and EMP. Also, the project proponent was asked to submit the

documents in respect of following:

(i) There is no Notified Eco-sensitive area u/s 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 within a radius of 10 km from the periphery of the project site.

(ii) There is no Inter-State and International boundary within a radius of 10 km from the periphery of the project site.

3. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 93rd meeting held on 03/02.2014.

Following were present on the behalf of the project proponent in the meeting:

Lt. Col. N. S. Narang, Region Head Sh. Yash Pal Jain of M/s ACE Consultants, Environmental

Consultant of the project proponent.

Sh. Yash Pal Jain, presented the salient features of the EIA study

report before the SEAC as under:

The study for getting the primary data for preparation of EIA report

was carrying out during the period from 01/04/2013 to 30/06/2013.

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The total project area is 146.428 acres, which will be developed as

under:

40 % of the total industrial plots would have green category of

industries/industries exempted from taking NOC (Consent to

Establish) from Punjab Pollution Control Board. These industries

would come up in the plot size varying from 200 sq. yards to 1000 sq.

yards. These industries would generate only domestic effluent.

20 % of the total plots would be having mechanical

industry/industries generating inorganic wastewater such as wire

drawing units, electroplating units, zinc sulphate/ferrous sulphate

plants, electrical appliances units, automobile workshops etc.

Maximum wastewater generation from such type of units would be 5

KL/unit/day.

The remaining 40 % of the industrial plots would house industries

generating organic wastewaters such as formulation of drugs,

formulation of pesticides/ insecticides/herbicides, milk chilling centers,

small milk plants, mineral water/carbonated soda bottling plants,

packaged food industries, board mills etc. Maximum wastewater

generation from such type of units would be 20 KL/unit/day.

Permission for change of land use for an area measuring 146.428

acres has been obtained from the Department of Town and Country

Planning, Punjab vide memo no. 6749/CTP(Pb)/SP-432(A) dated

13.12.2012.

The industrial park would not house any industrial unit which requires

Environmental Clearance under category ‘A’ as per EIA Notification,

2006 and its subsequent amendments. However, category-B

industries of the 'Schedule' appended to EIA Notification can be

established in the park.

The industrial park would not house any industrial unit covered under

MAH (Major Accidental Hazards) category of industries.

The industrial park would not house any highly polluting industries

namely manufacturing of fertilizers (Urea/DAP etc.), Cement Plants,

Pulp and Paper Industries, Dyeing and Processing Units, Bulk

Pesticides Units, Bulk Drugs Units, Sugar Mills, Distilleries, Caustic

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Soda Units, Copper Smelters, Integrated Iron and Steel Industries,

Asbestos and Asbestos based industries, Chorates, Perchlorates and

Peroxide Units, Chlorine, Fluorine, Bromine, Iodine and their

compounds, Coke Making, Coal Liquefaction, Coal Tar Distillation or

Fuel Gas making units, Explosives including detonators, fuses etc.,

dry coal processing/mineral processing industries like ore sintering,

palletization.

The water supply will be taken from main canal branch and each

industry will be supplied metered water supply and permission has

been obtained from the concerned department vide no. 4955 dated

08/07/2013 for getting the canal based water supply.

Proper meters will be installed at the source of water supply and at

the outlet of each industry from where the trade effluent and the

domestic effluent will be discharged for further sending the same to

the Common facility developed for the entire project.

The green belt will be developed in an area of 7.2 hectares, out of

which 2.7 hectares will be under the parks, 4.4 hectares along the

road side and 0.5 hectares within the public building.

Common Infrastructural facility will have the following:

Parking area at the entrance of the project for the visitors.

Toilets within the projects.

Sitting area for the drivers etc. in the parks of the project

Sewer lines for organic as well as domestic effluent.

MSW management and handling facility.

HW collection and disposal facility.

E-waste collection facility.

The project proponent will lay two parallel lines for carrying the waste

streams inorganic and organic in nature. The domestic effluent will be

carried out by the pipeline through which trade effluent organic in

nature will be sent for further treating in the common facilities.

The project proponent will install separate common Effluent

Treatment Plants to treat trade effluent organic in nature and

domestic effluent combinedly and inorganic wastewaters.

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The industrial plots would not house any bathrooms for the bathing

operations within the industrial premises. Only urinals and toilets

would be permitted in the industrial plots. Domestic water supply @

30 litres/person/day would be provided to the industrial plots as given

in the table:

Sr. No

Size of the Plot Max. number of

workers per day

Domestic water supply per plot

(litres/day)

1. 200 to 300 sq. yards plots 15 450

2. 300 to 600 sq. yards plots 25 750

3. 600 to 1000 sq. yards plots 50 1500

4. 1000 to 1500 sq. yards plots

75 2250


100 3000


150 4500


200 6000

8. > 4000 sq. yards plots 300 9000

The wastewater generation will be based on the following criteria:

Green Category of industries @ 40 % of the total plots would generate

only domestic effluent

Red Category industries @ 40 % of the total plots would generate only

organic effluent @ max. 20 KL/plot/day

Red Category of industries (mechanical industries) @ 20 % of the total

plots would generate only inorganic effluent @ max. 5 KL/plot/day

Overall domestic water consumption would be as per the following, depending upon the plot size:

Sr.

No.

Size of the Plot

Domestic water supply per plot (litres/day)

Number of Plots

Overall domestic water consumption (KL/day)


450 84 37.8


750 157 117.75


1500 153 229.5

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2250 49 110.25


3000 19 57.0


4500 19 85.5


6000 3 18.0

8. > 4000 sq. yards plots

9000 1 9.0

Total 485 664.8

Domestic sewage generation would be 90 % of the total domestic water

consumption i.e. around 600 KL/day

Organic effluent generation will be as under:

a) Domestic Sewage - 600 KL/day

b) Industrial Effluent @ 20 KL/unit for 194 units – 3880 KL/day

c) Total organic effluent generation - 4480 KL/day

Inorganic effluent generation rate will be @ 5 KL/unit and 97 units will

generate about 485 KL/day of inorganic effluent.

The Industrial Park will produce about 4500 m3/day of organic

wastewater including domestic sewage. Similarly, the Industrial Park will

produce about 500 m3/day of inorganic wastewater from mechanical

industries/industries generating inorganic wastewater.

The biodegradable industrial wastewater and domestic effluent to be

generated by the industries will be carried out through common sewer

and the same shall be treated in 2 modules of CETP of capacity 2500

KLD each consisting of the collection tank, oil and grease trap,

neutralization tank, buffer tank, UASB, clarifier, aeration tank, secondary

clarifier, intermediate storage tank, multimedia, sand filter and activated

carbon filter press to treat the domestic effluent and biodegradable trade

effluent.

The average characteristics of the organic wastewater will be as under:

Flow rate 4500 KLD

BOD 2000 mg/l

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COD 5000 mg/l

Total suspended solids 1000 mg/l

Flow peaking factor 3

The treated wastewater will be discharged into Vallah drain near SGRD

medical college and a permission in this regard has been obtained from

the Executive Engineer, Bari Dwab, Drainage Division.

The average characteristics of the inorganic wastewater will be as under:

Flow rate 500 KLD

Oil and Grease 100 mg/l

Trace metals 100 mg/l

Total suspended solids 1000 mg/l

Total dissolved solids/impurities 3000 mg/l

Flow peaking factor 3

To treat the inorganic streams to be generated from industrial units, will

be treated in a CETP of capacity 500 KLD consisting of collection tank,

reaction tank, flocculator, clarifier and treated wastewater storage tank

will be installed to treat the said wastewater against the actual

generation of 485 KLD.

There is no eco sensitive area declared under the Environment Protection

Act, 1986 in the State of Punjab as per the list available on the website

of MoEF. There is no Inter-State and International boundary of the

project site.

No construction/ development activity has been started at the site.

All the environmental concerns raised during the public hearing have

been properly addressed.

The SEAC noted certain observations and decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the reply of the said observations. The

decision of the SEAC was conveyed to the project proponent vide letter no.

2006 dated 04.02.2014.

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4. Thereafter, the project proponent vide letter no. PBPL/2014/189 dated

10.06.2014, has submitted the reply of the observations, the details of which

are as under:

Sr. No.

Observations raised by the SEAC

Reply submitted by the promoter company

1. The promoter company is required to delineate the allotment of the each plot for specific category of the industry and in no case the occupier of the plot may be allowed to establish any other unit for which the plot has been kept for, but no proposal in this regard has been prepared by the promoter company, as such, the proposal of the promoter company is not complete one and on the basis of the same, it is difficult to assess the likely impacts on the environment.

The project proponent has submitted that 'Model Industrial Park' has been proposed for Green, Orange and Red category of industries with special restriction for highly polluting 17 categories of industries as described by CPCB. The promoters of the project would sale the plots to the interested parties for industrial purposes based on Green, Orange and Red category of industries. As described in the EIA report, 40% of the plots would be reserved for Green category, 20% for industries generating inorganic wastewater and 40% of the remaining plots for industries generating organic wastewater. All the proposed industries will obtain consent to establish as well as consent to operate under the respective Acts and for the specific purpose from the Competent Authority. The industries would be bound by the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

2. The promoter company has not proposed any foolproof mechanism as to how the consumption of water supply to each industry will be ensured so that actual consumption of the water by each industry can be recorded properly.

The project proponent has submitted that the metered domestic water supply would be provided by the promoters of the project as a common service to each of the plot holder based on the plot size. For industrial activity, the plot holder would make their own arrangements for the water

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requirement as per their industrial activity.

3. The promoter company proposed to discharge the treated wastewater into the Vallah drain, which is not the proper and scientific mode of the disposal and the promoter company will not be allowed to discharge any treated wastewater into any drain/water body in any case, therefore, the promoter company is required to submit a concrete proposal for reuse of the treated wastewater for various purposes in the proposed industrial park so as to reduce the consumption of the fresh water vis a vis conservation of natural resources/ water bodies.

'Model Industrial Park' would provided two separate common effluent treatment plants (1 for organic wastewater and other for inorganic wastewater) in the complex. After treatment, the treated wastewater would be reused for irrigation purposes within the complex. The remaining wastewater would be disposed into the public sewer after obtaining the requisite permission from the Industries Department, for which the project proponent has already applied for. Further, the project proponent has undertaken that till the said permission is obtained and necessary connection is made the project proponent will be responsible for the handling of treated wastewater in lawful manner.

4. The promoter company has not carried out mathematical modeling to assess the impact of the air pollutants on the environment. The promoter company is required to mention the likely impacts of the air pollution and their impacts on the environment by carrying out mathematical modeling.

'Model Industrial Park' has been proposed for Green, Orange and Red category of industries with special restriction for highly polluting 17 categories of industry as described by CPCB. As described in the EIA report, 40% of the plots would be reserved for Green category, 20% for industries generating inorganic wastewater and 40% of the remaining plots for industries generating organic wastewater. The assessment of impact of the air pollutants is as under:

(i) 40% of the green category industries would not generate any air pollutants, which may adverse impact on the

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environment.

(ii) 20% of the industries, which are generating inorganic wastewater and involved in activities such as electroplating, heat treatment, galvanizing etc. will cause air pollution. However, heat treatment in these industries would be done by using oil/gas based heating system which will cause minimum air pollution. The industries would install suction system for the electroplating and galvanizing process. The fumes after suction would be treated in alkaline scrubbers and hence there would not be any considerable impact on air pollutant.

(iii) 40% of the organic industry would be having air polluting activities from boiler operations, thermopack etc. More than 99% of the plots in the industrial park are less than 3000 sq. yards. Based on the size of the plot, the industry cannot install individual boiler/thermopack of capacity more than 1 TPH. Further, the industry would install air pollution control devices with the boiler/thermopack. Hence, the impact on the air quality would be minimum.

5. The promoter company has not properly calculated the hazardous waste to be generated from the various industries to be established in the industrial park and the impact of hazardous waste to be generated by the industries on the environment.

Following hazardous waste would be generated from the industrial park:

(i) Used oil from DG sets @ 5 KL/annum

(ii) ETP sludge from CETP @ 1 MTD

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(iii) Sludge in containers from industries generating wastewater @ 5 MT/annum.

The project proponent would common hazardous waste storage area in an area of 100 sqm which would be covered and impervious in nature. All the hazardous waste would be stored in the said area and henceforth sent to the common hazardous waste treatment and landfill site located at Nimbua, Dera Bassi.

6. No proposal has been given as to how the wastewater to be generated from treatment of raw water will be handled and disposed off/ reused.

All the wastewater generated from the treatment of raw water would be disposed of in the organic sewer line from where it would go to the CETP for further treatment.

5. The project proponent was requested by the SEAC vide letter no. 2069 dated 27.06.2014 to attend its 95th meeting on 28.06.2014. Following were

present in the meeting on behalf of the project proponent:

(i) Col. N.S. Narang, Vice President of the promoter company

(ii) Sh. Yash Pal Jain of M/s ACE Consultants, Environmental Consultant of the promoter company.

Sh. Yash Pal Jain Environmental Consultant of the promoter company presented the reply of the observations raised by the SEAC. He also informed that:

(i) The construction of the CETP attracts environmental clearance under EIA

Notification, 2006, as such the promoter company had applied to the SEAC

for grant of environmental clearance under category 7 (c) of the EIA

Notification, 2006. There will not be any industry falling under category 'A'

or category 'B' except CETP (category 7 H) as per the EIA Notification, 2006

in the proposed project.

(ii) Model Industrial Park would provide two separate common effluent

treatment plants (one for organic wastewater and the other for inorganic

wastewater) in the complex. After treatment, the treated wastewater would

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be reused for irrigation purposes within the complex. Remaining treated

wastewater would be disposed off into the public sewer.

(iii) The green area available for the reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation

purposes within the complex is around 77360 sqm. Water application @

around 10 mm would be applied during summer season and around 5 mm

would be applied during winter season. So, treated wastewater consumption

for irrigation purposes during summer season would be around 775 m3 and

would be around 385 m3 during winter season. The remaining wastewater

would be disposed off in the public sewer.



the Committee awarded 'Silver Grading' to the project proposal for developing a

'Model Industrial Park' in the revenue estate of Village Vallah, District Amritsar

having total project area 146.428 acres which has been proposed to be developed

as under:

40% of the total industrial plots would have green category of

industries and/or industries exempted from obtaining Consent to

Establish from Punjab Pollution Control Board under the Water & Air

Acts. These industries would come up in the plot size varying from

200 sq. yards to 1000 sq. yards. These industries would generate

only domestic effluent.

20 % of the total plots would be having mechanical

industry/industries generating inorganic wastewater such as wire

drawing units, electroplating units, zinc sulphate/ferrous sulphate

plants, electrical appliances units, automobile workshops etc.

Maximum wastewater generation from such type of units would be 5

KL/unit/day.

The remaining 40 % of the industrial plots would house industries

such as formulation of drugs, formulation of pesticides/

insecticides/herbicides, milk chilling centers, small milk plants, mineral

water/carbonated soda bottling plants, packaged food industries,

board mills etc. Maximum wastewater generation from such type of

units would be 20 KL/unit/day;.

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The SEAC decided to forward the case to the SEIAA with the

recommendation to grant environmental clearance to the project proponent subject

to certain conditions in addition to the proposed measures.

The project proponent was requested by the SEIAA vide letter No.

2141-46 dated 10.07.2014 to attend its 66th meeting on 11.07.2014, which was

attended by the following on behalf of the corporation:

(i) Col. (Retd) Avinash K. Sharma, AGM of the promoter company


Sh. Yash Pal Jain, Environmental Consultant of the promoter company

presented the salient features of the project before the Authority and requested to

grant environmental clearance for the proposed project.

The SEIAA observed that the SEAC had recommended the case for

disposal of the treated trade effluent into the Focal Point sewer. However, during

the meeting the project proponent submitted that they have applied for permission

for discharging the treated trade effluent into the Focal Point sewer, but the same

has not been granted so far to the project proponent.

In view of the above, the SEIAA decided to defer the case till the

project proponent submits the permission for disposal of the treated trade effluent

into the Focal Point sewer, from the Department of Industries & Commerce,

Punjab.

The decision of SEIAA was conveyed to the project proponent vide

letter no. 2286 dated 25.07.2014. Further, the project proponent was issued

reminder vide letter no. 3516 dated 28.11.2014. However, no reply has been

received from the project proponent so far.


24.12.2014.

After deliberations, the SEIAA decided to request the Punjab Pollution

Control Board to get the proposed site visited and submit construction status,

within 10 days. It was further decided to put up the case before the SEIAA with the

report of Punjab Pollution Control Board.

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As decided, the Punjab Pollution Control Board was requested vide

letter No. 26 dated 07.01.2015.

The Punjab Pollution Control Board vide letter no. 780 dated

21.01.2015 informed that:

"It is intimated that the industry was visited by the Officers of this

office on 20.01.2015 and observed as under:

1. An entry gate of the Model Industrial Park has been

constructed by the project proponent.

2. Formation bed for the roads has been prepared only for the

stretch 150 m approx. from the entry gate.

3. Storm water sewer has been laid for the same stretch approx.

4. An office building exists near the entry gate of the park.

5. Plots in the compounding area of Model Industrial Park were

vacant and no construction activity was seen in progress at the

time of visit.

6. Sh. Damandeep Singh (Project Head) told that the proposal to

install the STP, CETP for the industries is yet to be finalized."

The project proponent vide letter dated 01.01.2015 has submitted a

copy of letter dated 31.12.2014 issued by PSIEC, Chandigarh, wherein, in-principal

approval has been accorded for the disposal treated effluent of Model Industrial

Park, Amritsar through existing sewer/rising main by strengthening / upgradation

of existing system of Industrial Focal Point, Mehta Road, Amritsar subject to

conditions that all expenses to be incurred including for

upgradation/strengethening / regular maintenance etc. will be borne by project

proponent and NOC from various authorities required for disposal of effluent will be

obtained by the project proponent at his own level.


28.02.2015 and Mr. (Col) Navdeep Singh Norang, Vice President & Region Head of

the promoter company attended the meeting.

Vice President & Region Head of the promoter company requested

the SEIAA to grant environmental clearance as they have provided all the

documents sought by the SEIAA.

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After deliberations, the SEIAA decided to remand the case to SEAC

for fresh recommendations in light of the report of Punjab Pollution Control Board

and NOC issued by PSIEC for disposal of treated effluent of Model Industrial Park,

Amritsar through existing sewer/rising main.


18.03.2015, which was attended by the following on behalf of the promoter

company:

(i) Col. (Retd) N.S. Narang, Vice President & Region Head of the promoter company


SEAC observed that as per the report of Punjab Pollution Control

Board, construction activityrelated to the project such as laying of storm water

sewer, preparation of formation bed for the roads, entry gate, office building and

development of plots has already been carried out at site without obtaining

environmental clearance. Further, the project proponent is required to clarify the

position with regard to connectivity of sewer line of project to the existing

sewer/rising main as permitted by PSIEC.

Sh. Yash Pal Jain of M/s ACE Consultants, Environmental Consultant

of the promoter company clarified to the observations of the SEAC as under:

(i) The project proponent intends to develop a Model Industrial Park in an area

of 146.428 acres and a common effluent treatment plant within the said

Model Industrial Park. The two components i.e. development of industrial

park as well as proposal of CETP are independent of each other. Though

initially application was made for complete project under category 7 (c) of

Schedule-1 of notification, 2006, however, during presentation before the

SEAC in its 95th meeting held on 28.06.2014 it was categorically stated that

there is no industry falling under category 'A' or category 'B' as prescribed

under EIA notification, 2006 will be allowed to come up in the proposed

Industrial Park, Hence, their project be treated under category 7 (h) of the

Schedule-1 of EIA notification, 2006 i.e. only for the development &

construction of CETP in the Industrial Park. In fact his request had already

vbeen acceded to by the SEAC in the said and case was recommended to

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SEIAA for grant of environmental clearance. He further clarified that no

construction activity relating to CETP project has been started at site.

(ii) Regarding disposal of treated effluents to be discharged from the proposed

project, the permission has been accorded by PSIEC to connect its sewer

line with the existing sewer of Focal Point. The sewer line of the project will

be connected to the collection sump of the Focal Point sewer system from

where the entire effluents will be pumped to the Focal Point main sewer line

which ultimately leads to 'Kasoor Nallah'.

He also submitted a written clarification in this regard alongwith

layout plan indicating location of CETP, collection sump of PSIEC Focal Point and

sewerlines. He further submitted a copy of letter dated 06.01.2015 vide which in-

principle approval has been accorded by the MoEF&CC, Northern Regional Office,

Chandigarh for diversion of 0.079 ha of forest land for approach road to Model

Industrial Park. The above said documents were taken on record.

After detailed deliberations, the SEAC decided to forward the case to

the SEIAA with the recommendation to grant environmental clearance for

establishment of 2 modules of CETP (one for organic wastewater and the other for

inorganic wastewater) of capacity 2500 KLD each consisting of the collection tank,

oil and grease trap, neutralization tank, buffer tank, UASB, clarifier, aeration tank,

secondary clarifier, intermediate storage tank, multimedia, sand filter and activated

carbon filter to treat the domestic effluent and biodegradable trade effluent in the

Model Industrial Park to be located in the revenue estate of Village Vallah, District

Amritsar, subject to the following conditions in addition to the proposed measures:

Part A – SPECIFIC CONDITIONS i. The project proponent shall ensure that no other industry falling under

category 'A' or category 'B' except the proposed CETP (category 7 h) of schedule attached to EIA Notification dated 14/9/2006 is allowed to come up

in the Model Indsutrial Park.

ii. The project proponent shall provide two separate common effluent treatment plants (one for organc wastewater and the other for inorganic wastewater) in the complex. After treatment most of the treated wastewater will be used onto land for watering of green areas etc. within the complex. Remaining treated wastewater shall be disposed off into the public sewer.

iii. Upcoming industrial units in the proposed project shall provide adequate and appropriate primary treatment facilities within their premises so as to ensure

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that the quality of effluent being received at the inlet of CETP is as per prescribed norms. The project proponent shall impose a condition in the allotment letters to the plot allottees in this regard.

iv. “Consent for Establishment” shall be obtained from the Punjab Pollution Control Board and a copy shall be furnished to the SEIAA, Punjab before taking up any construction activity at the site.

v. To facilitate inspection and collection of effluent from all the member units

at least one dedicated inspection chamber for each type of effluent should be provided by each unit. The intermediate distance between two consecutive man holes should be so adjusted that the cleaning of the pipeline remains operational all the time.

vi. Based on the cumulative design flow the size of the pipeline should be so adjusted that the industrial effluent attains the self cleaning velocity of 0.75 m/sec.

vii. Free flow of effluent should be ensured either by providing adequate slope in the Common Effluent Conveyance System or by providing common sump and pumping arrangement.

viii. Regular monitoring operation and maintenance of the conveying system will be performed by the project proponent so that the pipeline is protected from corrosion, silting, choking and explosion.

ix. The project proponent will collect the sample of effluent from each industry and measure the flow from such industries on regular basis to check

whether the industries meet the CETP influent standards or not.

x. Provisions should be made for disconnecting any unit from common conduit

and facility if it fails to comply with the allowable discharge parameters.

xi. The receiving sump(s) at CETP should be of adequate capacity and should have arrangement for adequate no. of pumps, keeping one as stand-by. The pumps are required to have regular maintenance schedule adopting preventive maintenance system. The leakages are required to be attended to regularly and as per preventive maintenance system. The operator is required to maintain a logbook for duration of operation of each pump and also for the flow / quantity of waste water pumped.

xii. The various operating parameters such as Color, pH, Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids (MLSS), Mixed Liquor Volatile Suspended Solids (MLVSS) and minimum Dissolved Oxygen (DO) in case of aerobic system should be maintained as per design. It is also necessary to record these parameters on regular basis.

xiii. At CETP site a well equipped laboratory and associated facilities should be established with the following sections: Physical-Chemical Lab, instrumental, Instrumental Analysis Lab, R&D section, Sample preparation and Storage Section for regular monitoring of influent and treated effluent before final

discharge.

xiv. For successful operation of the CETP and the effluent conveyance system, a routine monitoring system should be in place.

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xv. The project proponent and the operator of the CETP will be responsible for

compliance of final liquid discharge by proper Operation and Maintenance of common effluent conveyance system and different subunits of CETP.

xvi. The gaseous emissions, if any, from various process units should confirm to the load / mass based standards prescribed by the Ministry of Environment & Forests and the State Pollution Control Board from time to time. At no time, the emission level should go beyond the prescribed standards.

xvii. Adequate provision for rainwater harvesting system and recycling of water should be introduced. Recharging of ground water is not permitted without prior permission of competent authority.

xviii. Adequate green belt covering an area 77360 sqm. as proposed shall be developed in and around the plant premises. Selection of appropriate species for the plantation programme may be done in consultation with the Forest Department of the respective area.

xix. Ambient noise level should not exceed the permissible limit. The overall noise levels in and around the plant area shall be kept well within the standards by providing noise control measures including acoustic hoods, silencers, enclosures etc. on all sources of noise generation. The ambient noise levels should confirm to the standards prescribed under EPA Rules, 1989.

xx. All internal roads should be pitched. Proper lighting and proper pathway inside the factory premises should be provided to ensure safe vehicular movement. Provision of separate pathway for entry and exit of vehicles should be considered. Vehicles should confirm to pollution under control (PUC) norms. Proper house keeping shall be maintained within the premises.

xxi. Health and safety of workers should be ensured. Workers should be provided with adequate personnel protective equipment and sanitation facilities. Occupational Health Surveillance of the workers shall be done on a regular basis and records maintained as per the Factories Act.

xxii. Adequate provisions for the infrastructure facilities including water supply and sanitation shall be ensured for the laborers during the construction period.

xxiii. Construction materials and wastes including hazardous substances, if any, shall not be allowed to pollute the surrounding land or aquatic environment as the case may be.

xxiv. Adequate measures shall be adopted to ensure industrial safety. Proper fire detection & protection systems shall be provided to control fire and explosion hazards. The implementation and monitoring of Environmental Management Plan and Disaster Management Plan should be carried out, as proposed.

xxv. The proponent should abide by the Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2008. Collection and storage of hazardous wastes during Pre-construction and Post construction activity should be planned properly. The expected hazardous wastes should be disposed off separately as per the Hazardous Wastes

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(Handling & Management & Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2008.

xxvi. Spent oil from DG Sets shall be stored in HDPE drums in an isolated covered facility and disposed off as per the Hazardous Wastes (Handling & Management) Amendment Rules, 2003. Spent oil from DG Sets should be disposed off through recyclers registered with Central Pollution Control Board only.

xxvii. Firefighting systems should be designed in compliance with the Fire Service

and NBC norms. Preventive measures should be adopted for Risk & Disaster Management as per the provisions of the National Building Code 2005.

xxviii. Environmental Management Information System shall be in position and maintained properly.

xxix. This Environmental Clearance does not imply that the other statutory / administrative clearances shall be granted to the project by the concerned authorities. Such authorities would be considering the project on merits and take decisions independently of the Environmental Clearance.

B. GENERAL CONDITIONS: i. The Environmental Clearance does not absolve the applicant/proponent of

his obligation/requirement to obtain other statutory and administrative clearance from other statutory and administrative authorities.

ii. No further expansion or modifications in the plant shall be carried out without prior approval of the SEIAA. In case of deviations or alterations in the project proposal from those submitted for clearance, a fresh reference shall be made to the SEIAA to assess the adequacy of conditions imposed and to add additional environmental protection measures required, if any.

iii. Occupational health surveillance of the workers shall be carried out on a regular basis and records shall be maintained as per the Factories Act.

iv. Proper House keeping programmes shall be taken up.

v. Usage of Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) by all employees/ workers shall be ensured.

vi. This Environmental Clearance is valid for five years from the date of issue.

vii. The project proponent shall comply with all the environmental protection measures and safeguards proposed in the EMP report.

viii. A separate Environmental Management Cell shall be set up to carry out the Environmental Management and Monitoring functions.

ix. The project proponent should advertise in at least two local newspapers widely circulated in the region, one of which shall be in the vernacular language informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and copies of clearance letters are available with the Punjab Pollution Control Board. The advertisement should be made within seven days from the day of issue of the clearance letter and a copy of the same

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should be forwarded to the Regional Office, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh.

x. The SEIAA may revoke or suspend the clearance, if implementation of any

of the above conditions is not satisfactory.

xi. The SEIAA reserves the right to stipulate additional conditions, if found necessary. The Proponent shall implement these conditions in a time bound

manner.

xii. The above conditions will be enforced, inter-alia under the provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008 and the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 along with their amendments and rules.

xiii. All other statutory clearances such as the approvals for storage of diesel from Chief Controller of Explosives, Fire and Rescue Services Department, Forest Conservation Act, 1980 and Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, State / Central Ground Water Authority, other statutory and other authorities as applicable to the project shall be obtained by project proponent from the

competent authorities.

xiv. The Environmental Statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated has to be submitted by the project proponent to the Punjab Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently and shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of EC conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of MoEF, Chandigarh and SEIAA, Punjab by e-mail.

xv. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the stipulated EC

conditions, including results of monitored data on their website and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of MoEF, SEIAA, Punjab, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB. The criteria pollutant levels shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of the company in the public domain.

xvi. A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to the concerned Panchayat, Zila Parishad / Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Amritsar and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions /representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

xvii. Environmental clearance is subject to final order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the matter of Goa Foundation Vs. Union of India in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 460 of 2004 as may be applicable to this project and decisions of any competent court, to the extent applicable.

xviii. Officials from the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority / State

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Level Expert Appraisal Committee / Punjab Pollution Control Board who would be monitoring the implementation of environmental safeguards should be given full cooperation, facilities and documents / data by the project proponents during their inspection. A complete set of all the documents submitted to State Environment Impact Assessment Authority should be forwarded to the CCF, Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh and State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Punjab.

xix. Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.


11.04.2015, which was attended by the following on behalf of the promoter

company:

(i) Col. (Retd) N.S. Narang, Vice President & Region Head of the promoter company


Sh. Yash Pal Jain presented the salient features of the project

before the SEIAA and requested to grant environmental clearance for the project.




Authority decided to grant environmental clearance for establishment of 2 modules

of CETP (one for organic wastewater and the other for inorganic wastewater) of

capacity 2500 KLD each consisting of the collection tank, oil and grease trap,

neutralization tank, buffer tank, UASB, clarifier, aeration tank, secondary clarifier,

intermediate storage tank, multimedia, sand filter and activated carbon filter to

treat the domestic effluent and biodegradable trade effluent in the Model Industrial

Park to be located in the revenue estate of Village Vallah, District Amritsar, subject

to the conditions as proposed by the SEAC and to amend condition no. (ii) of

'Specific Conditions' in addition to the proposed measures.

Specific Conditon No. (ii)

“The project proponent shall provide two separate common effluent treatment plants (one for organic wastewater and the other for inorganic wastewater) in the complex. After treatment most of the treated wastewater will be used onto land for watering of green areas etc. within the complex.

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Remaining treated wastewater shall be connected and discharged into manhole/sewer system of Focal Point before the final collection tank.”

Item No.82.09: Application for obtaining Environmental Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for construction of Jang-E-Azadi memorial at NH-1, Kartarpur, District Jalandhar by M/s Punjab Freedom Movement Memorial Foundation.


M/s Punjab Freedom Movement Memorial Foundation vide

letter No. 1766 dated 11.03.2015 has applied to MoEF for obtaining environmental

clearance as required under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for construction of

Jang-E-Azadi memorial at NH-1, Kartarpur, District Jalandhar. The project is

covered under category 8 (a) of the Schedule appended to the said notification.


on 18.03.2015, which was attended by the following on behalf of the project

proponent:

(i) Sh. N.P. Singh, Executive Engineer, Public Health, Jalandhar

(ii) Sh. T.R. Katnoria, Executive Engineer, PWD (B&R)

(iii) Sh. Ankit Bansal, Architect

(iv) Sh. Vishal Duggal of M/s Ace Engineers & Consultants,

Patiala Environmental Consultant

Sh. Vishal Duggal, Environmental Consultant presented project

proposal before the SEAC as under:

The total plot area is 101171 sqm having a built up area of 35146.62 sqm.

Permission for CLU for land area measuring 25 acres has been granted by

the Self Loca Govt. vide Memo No. 2014/2 dated 13.01.2014.

Total water requirement for the project will be 230-550 KLD, out of which

120-420 KLD will be met through groundwater and remaining requirement

will be met from treated wastewater.

The total wastewater generation from the project will be 115-130 KLD,

which will be treated in a STP to be installed within the project premises.

The project proponent has proposed to use 129 KLD of treated wastewater

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for green area in summer season. In winter season, 47 KLD of treated

wastewater will be used for flushing purpose and 67 KLD will be used for

irrigation of green area. In rainy season, 30 KLD of treated wastewater will

be used for HVAC, 50 KLD for flushing, 19 KLD for green area and remaining

20 KLD will be discharged into M.C. sewer.

M.C. Kartarpur has issued NOC vide No. 319 dated 27.02.2015, wherein the

details of existing status of sewer connectivity has been mentioned.

The green area will be developed in an area of 37,580 sqm.


has been estimated as 800 Kg/day, which will be segregated into bio-


recyclable waste will be sold to the authorized and non-recyclable will be

disposed through M.C. M.C. Kartarpur has issued NOC vide No. 319 dated

27.02.2015 in this regard.

The ambient air monitoring has been got done from M/s Sophisticated

Analytical Instruments Laboratories, Thapar Technology Campus, Patiala and

the analysis results indicate that the concentration of various pollutants such

as PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, and CO have been measured. Also, ambient noise

monitoring has been got done from the said firm and the analysis results

indicate that the noise levels during day and night times, have been

measured as 65.8 dB(A) leq and 59.9 dB(A) leq, respectively, against the

prescribed standards of 55 and 45 dB(A) leq.






The total load of electricity required for proposed project will be 2.4 MW


install DG sets of 1500 KVA capacity for backup power supply.

Rs.163 Lacs will be utilized as capital cost and Rs.68 Lacs will be incurred as

operational cost for the EMP. Administrative Officer, Punjab Freedom

Movement Memorial Foundation. Executive Engineer, Construction Division-

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2, PWD (B&R) Branch, Jalandhar, Executive Engineer, Electrical, PWD (B&R)

Branch, Jalandhar. Executive Engineer, Water Supply & Sanitation Division-

2, Jalandhar will be responsible for implementation of EMP.

The traffic circulation plan and Disaster/Risk Assessment & Management

Plan have been prepared and submitted.

After hearing the presentation, the SEAC raised certain observations

and the Environmental Consultant given the reply to the same, the detail of which

is as under:

Sr. No.

Observation raised Reply given by the project proponent

1. The water balance diagram submitted by project proponent reveals that optimum reuse of treated wastewater has not been taken into account and same can be reused for various purposes such as public toilets, HVAC and plantation area.

The project proponent submitted a revised water balance statement by making the necessary changes regading reuse of treated wastewater for use in public toilets, HVAC and plantation area thereby achieving ZLD.

2. The project proponent has proposed to use CFL and LED lamps whereas only LED lamps should be used.

The project proponent agreed to the suggestion and stated that only LED lamps will be used.

3. The project proponent is required to mark existing positon of public sewer and water supply on the layout map.

The project proponent marked the position of existing public sewer on the layout map. However, he further clarified that after submission of revised water balace statement in response to observation at Sr. No. 1 above, the project is now ZLD based and no wastewater will be discharged into public sewer/outside the premses.

4. The project proponent is required to submit construction schedule (PERT/CPM chart).

The project proponent submitted the construction schedule (PERT/CPM chart).

5. The project proponent is required to submit details of Corporate Social Responsibility activities to be undertaken, provisions of funds for the same etc.

The project proponent clarified that the whole project being developed as a memorial and museum in the memory of martyrs of nation's freedom struggle by the State Govt. is itself a Corporate Social Responsibility chapter.

6. The project proponent is required to submit concrete documentary

The project proponent submitted a copy of acknowledgement towards

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evidence regarding submission of application for obtaining forest clearance from the Forest Department for using forest area as approach to the project premises.

filing the application for obtaining the requisite permission from the the Forest Department.

The SEAC was apprised that the Punjab Pollution Control Board,

Regional Office, Jalandhar vide letter No. 5356 dated 17.03.2015 has informed that

the site of the project was visited on 16.03.2015 and observed that the boundary

walls of the project was under construction on its 3 sides whereas on the fourth

side i.e. towards NH-1, it is yet to be started. The said construction on 3 sides of

boundary walls is about 1.5 m above ground level as on date. Further there is no

construction activities started within the plot except the boundary walls as detailed

above.





clearance to the project proponent for construction of Jang-E-Azadi memorial in an

area of 101171 sqm having built up area 35146.62 sqm at NH-1, Kartarpur, District

Jalandhar, subject to the following conditions in addition to the proposed

measures:


I. Pre-Construction Phase




(iv) The approval of competent authority shall be obtained for structural safety of the buildings due to earthquakes, adequacy of fire fighting equipments

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etc. as per National Building Code including protection measures from lightning.

(v) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, disposal of waste water & solid waste in an environmentally sound manner, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

II. Construction Phase:

(i) All the topsoil excavated during construction activities should be stored for use in horticulture / landscape development within the project site.

(ii) Disposal of muck during construction phase should not create any adverse effect on the neighbouring communities and be disposed off after taking the necessary precautions for general safety and health aspects of people with the approval of competent authority.

(iii) Construction spoils, including bituminous material and other hazardous material, must not be allowed to contaminate watercourses and the dump sites for such material must be secured, so that they should not leach into the groundwater.

(iv) Construction/provision of the STP, tubewell, DG Sets, Utilities etc, earmarked by the project proponent on the layout plan, should be made in the earmarked area only. In any case the position/location of these utilities should not be changed later-on.

(iv) Vehicles hired for bringing construction material to the site and other machinery to be used during construction should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

(v) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored during construction phase.

(vi) Fly ash should be used as construction material in the construction as per the provisions of Fly Ash Notification of September, 1999 and as amended on August, 2003 and notification No. S.O. 2804 (E) dated 03.11.2009 (This condition is applicable only if the project is within 100 Km of Thermal Power Station).

(vii) Ready mixed concrete should be used in building construction as far as possible.

(viii) Water demand during construction should be reduced by use of premixed concrete, curing agents and other best practices.

(ix) Separation of drinking water supply and treated sewage supply should be done by the use of different colours.

(x) Fixtures for showers, toilet flushing and drinking should be of low flow either by use of aerators or pressure reducing devices or sensor based control.

(xi) Adequate steps shall be taken to conserve energy by limiting the use of glass, provision of proper thermal insulation and taking measures as prescribed under the Energy Conservation Building Code.

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(xii) The approval of competent authority shall be obtained for structural safety of the buildings due to earthquakes, adequacy of fire fighting equipments etc. as per National Building Code including protection measures from lightning.

(xiii) The diesel generator sets to be used during construction phase should be of low sulphur diesel type and should conform to the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 prescribed for air and noise emission standards.

III. Operation Phase

i) “Consent to operate” shall be obtained from Punjab Pollution Control Board under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and a copy of the same shall be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority at the time of start of operation.

ii) The installation of sewage treatment plant (STP) and adequacy of disposal system should be certified by Punjab Pollution Control Board and a report in this regard should be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests/State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority before the project is commissioned for operation.

iii) The project proponent shall not discharge any wastewater into public sewer/outside the premises. Entire treated wastewater shall be reused for flushing (public toilets), HVAC and plantation area, so as to achieve ZLD.

iv) The project proponent shall provide electromagnetic flow meter at the outlet

of the water supply, outlet of the STP and any pipeline to be used for re-using the treated wastewater back into the system for flushing and for horticulture purpose/green etc. and shall maintain a record of readings of each such meter on daily basis.

v) The position / location of the STP, tubewell, DG Sets, Utilities etc, installed by the project proponent as per the provisions made in the layout plan, should not be changed later-on under any circumstances.

vi) Adequate & appropriate pollution control measures should be provided to control fugitive emissions to be emitted within the complex.

vii) Adequate treatment facility for drinking water shall be provided, if required.

viii) The green belt along the periphery of the plot shall achieve attenuation factor conforming to the day and night noise standards prescribed for residential land use. The open spaces inside the plot should be suitably landscaped and covered with vegetation of indigenous species/variety.

ix) The project proponent should take adequate and appropriate measures to contain the ambient air quality within the prescribed standards. The proposal regarding mitigation measures to be taken at site should be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests/ State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority within three months.

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x) Application of solar energy should be incorporated for illumination of common areas, lighting for gardens and street lighting in addition to provision for solar water heating.

xi) A report on the energy conservation measures conforming to energy conservation norms finalized by Bureau of Energy Efficiency should be prepared incorporating details about machinery of air conditioning, lifts, lighting, building materials, R & U Factors etc. and submitted to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB/SEIAA in three months time.

xii) Environmental Management Cell shall be formed during operation phase which will supervise and monitor the environment related aspects of the project.

xiii) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored during construction phase.

xiv) Separation of drinking water supply and treated sewage supply should be done by the use of different colors.

xv) Fixtures for showers, toilet flushing and drinking should be of low flow either by use of aerators or pressure reducing devices or sensor based control.

IV. Entire Life:

i) “Consent to operate” shall be obtained from Punjab Pollution Control Board under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and get it renewed from time to time and a copy of the same shall be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

ii) The project proponent shall not discharge any wastewater into public sewer/outside the premises. Entire treated wastewater shall be reused for flushing (public toilets), HVAC and plantation area, so as to achieve ZLD.

iii) The project proponent shall provide electromagnetic flow meter at the outlet of the water supply, outlet of the STP and any pipeline to be used for re-using the treated wastewater back into the system for flushing and for horticulture purpose/green etc. and shall maintain a record of readings of each such meter on daily basis.

iv) The position / location of the STP, tubewell, DG Sets, Utilities etc, installed by the project proponent as per the provisions made in the layout plan, should not be changed later-on under any circumstances.

v) Rainwater harvesting for roof run-off should be implemented. Before recharging the roof run-off, pretreatment must be done to remove suspended matter, oil and grease. However, no run off from gardens/green area/roads/pavements shall be connected with the ground water recharging system.

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vi) The solid waste generated should be properly collected and segregated. The recyclable solid waste shall be sold out to the authorized vendors and inert shall be sent to disposal facility. The Bio-degradable solid waste shall be adequately treated as per the scheme submitted by the project proponent. Prior approval of competent authority should be obtained, if required.


viii) Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air quality, noise and water quality should be periodically monitored.

ix) Traffic congestion near the entry and exit points from the roads adjoining the proposed project site must be avoided. Parking should be fully internalized and no public space should be utilized.

x) The approval of competent authority shall be obtained for structural safety of the buildings due to earthquakes, adequacy of fire fighting equipments etc. as per National Building Code including protection measures from lightning.





iii) All other statutory clearances such as the approvals for storage of diesel from Chief Controller of Explosives, Fire Department, Civil Aviation Department, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 etc. shall be obtained, by project proponents from the competent authorities including Punjab Pollution Control Board and from other statutory bodies as applicable. The project proponent shall also obtain permission from the NBWL, if applicable.

iv) The project proponent should advertise in at least two local newspapers widely circulated in the region, one of which shall be in the vernacular language informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and copies of clearance letters are available with the Punjab Pollution Control Board. The advertisement should be made within seven days from the day of issue of the clearance letter and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh and SEIAA, Punjab.

v) These stipulations would be enforced among others under the provisions of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, the Public Liability (Insurance) Act, 1991 and EIA Notification, 2006.

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vi) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the CGWA for abstraction of groundwater & digging of borewell(s) and shall not abstract any groundwater without prior written permission of the CGWA, even if any borewell(s) exist at site

vii) The project proponent shall comply with the conditions imposed by the Competent Authority while granting CLU.

viii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zilla Parishad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban local body and the local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions / representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

ix) The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Punjab reserves the right to add additional safeguards/ measures subsequently, if found necessary, and to take action including revoking of the environmental clearance under the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, to ensure effective implementation of the suggested safeguards/ measures in a time bound and satisfactory manner.

x) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

II. Construction Phase

i) The environmental safeguards contained in the application of the promoter / mentioned during the presentation before State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority/State Expert Appraisal Committee should be implemented in letter and spirit.

ii) The entire cost of the environmental management plan (i.e. capital cost as well as recurring cost) will continue to be borne by the project proponent until the responsibility of environmental management plan is transferred to the occupier/residents society under proper MOU after obtaining prior permission of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

iii) The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by mail) to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the Zonal Office of CPCB, the SPCB and SEIAA, Punjab.

iv) Officials from the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority / State Level Expert Appraisal Committee / Punjab Pollution Control Board who would be monitoring the implementation of environmental safeguards should be given full cooperation, facilities and documents / data by the project proponents during their inspection. A complete set of all the documents submitted to State Environment Impact Assessment Authority should be forwarded to the CCF, Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh and State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Punjab.

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v) In the case of any change(s) in the scope of the project, the project would require a fresh appraisal by State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Punjab.

vi) Separate distribution pipelines be laid down for use of treated effluent / raw water for horticultural/gardening purposes with different colour coding.

vii) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan and Corporate Social Responsibility and shall spend the amount as proposed or atleast minimum required to be spent under the provisions of the Companies Act 1956, whichever is higher.

viii) The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Punjab reserves the right to add additional safeguards/ measures subsequently, if found necessary, and to take action including revoking of the environmental clearance under the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, to ensure effective implementation of the suggested safeguards/ measures in a time bound and satisfactory manner.

ix) Separation of drinking water supply and treated sewage supply should be done by the use of dual plumbing line for separation of drinking water and treated sewage.



i) The entire cost of the environmental management plan (i.e. capital cost as well as recurring cost) will continue to be borne by the project proponent until the responsibility of environmental management plan is transferred to the occupier/residents society under proper MOU after obtaining prior permission of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

ii) The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by mail) to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the Zonal Office of CPCB, the SPCB and SEIAA, Punjab.

iii) Officials from the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority / State Level Expert Appraisal Committee / Punjab Pollution Control Board who would be monitoring the implementation of environmental safeguards should be given full cooperation, facilities and documents / data by the project proponents during their inspection. A complete set of all the documents submitted to State Environment Impact Assessment Authority should be forwarded to the CCF, Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh and State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Punjab.

iv) The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions, including results of monitored data on their website and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional

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Office of MoEF, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB. The criteria pollutant levels namely; PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NOx, CO, Pb, Ozone (ambient air as well as stack emissions) shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of the company in the public domain.

v) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan and Corporate Social Responsibility and shall spend the amount as proposed or atleast minimum required to be spent under the provisions of the Companies Act 1956, whichever is higher.

xi) The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Punjab reserves the right to add additional safeguards/ measures subsequently, if found necessary, and to take action including revoking of the environmental clearance under the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, to ensure effective implementation of the suggested safeguards/ measures in a time bound and satisfactory manner.

xii) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

IV Entire Life

i) Environmental clearance is subject to final order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the matter of Goa Foundation Vs. Union of India in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 460 of 2004 as may be applicable to this project and decisions of any Competent Court, to the extent applicable.

ii) The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions, including results of monitored data on their website and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of MoEF, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB. The criteria pollutant levels namely; PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NOx, CO, Pb, Ozone (ambient air as well as stack emissions) shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of the company in the public domain.

iii) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan and Corporate Social Responsibility and shall spend the amount as proposed or atleast minimum required to be spent under the provisions of the Companies Act 1956, whichever is higher.

iv) The entire cost of the environmental management plan (i.e. capital cost as well as recurring cost) will continue to be borne by the project proponent until the responsibility of environmental management plan is transferred to the occupier/residents society under proper MOU after obtaining prior permission of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

v) The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by mail) to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the Zonal Office of CPCB, the SPCB and SEIAA, Punjab.

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vi) Officials from the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority / State Level Expert Appraisal Committee / Punjab Pollution Control Board who would be monitoring the implementation of environmental safeguards should be given full cooperation, facilities and documents / data by the project proponents during their inspection. A complete set of all the documents submitted to State Environment Impact Assessment Authority should be forwarded to the CCF, Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh and State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Punjab.

xiii) The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Punjab reserves the right to add additional safeguards/ measures subsequently, if found necessary, and to take action including revoking of the environmental clearance under the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, to ensure effective implementation of the suggested safeguards/measures in a time bound and satisfactory manner.

xiv) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.



proponent:

(i) Sh. N.P. Singh, Executive Engineer, Public Health,

Jalandhar

(ii) Sh. T.R. Katnoria, Executive Engineer, PWD (B&R)

(iii) Sh. Ankit Bansal, Architect

(iv) Sh. Vishal Duggal of M/s Ace Engineers & Consultants,

Patiala Environmental Consultant

Sh. Vishal Duggal, Environmental Consultant presented the salient

features of the project before the SEIAA and requested to grant environmental

clearance for the project.





construction of Jang-E-Azadi memorial in an area of 101171 sqm having built up

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area 35146.62 sqm at NH-1, Kartarpur, District Jalandhar, subject to the conditions

as proposed by the SEAC in addition to the proposed measures.

Item No.82.10: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Moga for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Kot Sadar Khan, Tehsil Dharamkot, District Moga in the name of Sh. Ranjit Singh S/o Sh. Darshan Singh, r/o Zira Road, Kot

Ise Khan, District Moga

The General Manager-Cum-Mining Officer, Moga, was granted

environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 vide no. 2208

dated 31.03.2015 for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @ 93,312 Ton

over a period of 3 years in an area of 2.40 hectares outside the river bed in the

revenue estate of Village Kot Sadar Khan, Tehsil Dharamkot, District Moga in H.B.

no. 245, Khasra no.:8//5(8-0), 6(8-0), 3(8-0), 4(8-0), 7(8-0), 8(7-12), subject to

the conditions including the following condition:

"The Mining Officer may apply for transfer of environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to the contractor/lessor finalized by the Department of Industries & Commerce to SEIAA, Punjab. However, no activity shall be undertaken by the lessor/contractor till the environmental clearance is transferred in his name and he is lawfully bound to comply with the conditions of the environmental clearance".

Now, the General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Moga vide letter no.

947 dated 06.04.2015 has requested to transfer the Environmental Clearance for

the above noted mining site in the name of above mentioned person for a period

upto 31.10.2016. The GMDIC has submitted the following documents alongwith

the request:

(i) Copy of letter no. 11671-B dated 28.06.2011 issued by Director of Industries & Commerce, Punjab, Chandigarh to GMDIC, Moga vide which contract of the mining site has been allotted.

(ii) Copy of letter no. 5218-B dated 30.06.2014 issued by Govt. of Punjab, Department of Industries & Commerce, to GMDIC, Moga and others vide which validity of the contract period was extended from 01.07.2014 to 31.03.2016.

(iii) Copy of letter no. 1126-A dated 02.02.2015 issued by Director Mining, GMDIC, Moga and others vide which validity of the contract period was extended from 01.04.2016 to 31.10.2016.

(iv) Self declaration by Sh. Paramjit Singh to the effect that he is the Sole Prop. Of the mining site and will comply with the conditions of environmental clearance.

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11.04.2015, which was attended by the following:

(i) Sh. Kuldeep Singh Thind, General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Moga.

(ii) Sh. Ranjit Singh S/o Sh. Darshan Singh, r/o Zira Road, Kot Ise Khan, District Moga .

The SEIAA observed that in the agenda item the self declaration has

been shown to be given by Paramjit Singh whereas the environmental clearance is

to be transferred in the name of Ranjit Singh. The SEIAA further observed that

Paramjit Singh has been written as a typographical error and all the documents as

well as request letter are in the name of Sh. Ranjit Singh.

The SEIAA also observed that as per EIA notification dated

14.09.2006, the environmental clearance granted for a specific project or activity to

an applicant can be transferred during its validity to another legal person entitled to

undertake the project or activity on application by the transferor, or by the

transferee with a written “no objection” by the transferor, to, and by the regulatory

authority concerned, on the same terms and conditions under which the prior

environmental clearance was initially granted, and for the same validity period. No

reference to the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee concerned is necessary in

such cases.

In compliance to said provision of the EIA notification dated

14.09.2006, the SEIAA decided to transfer the environmental clearance granted to

the General Manager- Cum-Mining Officer, Moga vide no. 2208 dated 31.03.2015

for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @ 93,312 Ton over a period of 3

years in an area of 2.40 hectares outside the river bed in the revenue estate of

Village Kot Sadar Khan, Tehsil Dharamkot, District Moga in H.B. no. 245, Khasra

no.:8//5(8-0), 6(8-0), 3(8-0), 4(8-0), 7(8-0), 8(7-12), in the name of contractor Sh.

Ranjit Singh S/o Sh. Darshan Singh, r/o Zira Road, Kot Ise Khan, District Moga for

a period upto 31.10.2016 (validity period of the contract) subject to the same

conditions as mentioned in the environmental clearance issued vide no. 2208 dated

31.03.2015.

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Item No.82.11: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Moga for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Dargah Sadan, Tehsil Dharamkot, District Moga in the name of Sh. Ranjit Singh S/o Sh. Darshan Singh, r/o Zira Road, Kot Ise Khan, District Moga

The General Manager-Cum-Mining Officer, Moga, was granted


dated 31.03.2015 for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @ 1,37,635 Ton


revenue estate of Village Dargah Sadan, Tehsil Dharamkot, District Moga in H.B.

no. 179, Khasra no.:4//4(0-1), 4//7(3-5), 4//8(5-6), 4//9(0-15), 4//11(2-9),

4//12(7-8), 4//13(8-0), 4//14(4-0), 4//15(4-0), 4//18(8-0), 4//19(7-18), 4//20(6-4),

4//22(0-13), 4//23(2-18), 15//16(1-4), subject to the conditions including the

following condition:


Now, the General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Moga vide letter no.




the request:

(i) Copy of letter no. 11671-B dated 28.06.2011 issued by Director of Industries & Commerce, Punjab, Chandigarh to GMDIC, Moga vide which contract of the mining site has been allotted.

(ii) Copy of letter no. 5218-B dated 30.06.2014 issued by Govt. of Punjab, Department of Industries & Commerce, to GMDIC, Moga and others vide which validity of the contract period was extended from 01.07.2014 to 31.03.2016.

(iii) Copy of letter no. 1126-A dated 02.02.2015 issued by Director Mining, GMDIC, Moga and others vide which validity of the contract period was extended from 01.04.2016 to 31.10.2016.

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(iv) Self declaration by Sh. Paramjit Singh to the effect that he is the Sole Prop. Of the mining site and will comply with the conditions of environmental clearance.



(i) Sh. Kuldeep Singh Thind, General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Moga.

(ii) Sh. Ranjit Singh S/o Sh. Darshan Singh, r/o Zira Road, Kot Ise Khan, District Moga.

The SEIAA observed that in the agenda item the self declaration has

been shown to be given by Paramjit Singh whereas the environmental clearance is

to be transferred in the name of Ranjit Singh. The SEIAA further observed that

Paramjit Singh has been written as a typographical error and all the documents as

well as request letter are in the name of Sh. Ranjit Singh.

The SEIAA also observed that as per EIA notification dated

14.09.2006, the environmental clearance granted for a specific project or activity to

an applicant can be transferred during its validity to another legal person entitled to

undertake the project or activity on application by the transferor, or by the

transferee with a written “no objection” by the transferor, to, and by the regulatory

authority concerned, on the same terms and conditions under which the prior

environmental clearance was initially granted, and for the same validity period. No

reference to the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee concerned is necessary in

such cases.



the General Manager- Cum-Mining Officer, Moga vide no. 2138 dated 31.03.2015

for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @ 1,37,635 Ton over a period of 3


Village Dargah Sadan, Tehsil Dharamkot, District Moga in H.B. no. 179, Khasra

no.:4//4(0-1), 4//7(3-5), 4//8(5-6), 4//9(0-15), 4//11(2-9), 4//12(7-8), 4//13(8-0),

4//14(4-0), 4//15(4-0), 4//18(8-0), 4//19(7-18), 4//20(6-4), 4//22(0-13), 4//23(2-

18), 15//16(1-4), in the name of contractor Sh. Ranjit Singh S/o Sh. Darshan

Singh, r/o Zira Road, Kot Ise Khan, District Moga for a period upto 31.10.2016

(validity period of the contract) subject to the same conditions as mentioned in the

environmental clearance issued vide no. 2138 dated 31.03.2015.

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Item No.82.12: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Ferozepur for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Hashmatwala, Tehsil Makhu, District Ferozpur in the name of M/s Kamboj & Company, V.P.O. Aamir Khas, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka.

The General Manager-Cum-Mining Officer, Ferozepur, was

granted environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 vide no.

2219 dated 31.03.2015 for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @ 82,026

Ton over a period of 3 years in an area of 2.63 hectares outside the river bed in

the revenue estate of Village Hashmatwala, Tehsil Makhu, District Ferozpur in H.B.

no. 26, Khasra no.: 4/1(7-12), 11/2(4-15), 12/1(7-13), 21(8-0), 22(8-0), 1(8-0),

2(8-0), subject to the conditions including the following condition:


Now, the General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Ferozepur vide letter

no. 1034 dated 06.04.2015 has requested to transfer the Environmental Clearance

for the above noted mining site in the name of above mentioned person for a

period upto 31.10.2016. The GMDIC has submitted the following documents

alongwith the request:

(i) Copy of letter no. 11759-B dated 30.06.2011 issued by Director of Industries & Commerce, Punjab, Chandigarh to GMDIC, Ferozepur vide which contract of the mining site has been allotted.

(ii) Copy of letter no. 2517 dated 30.06.2011 issued by GMDIC, Ferozepur to M/s Kamboj & Co. vide which validity of the contract period was extended from 01.07.2014 to 31.03.2016.

(iii) Copy of letter no. 1126-A dated 02.02.2015 issued by Director Mining, GMDIC, Ferozepur and others vide which validity of the contract period was extended from 01.04.2016 to 31.10.2016.

(iv) Partnership Deed dated 15.06.2011.

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(v) Power of Attorney dated 15.06.2011 vide which Sh. Gurvinder Singh authorized to act as attorney on behalf of the firm.

(vi) Self declaration by Sh. Gurvinder Singh partner of the firm to the effect that they will comply with the conditions of environmental clearance.



(i) Sh. Gursharan Singh, General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Ferozepur.

(ii) Sh. Gurvinder Singh, M/s Kamboj & Company, V.P.O. Aamir Khas, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka.

The SEIAA observed that as per EIA notification dated 14.09.2006,

the environmental clearance granted for a specific project or activity to an applicant

can be transferred during its validity to another legal person entitled to undertake

the project or activity on application by the transferor, or by the transferee with a

written “no objection” by the transferor, to, and by the regulatory authority

concerned, on the same terms and conditions under which the prior environmental

clearance was initially granted, and for the same validity period. No reference to

the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee concerned is necessary in such cases.



the General Manager- Cum-Mining Officer, Ferozepur vide no. 2219 dated

31.03.2015 for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @ 82,026 Ton over a

period of 3 years in an area of 2.63 hectares outside the river bed in the revenue

estate of Village Hashmatwala, Tehsil Makhu, District Ferozpur in H.B. no. 26,

Khasra no.: 4/1(7-12), 11/2(4-15), 12/1(7-13), 21(8-0), 22(8-0), 1(8-0), 2(8-0), in

the name of contractor M/s Kamboj & Company, V.P.O. Aamir Khas, Tehsil

Jalalabad, District Fazilka for a period upto 31.10.2016 (validity period of the

contract) subject to the same conditions as mentioned in the environmental

clearance issued vide no. 2219 dated 31.03.2015.

Item No.82.13: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Ferozepur for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Lokhe Khurd, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in the name of M/s

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Kamboj & Company, V.P.O. Aamir Khas, Tehsil

Jalalabad, District Fazilka.





the revenue estate of Village Lokhe Khurd, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in H.B. no.

11, Khasra no.: 9//21(6-16), 18//10(6-16), 25//12(8-0), 25//16(8-0), 17(8-0),

subject to the conditions including the following condition:









(iii) Copy of letter no. 5218-B dated 30.06.2014 issued by Govt. of Punjab, Department of Industries & Commerce, Punjab to GMDIC, Ferozepur and others vide which validity of the contract period was extended from 01.07.2014 to 31.03.2016.

(iv) Copy of letter no. 1126-A dated 02.02.2015 issued by Director Mining, GMDIC, Ferozepur and others vide which validity of the contract period was extended from 01.04.2016 to 31.10.2016.

(v) Partnership Deed dated 15.06.2011.

(vi) Power of Attorney dated 15.06.2011 vide which Sh. Gurvinder Singh authorized to act as attorney on behalf of the firm.

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(vii) Self declaration by Sh. Gurvinder Singh partner of the firm to the effect that they will comply with the conditions of environmental clearance.




(ii) Sh. Gurvinder Singh partner of M/s Kamboj & Company, V.P.O. Aamir Khas, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka.

The SEIAA observed that as per EIA notification dated 14.09.2006, the

environmental clearance granted for a specific project or activity to an applicant












estate of Village Lokhe Khurd, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in H.B. no. 11, Khasra

no.: 9//21(6-16), 18//10(6-16), 25//12(8-0), 25//16(8-0), 17(8-0), in the name of

contractor M/s Kamboj & Company, V.P.O. Aamir Khas, Tehsil Jalalabad, District

Fazilka for a period upto 31.10.2016 (validity period of the contract) subject to

the same conditions as mentioned in the environmental clearance issued vide no.

2038 dated 31.03.2015.

Item No.82.14: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Ferozepur for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Nijamdinwala, Tehsil & District Ferozpur in the name of M/s Kamboj & Company, V.P.O. Aamir Khas, Tehsil

Jalalabad, District Fazilka.

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2196 dated 31.03.2015 for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @

2,08,202 Ton/year in an area of 4.76 hectares from the Satluj river bed in the

revenue estate of Village Nijamdinwala, Tehsil & District Ferozpur in H.B. no. 51,

Khasra no.: 14//18(8-0), 23(8-0), 17(7-8), 24(8-0), 19(8-0), 20(8-0), 21(8-0),

22(8-0), 19//1(8-0), 2(8-0), 3(8-0), 4(7-8), subject to the conditions including the















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(i) Sh. Gursharan Singh, General Manager-cum-Mining Officer,

Ferozepur.

(ii) Sh. Gurvinder Singh, partner of M/s Kamboj & Company, V.P.O. Aamir Khas, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka.












31.03.2015 for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @ 2,08,202 Ton/year

in an area of 4.76 hectares from the Satluj river bed in the revenue estate of

Village Nijamdinwala, Tehsil & District Ferozpur in H.B. no. 51, Khasra no.:

14//18(8-0), 23(8-0), 17(7-8), 24(8-0), 19(8-0), 20(8-0), 21(8-0), 22(8-0), 19//1(8-

0), 2(8-0), 3(8-0), 4(7-8), in the name of contractor M/s Kamboj & Company,

V.P.O. Aamir Khas, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka for a period upto 31.10.2016



Item No.82.15: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Ferozepur for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Kohala, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in the name of M/s Kamboj & Company, V.P.O. Aamir Khas, Tehsil Jalalabad, District

Fazilka.



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the revenue estate of Village Kohala, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in H.B. no. 6,

Khasra no.:49//21(8-0), 22(8-0), subject to the conditions including the following

condition:

















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(ii) Sh. Gurvinder Singh, Partner M/s Kamboj & Company, V.P.O. Aamir Khas, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka.














estate of Village Kohala, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in H.B. no. 6, Khasra

no.:49//21(8-0), 22(8-0), in the name of contractor M/s Kamboj & Company,

V.P.O. Aamir Khas, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka for a period upto 31.10.2016



Item No.82.16: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Ferozepur for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Shekhpur Takhtuwala, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in the name of Sh. Sikander Singh S/o Sh. Mangat Singh, r/o House No.

2539, Sector 40-C, Chandigarh.



2016 dated 31.03.2015 for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @

1,21,224 Ton over a period of 3 years in an area of 4.052 hectares outside the river

bed in the revenue estate of Village Shekhpur Takhtuwala, Tehsil Zira, District

Ferozpur in H.B. no. 175, Khasra no.:23//4/2(5-8), 6(8-0), 7/1(5-8), 3(8-0), 4/1(2-

0), 7/2(2-0), 8(8-0), 35//2(7-0), 9(4-0), 29//22(7-11), 30//25(2-0), 14(2-0),

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42//3/2(4-0), 6(8-0), 7(8-0), subject to the conditions including the following

condition:








(ii) Copy of letter no. 2493 dated 30.06.2011 issued by GMDIC, Ferozepur to Sh. Sikkander Singh vide which validity of the contract period was extended from 01.07.2011 to 30.06.2014.



(v) Self declaration by Sh. Sikander Singh to the effect that he is the sole owner of the mining site and he will comply with the conditions of environmental clearance.




(ii) Sh. Sikander Singh S/o Sh. Mangat Singh, r/o House No. 2539, Sector 40-C, Chandigarh.




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31.03.2015 for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @ 1,21,224 Ton over

a period of 3 years in an area of 4.052 hectares outside the river bed in the

revenue estate of Village Shekhpur Takhtuwala, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in

H.B. no. 175, Khasra no.:23//4/2(5-8), 6(8-0), 7/1(5-8), 3(8-0), 4/1(2-0), 7/2(2-0),

8(8-0), 35//2(7-0), 9(4-0), 29//22(7-11), 30//25(2-0), 14(2-0), 42//3/2(4-0), 6(8-

0), 7(8-0), in the name of contractor Sh. Sikander Singh S/o Sh. Mangat Singh, r/o

House No. 2539, Sector 40-C, Chandigarh for a period upto 31.10.2016 (validity

period of the contract) subject to the same conditions as mentioned in the


Item No.82.17: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Ferozepur for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Malluwala, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in the name of Sh. Sikander Singh S/o Sh. Mangat Singh, r/o House

No. 2539, Sector 40-C, Chandigarh.





the revenue estate of Village Malluwala, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in H.B. no.

173, Khasra no.: 24//6/2(3-0), 15(3-7), 25//1(8-0), 2(6-6), 3(0-14), 9(0-7), 10(5-

13), 11(0-3), subject to the conditions including the following condition:

"The Mining Officer may apply for transfer of environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to the contractor/lessor finalized by the Department of Industries & Commerce to SEIAA, Punjab. However, no activity shall be undertaken by the lessor/contractor till the environmental clearance is transferred in his

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name and he is lawfully bound to comply with the conditions of the environmental clearance".























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estate of Village Malluwala, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in H.B. no. 173, Khasra

no.: 24//6/2(3-0), 15(3-7), 25//1(8-0), 2(6-6), 3(0-14), 9(0-7), 10(5-13), 11(0-3) in

the name of contractor Sh. Sikander Singh S/o Sh. Mangat Singh, r/o House No.

2539, Sector 40-C, Chandigarh for a period upto 31.10.2016 (validity period of

the contract) subject to the same conditions as mentioned in the environmental


Item No.82.18: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Fazilka for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Kamawali, Tehsil & District Fazilka in the name of Sh. Sikander Singh S/o Sh. Mangat Singh, r/o House No. 2539, Sector

40-C, Chandigarh.

The General Manager-Cum-Mining Officer, Fazilka, was granted




revenue estate of Village Kamawali, Tehsil & District Fazilka in H.B. no. 297, Khasra

no.:46M21(7-7), 47M23(7-7), 25 (7-7), subject to the conditions including the



Now, the General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Fazilka vide letter no.



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the request:























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estate of Village Kamawali, Tehsil & District Fazilka in H.B. no. 297, Khasra

no.:46M21(7-7), 47M23(7-7), 25 (7-7) in the name of contractor Sh. Sikander

Singh S/o Sh. Mangat Singh, r/o House No. 2539, Sector 40-C, Chandigarh for a

period upto 31.10.2016 (validity period of the contract) subject to the same


31.03.2015.

Item No.82.19: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Fazilka for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Gagan Ke, Tehsil & District Fazilka in the name of Sh. Sikander Singh S/o Sh. Mangat Singh, r/o House No. 2539,

Sector 40-C, Chandigarh.





revenue estate of Village Gagan Ke, Tehsil & District Fazilka in H.B. no. 291, Khasra

no.:19/2(3-11), 22(4-2), 16(5-4), 17/1(6-12), 24/2(3-15), 25(2-4), subject to the

conditions including the following condition:






the request:


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The SEIAA observed that environmental clearance was granted for

the for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @ 49,378 Ton over a period

of 3 years in an area of 1.27 hectares outside the river bed in the revenue estate of

Village Gagan Ke, Tehsil & District Fazilka in H.B. no. 291, Khasra no.:19/2(3-11),

22(4-2), 16(5-4), 17/1(6-12), 24/2(3-15), 25(2-4) whereas HB No. 291 is in respect

of Village Badha, Tehsil & District Fazilka.

The SEIAA scrutinized the environmental clearance application and

observed that in the application HB No. 291 has been mentioned and all the

documents attached with the application are of Village Badha having HB No. 291.

To this observation of SEIAA, GMDIC, Fazilka clarified that the HB No.

291 is of Village Badha and inadvertently this HB Number was mentioned in the

application and documents related to Badha site were attached with the application

for mining site of Village Gagan Ke. In fact, HB Number of Village Gagan Ke is 295.

The SEIAA observed that environmental clearance application has

been appraised and processed with documents not relating to Village Gagan Ke and

needs to be withdrawn.

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After detailed deliberations, the SEIAA decided to withdraw the

environmental clearance granted vide no. 2071 dated 31.03.2015 for carrying out

mining of minor minerals (Sand) @ 49,378 Ton over a period of 3 years in an area

of 1.27 hectares outside the river bed in the revenue estate of Village Gagan Ke,

Tehsil & District Fazilka in H.B. no. 291, Khasra no.:19/2(3-11), 22(4-2), 16(5-4),

17/1(6-12), 24/2(3-15), 25(2-4) due to above said reasons.

Item No.82.20: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Fazilka for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Hastan Kalan, Tehsil & District Fazilka in the name of Sh. Sikander Singh S/o Sh. Mangat Singh, r/o House No. 2539, Sector

40-C, Chandigarh.



dated 31.03.2015 for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @ 82,944

Ton/year in an area of 3.84 hectares from the Satluj river bed in the revenue

estate of Village Hastan Kalan, Tehsil & District Fazilka in H.B. no. 298, Khasra

no.:132M//1 (8-0), 9 (8-0), 10(8-0), 12(8-0),, 20(4-0), 12(6-0), 19(8-0), 21(8-0),

123M//19(8-0), 22(8-0),, 132M//2(8-0), subject to the conditions including the







the request:


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31.03.2015 for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @ 82,944 Ton/year in

an area of 3.84 hectares from the Satluj river bed in the revenue estate of Village

Hastan Kalan, Tehsil & District Fazilka in H.B. no. 298, Khasra no.:132M//1 (8-0), 9

(8-0), 10(8-0), 12(8-0), 20(4-0), 12(6-0), 19(8-0), 21(8-0), 123M//19(8-0), 22(8-

0),, 132M//2(8-0) in the name of contractor Sh. Sikander Singh S/o Sh. Mangat

Singh, r/o House No. 2539, Sector 40-C, Chandigarh for a period upto 31.10.2016

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Item No.82.21: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Ferozepur for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Bula, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in the name of Sh. Hardip Singh S/o Sh. Pargat Singh, r/o Village Nuhon, P.O.

Ghanauli, District Roop Nagar.




Ton over a period of 3 years in an area of 0.6 hectares outside the river bed in the

revenue estate of Village Bula, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in H.B. no. 162, Khasra

no.: 15//3 (4-0), 6//22/1(5-4), 22/2(2-17), subject to the conditions including the









(ii) Copy of letter no. 2513 dated 30.06.2011 issued by GMDIC, Ferozepur to M/s Friends & Co. vide which validity of the contract period was extended from 01.07.2011 to 30.06.2014.


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(v) Self declaration by Sh. Hardip Singh to the effect that he is the sole owner of the mining site and he will comply with the conditions of environmental clearance.




(ii) Sh. Hardip Singh S/o Sh. Pargat Singh, r/o Village Nuhon, P.O. Ghanauli, District Roop Nagar.














estate of Village Bula, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozpur in H.B. no. 162, Khasra no.:

15//3 (4-0), 6//22/1(5-4), 22/2(2-17) in the name of contractor Sh. Hardip Singh

S/o Sh. Pargat Singh, r/o Village Nuhon, P.O. Ghanauli, District Roop Nagar for a

period upto 31.10.2016 (validity period of the contract) subject to the same


31.03.2015.

Item No.82.22: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Fazilka for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Mohar Singh Wala, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka in the name of

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Sh. Hardip Singh S/o Sh. Pargat Singh, r/o Village

Nuhon, P.O. Ghanauli, District Roop Nagar.





revenue estate of Village Mohar Singh Wala, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka in

H.B. no. 356, Khasra no.61M//16/2(4-0), 17/2(4-0), 18/2(3-2), 25/1(4-11),

62M20/2(4-0), 21/1(4-0), 6M21/2(4-0), subject to the conditions including the







the request:





(v) Self declaration by Sh. Hardip Singh to the effect that he is the sole owner of the mining site and he will comply with the conditions of environmental clearance.

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(i) Sh. Gursharan Singh, General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Fazilka. (ii) Sh. Hardip Singh S/o Sh. Pargat Singh, r/o Village Nuhon, P.O.

Ghanauli, District Roop Nagar.











the General Manager- Cum-Mining Officer, Fazilka vide no. 2093 dated 31.03.2015



Village Mohar Singh Wala, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka in H.B. no. 356, Khasra

no.61M//16/2(4-0), 17/2(4-0), 18/2(3-2), 25/1(4-11), 62M20/2(4-0), 21/1(4-0),

6M21/2(4-0) in the name of contractor Sh. Hardip Singh S/o Sh. Pargat Singh, r/o

Village Nuhon, P.O. Ghanauli, District Roop Nagar for a period upto 31.10.2016



Item No.82.23: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Fazilka for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Badha Tehsil & District Fazilka in the name of M/s Friends & Co., Village Rampura, Tehsil & District Fazilka.





revenue estate of Village Badha, Tehsil & District Fazilka in H.B. no. 291, Khasra

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no.: 11m6 (1-6), 7(8-0), 8(8-0), 9(8-0), 10/1(3-1), 14(8-13), 6m8(5-14), 5m1/2(2-

0), 2(3-0), 3(7-7), 5(4-0), 2(4-7), 2m22(4-0), 5m5(4-0), 4m2(1-5), 5m4(6-12),

4m1(8-0), 2m23/1(1-15), 23/1(5-1), subject to the conditions including the







the request:


(ii) Copy of letter no. 2524-25 dated 30.06.2011 issued by GMDIC, Ferozepur to Sh. Hardip Singh vide which validity of the contract period was extended from 01.07.2011 to 30.06.2014.




(vi) Power of Attorney dated 15.06.2011 vide which Sh. Iqwak Singh has been appointed as attorney to work on behalf of the partnership firm.

(vii) Self declaration by Sh. Iqwak Singh to the effect that he will comply with the conditions of environmental clearance.



(i) Sh. Gursharan Singh, General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Fazilka.

(ii) Iqbak Singh, Partner M/s Friends & Co., Village Rampura, Tehsil & District Fazilka.

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Village Badha, Tehsil & District Fazilka in H.B. no. 291, Khasra no.: 11m6 (1-6),

7(8-0), 8(8-0), 9(8-0), 10/1(3-1), 14(8-13), 6m8(5-14), 5m1/2(2-0), 2(3-0), 3(7-7),

5(4-0), 2(4-7), 2m22(4-0), 5m5(4-0), 4m2(1-5), 5m4(6-12), 4m1(8-0), 2m23/1(1-

15), 23/1(5-1) in the name of contractor M/s Friends & Co., Village Rampura,

Tehsil & District Fazilka for a period upto 31.10.2016 (validity period of the

contract) subject to the same conditions as mentioned in the environmental


Item No.82.24: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Fazilka for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Rukhna Qasim, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka in the name of M/s

Friends & Co., Village Rampura, Tehsil & District Fazilka.





revenue estate of Village Rukhna Qasim, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka in H.B. no.

218, Khasra no.:29M//16(8-0), 25(4-0), 30M//2(2-0), 11(8-0), subject to the conditions

including the following condition:

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the request:











(ii) Sh. Iqbak Singh, Partner of M/s Friends & Co., Village Rampura, Tehsil & District Fazilka.




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Village Rukhna Qasim, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka in H.B. no. 218, Khasra

no.:29M//16(8-0), 25(4-0), 30M//2(2-0), 11(8-0) in the name of contractor M/s

Friends & Co., Village Rampura, Tehsil & District Fazilka for a period upto

31.10.2016 (validity period of the contract) subject to the same conditions as

mentioned in the environmental clearance issued vide no. 2149 dated 31.03.2015.

Item No.82.25: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Fazilka for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Abdul Khalik Alias Miami Basti, Tehsil & District Fazilka in the name of M/s Friends & Co., Village Rampura, Tehsil & District

Fazilka.





revenue estate of Village Abdul Khalik Alias Miami Basti, Tehsil & District Fazilka in H.B.

no. 293, Khasra no.:12/7/1(7-10), 8(8-0), 9(8-0), 13(8-0), 14(8-0), 15(8-0), 39/5(8-0),

6(8-0), 7(8-0), 8(8-0), 13/2(7-2), 14(9-13), subject to the conditions including the


"The Mining Officer may apply for transfer of environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to the contractor/lessor finalized by the Department of Industries & Commerce to SEIAA, Punjab. However, no activity shall be undertaken by the lessor/contractor till the environmental clearance is transferred in his

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name and he is lawfully bound to comply with the conditions of the environmental clearance".





the request:


(ii) Copy of letter no. 2524-25 dated 30.06.2011 issued by GMDIC, Ferozepur to M/s Friends & Co. vide which validity of the contract period was extended from 01.07.2011 to 30.06.2014.









(ii) Iqbak Singh Partner of M/s Friends & Co., Village Rampura, Tehsil & District Fazilka.







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Village Abdul Khalik Alias Miami Basti, Tehsil & District Fazilka in H.B. no. 293,

Khasra no.:12/7/1(7-10), 8(8-0), 9(8-0), 13(8-0), 14(8-0), 15(8-0), 39/5(8-0), 6(8-

0), 7(8-0), 8(8-0), 13/2(7-2), 14(9-13) in the name of contractor M/s Friends &

Co., Village Rampura, Tehsil & District Fazilka for a period upto 31.10.2016



Item No.82.26: Regarding transfer of environmental clearance granted under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Amritsar for mining of minor minerals in the revenue estate of Village Khanpur, Tehsil Baba Bakala, District Amritsar in the name of Sh. Parshant Joshi S/o Sh. Lalit Joshi, 5-A, Agar Nagar

Extension, Ludhiana.

The General Manager-Cum-Mining Officer, Amritsar, was



Ton/year in an area of 0.91 hectares from the Beas river bed in the revenue estate

of of Village Khanpur, Tehsil Baba Bakala, District Amritsar in H.B. no. 3, Khasra no.

205/23(8-0), 24(9-0), subject to the conditions including the following condition:


Now, the General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Amritsar vide letter



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(i) Copy of letter no. 5821 dated 29.06.2011 issued by GMDIC, Amritsar to Sh. Parshant Joshi vide which contract of the mining site has been allotted from 01.07.2011 to 30.06.2014

(ii) Copy of letter no. 1126-A dated 02.02.2015 issued by Director Mining, GMDIC, Ferozepur and others vide which validity of the contract period was extended from 01.04.2016 to 31.10.2016.

(iii) Self declaration by Sh. Parshant Joshi to the effect that he is sole owner of the mining site and he will comply with the conditions of environmental clearance.



(i) Sh. Sukhpal Singh, Functional Manager O/O General Manager-cum-Mining Officer, Amritsar.

(ii) Sh. Parshant Joshi S/o Sh. Lalit Joshi, 5-A, Agar Nagar Extension, Ludhiana.

Sh. Sukhpal Singh, Functional Manager O/O General Manager-cum-

Mining Officer, Amritsar submitted the authorization letter vide which he has been

authorized to attend the meeting of SEIAA. The above mentioned document taken

on record by the SEIAA.











the General Manager- Cum-Mining Officer, Amritsar vide no. 2149 dated

31.03.2015 for carrying out mining of minor minerals (Sand) @ 35,381 Ton/year in

an area of 0.91 hectares from the Beas river bed in the revenue estate of of Village

Khanpur, Tehsil Baba Bakala, District Amritsar in H.B. no. 3, Khasra no. 205/23(8-

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0), 24(9-0) in the name of contractor Sh. Parshant Joshi S/o Sh. Lalit Joshi, 5-A,

Agar Nagar Extension, Ludhiana for a period upto 31.10.2016 (validity period of

the contract) subject to the same conditions as mentioned in the environmental


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Item No.82.27: Application for obtaining Environmental Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for construction of a commercial project namely “Chandigarh Citi Center” at Zirakpur, Tehsil Derabassi, Distt. Mohali by M/s Citi Center Developers.


M/s Citi Center Developers has applied for obtaining the

Environmental Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for construction

of a commercial project namely “Chandigarh Citi Center” at Zirakpur, Tehsil

Derabassi, Distt. Mohali. The project is covered under category 8 (a) of the

Schedule appended to the said notification.

2. The case was placed in the agenda of the 96th meeting of SEAC held on

23.07.2014. But no one from the project proponent attended the said

meeting.

In view of above, the SEAC decided to defer the case in light of Office

Memorandum dated 25.02.2010 of MoEF, Govt. of India.



(i) Sh. Raj Kumar, General Manager (Technical) of the promoter company

(ii) Sh. Deepak Gupta of M/s Jalvayu Consultants, Environmental

Consultant of the promoter company.

Sh. Raj Kumar, General Manager (Technical) and Sh. Deepak Gupta

Environmental Consultant informed that 1% of the construction activities of the

proposed project have already been completed at the site.

The SEAC observed that the case is required to be dealt as per the

procedure mentioned in the Office Memorandum dated 12.12.2012 of the Ministry

of Environment & Forests as amended on 27.06.2013 since the promoter company

has violated the provisions of EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 by starting

construction of the project without obtaining environmental clearance under the

said notification.


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(ii) To forward the case to SEIAA with the recommendation to ask the



















The project proponent was requested by the SEIAA vide letter No.

2515-23 dated 14.08.2014 to attend its 68th meeting on 23.08.2014, which was

attended by the following on behalf of the project proponent:

(i) Sh. Raj Kumar, General Manager (Technical) of the promoter company

(ii) Sh. Deepak Gupta of M/s Jalvayu Consultants, Environmental Consultant of the promoter company.

The project proponent informed that 1.5% of construction has

already been completed. The foundations have been laid and the slab of the lower

ground floor is under progress.

After detailed deliberations, the SEIAA decided as under:

a) To send the case to the Govt. of Punjab, Department of Science,

Technology & Environment:

For initiating credible action against project proponent /

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b) To ask the project proponent to submit a formal resolution passed by

the Board of Directors of the Company or the Managing Committee /

CEO of the Society, Trust, partnership / individually owned concern,

within 60 days, mentioning that violations will not be repeated in

future and in the meantime, the project may be delisted. In the

eventuality of not having any response from the project proponent

within the prescribed limit of 60 days, the project file may be closed.

c) To inform the project proponent that the application for

environmental clearance under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006 will

be considered only after the action is initiated by the Govt. of Punjab,

Department of Science, Technology & Environment for violating the

provisions of the said notification due to start of construction work of

the project without obtaining environmental clearance & resolution as

at (b) above is received within the stipulated period.

d) To ask the Punjab Pollution Control Board to verify and send the

status of construction of the project at site.

Thereafter, the Govt. of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi

has also issued notification No. S.O. 638 (E) dated 28.02.2014 and the same is

reproduced as under:

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of section 19 of the

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central

Government hereby authorises the Authority or Officer mentioned in

column (2) of the Table hereto for the purpose of the said section

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with the jurisdiction mentioned against each of them in column (3) of

that table:

Table

Sr. No.

Authority/Officer Jurisdiction

1. State or Union Territory level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) constituted by the Central Government under sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

Whole of State or Union Territory.

2. Any Director, Conservator of Forests or Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Posted in any of the Regional Offices of the Ministry of Environment and Forests Environment and Forests (MoEF).

Jurisdiction of the Regional Office as decided by the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

Accordingly, the Govt. of Punjab, Deptt. of Science, Technology &

Environment vide Memo No. 302633/1 dated 08.09.2014 has mentioned that as

per the notification dated 06.06.2014, the PPCB has been designated as Nodal

Agency for providing Secretariat/logistic and financial support to SEIAA/SEAC. Now,

in addition to this, the PPCB shall provide the following services to SEIAA/SEAC as

monitoring mechanism:

(i) The task of visiting the sites of various projects, verifying the compliance

of conditions stipulated in the environmental clearances and sending

reports to the SEIAA for taking further necessary action.

(ii) PPCB should regularly monitor all the projects for which environmental

clearances have been issued by SEIAA at reasonable intervals.

(iii) The task of ensuring compliance and sending the compliance report of

directions issued by SEIAA u/s 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

as delegated by MoEF vide notification No. S.O. 637 (E) dated

28.02.2014.

(iv) Once the decision regarding initiation of action against the project

proponent for violating the conditions of environmental clearance and /

or provisions of EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006 in exercise of powers

delegated under clause (a) of Section 19 of Environment (Protection)

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Act, 1986 is taken by SEIAA, the legal process such as filing a complaint

in the Competent Court of Law and its follow up etc.

The matter was deliberated upon by the SEIAA in its 70th meeting

held on 16.09.2014 and noted that as per the opinion given by the Senior Law

Officer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, the SEIAA can exercise the powers u/s 5 of

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 as delegated by MoEF vide notification No. S.O.

637 (E) dated 28.02.2014 for issuance of show cause notices and directions in all

the cases of violation(s) where competency to grant environmental clearance lies

with SEIAA including the cases where violation(s) has been committed by not

obtaining prior environmental clearance.

After detailed discussions, the SEIAA decided that:

(i) In future, all such cases of violation where credible action against the

project proponent is to be initiated & directions u/s 5 of Environment

(Protection) Act, 1986 are to be issued, instead of sending the

recommendations to State Govt., the decision be taken at SEIAA level.

Punjab Pollution Control Board shall be instructed to file a complaint against

the project proponent in a competent court of Law.

(ii) The cases where decision has already been taken to recommend to State

Govt. for initiation of credible action & issuance of directions u/s 5 of

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the letters for the same are under

issue, be also sent to Punjab Pollution Control Board for initiating credible

action & directions u/s 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 be issued by

SEIAA.

Accordingly the Punjab Pollution Control Board was requested

to launch prosecution u/s 15, 16 read with section 19 of the Environment

(Protection) Act, 1986 against the project proponents and its responsible persons

bid letter no. 2875 dated 22.09.2014.

Now the Punjab Pollution Control Board has intimated that in

compliance to the orders of the SEIAA, a complaint has been filed u/s 15 and 16,

read with section 19 of Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in the Hon'ble Court

of Sub Divisional Magistrate, Dera Bassi by this office on 17/12/2014 against the

project proponent and the persons responsible for starting construction of project

without obtaining the environmental clearance under the EIA Notification dated

14/09/2006.

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on 20.02.2015, which was attended by the following on behalf of project

proponent:

(i) Sh. Anil Mehta, Liaison officer of promoter company

(ii) Sh. Deepak Gupta of M/s Jalvayu Consultants, Environmental Consultant of the project proponent


Consultant of the project proponent presented the project proposal before the

SEAC as under:-

The total project area will be 31910 sqm and the total built up area will be

41000 sqm.

The layout plan has been approved by the MC, Zirakpur.

The total cost of the project will be Rs. 90 cores.

o The total water requirement for the project will be 117 KL/day, out of which

90 KL/day will be met through own tubewell and remaining 27 KL/day will

be met through recycling of treated wastewater.

o The total wastewater generation from the project will be 94 KL/day, which

will be treated in a STP to be installed within the project premises. The

project proponent has proposed to use 27 KL/day of treated wastewater for

flushing purpose, 1 KL/day will be used for irrigation of green area and

remaining 66 KL/day will be discharged to public sewer in summer season.

In winter season, 27 KL/day of treated wastewater will be used for flushing

purpose and remaining 67 KL/day will be discharged to public sewer. In

rainy season, 27 KL/day of treated wastewater will be used for flushing

purpose and remaining 67 KL/day will be discharged to public sewer. .

The M.C. Zirakpur, vide letter no. 546 dated 27.01.2014 has issued a

certificate to the effect that the MC has no objection for giving sewer

connection from its main sewer to project proponent, after deposition of

applicable connection charges and other requisite charges.

The project proponent has proposed to provide rain water harvesting wells

for recharging 6577 KL/annum of rain water into groundwater.

The total quantity of solid waste generation will be 425 kg/day, which will be

segregated at source as biodegradable and non-biodegradable components

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as per the Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000.

The non-biodegradable and recyclable waste will be sold to the

authorized vendors and the biodegradable waste will be sent to approved

site.

The M.C. Zirakpur, vide letter no. 566 dated 27.01.2014 issued a certificate

to the effect that the solid waste to be generated from project site will be

taken care by MC, Zirakpur, after deposition of applicable charges.



The total load of electricity required for group housing will be 1950 KW

which will be taken from the PSPCL. There is a proposal to install DG sets for

stand-by arrangement

The used oil from the D.G. sets will be stored in an isolated place and would

be sold out to the approved recyclers as per the provisions of the Hazardous

Waste (Management, Handling & Transboundary Movement), Rules, 2008.

The ambient air monitoring has been got done from M/s Chandigarh

Pollution Testing Laboratory and the analysis results indicate that the

concentration of various pollutants such as PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2 and CO

have been measured. Also, ambient noise monitoring has been got done

from the said firm and the analysis results indicate that the noise levels

during day and night times, have been measured in the range of 47.5 dB(A)

leq and 36.4 dB(A) leq, respectively, against the prescribed standards of 55

and 45 dB(A) leq.

GM (Projects), will be responsible for implementation of Environment

Management Plan during the construction phase and operational phase. Rs.

21.50 lacs will be incurred for implementation of EMP and Rs.17.5

lacs/annum will be incurred on account of recurring charges during the

construction phase. Rs.25.50 Lacs will be incurred as capital cost and Rs.

7.25 lacs/annum as recurring charges during operation phase.

The implementation of the CSR will be responsibility of Director of the

Company and Rs.7 Lacs have been earmarked for the following activities to

be undertaken under Corporate Social Responsibility:

o The management will give preference in the job to nearby area people.

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o Blood donation camps and other health related camps will be organized

in the 5 Km area of the project.

o Carpeting of road of the village Bishangarh.

o Arrangements will be made for training to the youths of village bishangarh in vocational courses.

o Camps will be organized for awareness of cancer and other diseases

o Saplings will be distributed in the area. ( Within 10 Km)

o Toilet for girls in Govt. School.

Traffic Circulation System and disaster/risk management plan has been

prepared and submitted.

The project proponent marked the location of DG Sets,

transformers and other utilities on the layout plan during the meeting, which were

taken on record by the SEAC.

To a query raised by the SEAC, regarding treatment of

rainwater other than rooftop before recharging it into the ground water, the project

proponent submitted that adequate treatment will be provided as prescribed by the

CGWA.

To another query raised by the SEAC, regarding treatment of

biodegradable waste, the project proponent submitted that the biodegradable

waste will be treated at site using vermi technology.

The committee observed that the project proponent has not

submitted the requisite document from the MC mentioning quantity of sewage, as

per decision of combined meeting of SEIAA and SEAC held on 15.12.2014. The

project proponent requested to recommend the case to SEIAA and meanwhile he

will submit the requisite document.



the Committee awarded 'Silver Grading' to the project proposal and decided that

as and when the project proponent submit the requisite document from MC

Zirakpur and if the same is found in order and approved by the Chairman SEAC on

the case file of the project, the case be forwarded to the SEIAA with the

recommendation to grant environmental clearance to the project proponent for for

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construction of a housing project namely “Chandigarh Citi Center” in an area of

31910 sqm having total built up area 41000 sqm, in the revenue estate at Zirakpur,

Tehsil Derabassi, Distt. Mohali of Village Bishangarh, Tehsil Derabassi, District

S.A.S. Nagar, subject to the following conditions in addition to the proposed

measures:






(iv) The approval of competent authority shall be obtained for structural safety of the buildings due to earthquakes, adequacy of fire fighting equipments etc. as per National Building Code including protection measures from lightning.

(v) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, disposal of waste water & solid waste in an environmentally sound manner, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

II. Construction Phase:

(i) All the topsoil excavated during construction activities should be stored for use in horticulture / landscape development within the project site.

(ii) Disposal of muck during construction phase should not create any adverse effect on the neighboring communities and be disposed off after taking the necessary precautions for general safety and health aspects of people with the approval of competent authority.

(iii) Construction spoils, including bituminous material and other hazardous material, must not be allowed to contaminate watercourses and the dump sites for such material must be secured, so that they should not leach into the groundwater.

(iv) Construction/provision of the STP, tubewell, DG Sets, Utilities etc, earmarked by the project proponent on the layout plan, should be made in the

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earmarked area only. In any case the position/location of these utilities should not be changed later-on.

(xiv) Vehicles hired for bringing construction material to the site and other machinery to be used during construction should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

(xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored during construction phase.

(xvi) Fly ash should be used as construction material in the construction as per the provisions of Fly Ash Notification of September, 1999 and as amended on August, 2003 (This condition is applicable only if the project is within 100 Km of Thermal Power Station).

(xvii) Ready mixed concrete should be used in building construction as far as possible.

(xviii) Water demand during construction should be reduced by use of premixed concrete, curing agents and other best practices.

(xix) Separation of drinking water supply and treated sewage supply should be done by the use of different colours.

(xx) Fixtures for showers, toilet flushing and drinking should be of low flow either by use of aerators or pressure reducing devices or sensor based control.

(xxi) Adequate steps shall be taken to conserve energy by limiting the use of glass, provision of proper thermal insulation and taking measures as prescribed under the Energy Conservation Building Code.

(xxii) The approval of competent authority shall be obtained for structural safety of the buildings due to earthquakes, adequacy of fire fighting equipments etc. as per National Building Code including protection measures from lightning.

(xxiii) The diesel generator sets to be used during construction phase should be of low sulphur diesel type and should conform to the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 prescribed for air and noise emission standards.


ii) “Consent to operate” shall be obtained from Punjab Pollution Control Board under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and a copy of the same shall be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority at the time of start of operation.

iii) The installation of sewage treatment plant (STP) and adequacy of disposal system should be certified by Punjab Pollution Control Board and a report in this regard should be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests & State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority before the project is commissioned for operation.

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iv) The project proponent shall discharge not more than 66 KLD wastewater into sewer during summer season, 67 KLD wastewater into sewer during winter season and 67 KLD wastewater into sewer during rainy season.

v) The project proponent shall provide electromagnetic flow meter at the outlet of the water supply, outlet of the STP and any pipeline to be used for re-using the treated wastewater back into the system for flushing and for horticulture purpose/green etc. and shall maintain a record of readings of each such meter on daily basis.

vi) The position / location of the STP, tubewell, DG Sets, Utilities etc, installed by the project proponent as per the provisions made in the layout plan, should not be changed later-on under any circumstances.

vii) Adequate & appropriate pollution control measures should be provided to control fugitive emissions to be emitted within the complex.

viii) Adequate treatment facility for drinking water shall be provided, if required.

ix) The green belt along the periphery of the plot shall achieve attenuation factor conforming to the day and night noise standards prescribed for residential land use. The open spaces inside the plot should be suitably landscaped and covered with vegetation of indigenous species/variety.

x) The project proponent should take adequate and appropriate measures to contain the ambient air quality within the prescribed standards. The proposal regarding mitigation measures to be taken at site should be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests/ State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority within three months.

xi) Application of solar energy should be incorporated for illumination of common areas, lighting for gardens and street lighting in addition to provision for solar water heating.

xii) A report on the energy conservation measures conforming to energy conservation norms finalized by Bureau of Energy Efficiency should be prepared incorporating details about machinery of air conditioning, lifts, lighting, building materials, R & U Factors etc. and submitted to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB/SEIAA in three months time.

xiii) Environmental Management Cell shall be formed during operation phase which will supervise and monitor the environment related aspects of the project.

xiv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored during construction phase.

xv) Separation of drinking water supply and treated sewage supply should be done by the use of different colors.

xvi) Fixtures for showers, toilet flushing and drinking should be of low flow either by use of aerators or pressure reducing devices or sensor based control.

xvii) The project proponent shall convert the bio-degrdable waste into compost and shall not dispose the waste in any other manner.

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IV. Entire Life:

i) “Consent to operate” shall be obtained from Punjab Pollution Control Board under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and get it renewed from time to time and a copy of the same shall be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

ii) The project proponent shall discharge not more than 66 KLD wastewater into sewer during summer season, 67 KLD wastewater into sewer during winter season and 67 KLD wastewater into sewer during rainy season.

iii) The project proponent shall provide electromagnetic flow meter at the outlet of the water supply, outlet of the STP and any pipeline to be used for re-using the treated wastewater back into the system for flushing and for horticulture purpose/green etc. and shall maintain a record of readings of each such meter on daily basis.

iv) The position / location of the STP, tubewell, DG Sets, Utilities etc, installed by the project proponent as per the provisions made in the layout plan, should not be changed later-on under any circumstances.

v) Rainwater harvesting for roof run-off should be implemented. Before

recharging the roof run-off, pretreatment must be done to remove suspended matter, oil and grease. However, run off from gardens/green area/roads/pavements shall be connected with the ground water recharging system only after providing adequate treatment.

vi) The solid waste generated should be properly collected and segregated. The recyclable solid waste shall be sold out to the authorized vendors and inert shall be sent to disposal facility. The Bio-degradable solid waste shall be adequately treated with mechanical vermi composter to convert it into manure. Prior approval of competent authority should be obtained, if required.


viii) Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air quality, noise and water quality should be periodically monitored.

ix) Traffic congestion near the entry and exit points from the roads adjoining the proposed project site must be avoided. Parking should be fully internalized and no public space should be utilized.

x) The approval of competent authority shall be obtained for structural safety of the buildings due to earthquakes, adequacy of fire fighting equipments etc. as per National Building Code including protection measures from lightning.


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IV. Pre-Construction Phase



iii) All other statutory clearances such as the approvals for storage of diesel from Chief Controller of Explosives, Fire Department, Civil Aviation Department, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 etc. shall be obtained, by project proponents from the competent authorities including Punjab Pollution Control Board and from other statutory bodies as applicable. The project proponent shall also obtain permission from the NBWL, if applicable.

iv) The project proponent should advertise in at least two local newspapers widely circulated in the region, one of which shall be in the vernacular language informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and copies of clearance letters are available with the Punjab Pollution Control Board. The advertisement should be made within seven days from the day of issue of the clearance letter and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh and SEIAA, Punjab.

v) These stipulations would be enforced among others under the provisions of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, the Public Liability (Insurance) Act, 1991 and EIA Notification, 2006.

vi) The project proponent shall obtain CLU from the competent authority, if any authority insists.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from CGWA for abstraction of groundwater.

viii) AA copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zilla Parishad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban local body and the local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions / representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

ix) The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority reserves the right to add additional safeguards/ measures subsequently, if found necessary, and to take action including revoking of the environmental clearance under the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, to ensure effective implementation of the suggested safeguards/ measures in a time bound and satisfactory manner.


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V. Construction Phase

i) The environmental safeguards contained in the application of the promoter / mentioned during the presentation before State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority/State Expert Appraisal Committee should be implemented in letter and spirit.

ii) The entire cost of the environmental management plan (i.e. capital cost as well as recurring cost) will continue to be borne by the project proponent until the responsibility of environmental management plan is transferred to the occupier/residents society under proper MOU after obtaining prior permission of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

iii) The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by mail) to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the Zonal Office of CPCB, SPCB and SEIAA, Punjab.

iv) Officials from the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority / State Level Expert Appraisal Committee / Punjab Pollution Control Board who would be monitoring the implementation of environmental safeguards should be given full cooperation, facilities and documents / data by the project proponents during their inspection. A complete set of all the documents submitted to State Environment Impact Assessment Authority should be forwarded to the CCF, Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh & State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Punjab.

v) In the case of any change(s) in the scope of the project, the project would require a fresh appraisal by State Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

vi) Separate distribution pipelines be laid down for use of treated effluent / raw water for horticultural/gardening purposes with different colour coding.

vii) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan and Corporate Social Responsibility and shall spend the amount as proposed or atleast minimum required to be spent under the provisions of the Companies Act 1956, whichever is higher.

viii) The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority reserves the right to add additional safeguards/ measures subsequently, if found necessary, and to take action including revoking of the environmental clearance under the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, to ensure effective implementation of the suggested safeguards/ measures in a time bound and satisfactory manner.

ix) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

VI. Operation Phase

i) The entire cost of the environmental management plan (i.e. capital cost as well as recurring cost) will continue to be borne by the project proponent

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until the responsibility of environmental management plan is transferred to the occupier/residents society under proper MOU after obtaining prior permission of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

ii) The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by mail) to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the Zonal Office of CPCB, SPCB &SEIAA, Punjab.

iii) Officials from the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority / State Level Expert Appraisal Committee / Punjab Pollution Control Board who would be monitoring the implementation of environmental safeguards should be given full cooperation, facilities and documents / data by the project proponents during their inspection. A complete set of all the documents submitted to State Environment Impact Assessment Authority should be forwarded to the CCF, Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh & State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Punjab.

iv) The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions, including results of monitored data on their website and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of MoEF, SEIAA, Punjab the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB. The criteria pollutant levels namely; PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NOx, CO, Pb, Ozone (ambient air as well as stack emissions) shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of the company in the public domain.

v) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan and Corporate Social Responsibility and shall spend the amount as proposed or atleast minimum required to be spent under the provisions of the Companies Act 1956, whichever is higher.

xi) The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority reserves the right to add additional safeguards/ measures subsequently, if found necessary, and to take action including revoking of the environmental clearance under the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, to ensure effective implementation of the suggested safeguards/ measures in a time bound and satisfactory manner.

xii) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

IV Entire Life

i) Environmental clearance is subject to final order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the matter of Goa Foundation Vs. Union of India in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 460 of 2004 as may be applicable to this project and decisions of any Competent Court, to the extent applicable.

ii) The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions, including results of monitored data on their website and shall

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update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of MoEF, SEIAA, Punjab, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB. The criteria pollutant levels namely; PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NOx, CO, Pb, Ozone (ambient air as well as stack emissions) shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of the company in the public domain.

iii) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan and Corporate Social Responsibility and shall spend the amount as proposed or atleast minimum required to be spent under the provisions of the Companies Act 1956, whichever is higher.

iv) The entire cost of the environmental management plan (i.e. capital cost as well as recurring cost) will continue to be borne by the project proponent until the responsibility of environmental management plan is transferred to the occupier/residents society under proper MOU after obtaining prior permission of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

v) The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by mail) to the respective Regional office of MoEF, SEIAA, Punjab, the Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB.

vi) Officials from the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority / State Level Expert Appraisal Committee / Punjab Pollution Control Board who would be monitoring the implementation of environmental safeguards should be given full cooperation, facilities and documents / data by the project proponents during their inspection. A complete set of all the documents submitted to State Environment Impact Assessment Authority should be forwarded to the CCF, Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh/State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

xiii) The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority reserves the right to add additional safeguards/ measures subsequently, if found necessary, and to take action including revoking of the environmental clearance under the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, to ensure effective implementation of the suggested safeguards/measures in a time bound and satisfactory manner.

xiv) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

Thereafter, the project proponent vide e-mail dated 20.02.2015 has

submitted copy of NOC issued by MC by Zirakpur vide letter no. 361 dated

20.02.2015 wherein, it has been mentioned that:

“It is certified that the commercial project of Chandigarh Citi

Center, VIP Road, Zirakpur is sanctioned by MC Zirakpur.

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After the technical Clearance of Director Town Planning Local

Government Chandigarh MC, Zirakpur has no Objection for

giving sewerage connection from its main sewer of MC,

Zirakpur for Discharge of its Treated Water 70 KLD as per

your request after deposition of applicable connection

charges and other requisite charges of MC, Zirakpur & Water

Supply sewerage department of Zirakpur after completion of

project”.

As clear from above, the project proponent has submitted the

requisite document and the same is affirmative.

The above noted reply submitted by the project proponent has been

considered by the Chairman, SEAC and as per the decision taken by the SEAC in its

109th meeting, approval has been accorded for recommending the case to SEIAA

for grant of environmental clearance.



(i) Sh. Anil Mehta, Liaison officer of promoter company

(ii) Sh. Deepak Gupta of M/s Jalvayu Consultants, Environmental Consultant of the project proponent.


Consultant of the project proponent presented the salient features of the project

before the SEIAA and requested to grant environmental clearance for the project.





construction of a commercial project namely “Chandigarh Citi Center” in an area of

31910 sqm having total built up area 41000 sqm, in the revenue estate at Zirakpur,

Tehsil Derabassi, Distt. Mohali of Village Bishangarh, Tehsil Derabassi, District

S.A.S. Nagar, subject to the conditions as proposed by the SEAC in addition to the

proposed measures.

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Item No.82.28: Application for obtaining Environmental Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for construction of a Dental College namely “RAYAT & BAHRA DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL” at Village Daon Majra, Tehsil Kharar, District SAS Nagar, Punjab by M/s Rayat & Bahra Group of Institutes and Educational Charitable Society.


1. M/s Rayat & Bahra Group of Institutes and Educational Charitable Society,

has applied vide letter No. RBGI/D (P)/14/537 dated 01.08.2014 (received

on 20.08.2014) for obtaining the environmental clearance as required under

EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for construction of a Dental College

namely “RAYAT & BAHRA DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL” at Village

Daon Majra, Tehsil Kharar, District SAS Nagar. The project is covered under

category 8 (a) of the Schedule appended to the said notification. The details

of the project as per Form I & IA are as under:

The total project area is 8.96 acres having total built up area of 30,864 sqm.

The total cost of the project will be Rs.57 cores.

Total water requirement for the project will be 229 KLD, out of which 190

KLD will be met from own tubewell and remaining 39 KLD will be met from

treated wastewater.

The total wastewater generation from the project will be 187 KLD, which will

be treated in an STP to be installed within the project premises. The project

proponent has proposed to use 39 KLD of treated wastewater for flushing


KLD will be used for plantation as per karnal technology in summer season.

In winter season, 39 KLD of treated wastewater will be used for flushing

purpose, 6 KLD will be used for irrigation of green area @ 1.81 sqm and

remaining 142 KLD will be used for plantation as per karnal technology. In


purpose, 1.7 KLD for irrigation of green area @ 0.51 sqm and remaining

146.3 KLD will be used for plantation as per karnal technology.


has been estimated as 420 kg/day, which will be segregated into bio-


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bio-degradable will be treated through vermiculture. The non-biodegradable

and recyclable waste would be sold to the recyclers.

The quantity of BMW will be about 262 kg/day. It will be sent to BMWTF at

village Balyali, District Mohali, for final disposal.






The total load of electricity required for proposed project will be 2000 KW


install 2 DG sets having capacity 500KVA each, for backup power supply.

The other details of the project have been given in the Form 1 & 1A

submitted by the promoter and the details of the proposed project are as under:

1. Properly filled Form 1 & 1A Yes

2. Proof of ownership of land Submitted.

3. CLU status Permission for CLU has been granted

vide No. 9223 CTP(PB)/SP-432(M)

dated 27.11.2008 for an area

measuring 8.96 acres.

4. Approved Layout plan and

Building plan from Competent

Authority.

Building plan has been approved by

the Chief Town Planner, Chandigarh

vide no. 1357 CTP(Pb)/SC-122 dated

18.02.2010.

5. Topographical map of the area

showing Contour Plan.

Submitted.

6. Status of construction, if any,

alongwith photographs from all

the four sides.

Submitted, photographs showing that

construction has already been started at

site.

7. 500 meter radius map of the

area from periphery of project

site clearly indicating the various

industries (specifically red

category industries) and

structures lying in the area.

Submitted.

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8. Site plan of the project showing

the following

i) Location of STP ; ii) Solid waste storage area. iii) Green belt iv) Parking space v) RWH and water recharge

pits vi) Fire fighting equipment

layout vii) First aid room

viii) Location of Tubewells

xi) Marked xii) Marked xiii) Marked xiv) Marked. xv) Marked. xvi) Marked xvii) Marked xviii) Marked

9. Permission of Competent

Authority for;

a) Water and Sewerage connection

b) Collection of Solid waste c) Use of groundwater

a) Not submitted.

b) Solid waste will be treated through vermi-culture

c) Applied for abstraction of groundwater vide letter no. Nil dated 08-07-2013 to CGWB, Chandigarh.

10. Water balance chart for summer,

rainy and winter seasons

indicating critical requirements.

Submitted.

11. Availability of adequate land for

use of treated sewage and

plantation.

Submitted

12. Analysis reports of ambient air,

ground water and noise levels

from NABL / MoEF accredited

laboratories.

The ambient air monitoring has been got done from M/s Chandigarh Pollution Testing Laboratory and the analysis results indicate that the concentration of various pollutants such as PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2 and CO have been measured. Also, ambient noise monitoring has been got done from the said firm and the analysis results indicate that the noise levels during day and night times, have been measured in the range of 41-44 dB(A)

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leq and 35-38 dB(A) leq, respectively, against the prescribed standards of 55 and 45 dB(A) leq. The analysis report of groundwater has also been

submitted.

13. Quantification of energy saved

and renewable energy devices

used.

Submitted

14. Drawing showing plumbing

systems for use of fresh, treated

and hot water

Submitted.

15. Construction schedule

(PERT/CPM Chart)

Submitted.

16. Affidavits for ;

f) Constitution of Environment Monitoring Cell

g) Use of ready mix concrete or use of fly ash during construction.

h) To provide Fire Fighting System

i) To provide wind breaking curtains and water sprinkling system to minimize dust emissions.

j) To provide adequate safety measures for the construction workers during the construction phase.

Submitted

17 Environmental Management Plan indicating the following: a) All mitigation measures for

each item-wise activity to be undertaken during the construction, operation and the entire life cycle to minimize adverse environmental impacts as a result of the activities of the project.

b) Compliance of various environmental regulations

Submitted

Submitted

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c) Steps to be taken in case of emergency such as accidents at the site including fire.

d) For how long period the project proponent will be responsible for implementation of EMP and the name of the person(s) responsible for implementation of EMP.

e) Capital & recurring cost for

the EMP per year and the

details of funds for the same.

f) Name of the individual

persons / organization, who

will be responsible for

implementation of EMP after

the lapse of the period for

which the project proponent

is responsible.

Submitted Director Planning of the Project proponent will be responsible for implementation of Environment Management Plan. Rs.8 lacs will be incurred on account of capital cost and Rs.2 lacs/annum will be incurred on account of recurring charges for implementation of EMP during construction phase. Rs.85 lacs will be incurred on account of capital cost and Rs.11.5 lacs/annum will be incurred on account of recurring charges for implementation of EMP during the operation phase.

Mr. Sandeep Puri (Director Planning)

18 Corporate Social Responsibility indicating various activities to be undertaken, provisions of funds for the same, the period for which the same is to be implemented and the person(s) responsible for the implementation of the same.

Rs.100 Lacs will be utilized for free

medical facility to poor people and

Mobile Ambulance for adjoining villages.

The implementation of the Corporate

Social Responsibility will be

responsibility of the Director (Planning)

of the Company.

19. NOC of the nearest Air Port issued by its Authority.

Not submitted.

20. Traffic Circulation System and

connectivity with a view to

ensure adequate parking, conflict

free movements, Energy efficient

Submitted.

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Public Transport.

21. Disaster/Risk Assessment and

Management Plan

Submitted.

Sh. P. Thareja, Member (SEAC) said that he is associated with M/s

Rayat & Bahra Group of Institutes and Educational Charitable Society. Keeping in

view the likely conflict of interest, Sh. P. Thareja, recused himself from the

deliberations of SEAC on the case of “RAYAT & BAHRA DENTAL COLLEGE &

HOSPITAL” at Village Daon Majra, Tehsil Kharar, District SAS Nagar. The request of

Sh. P. Thareja, Member (SEAC) was acceded by Chair. Accordingly, the project

proposal was heard by other members of SEAC.

The case was considered by the SEAC. The following were present on

behalf of the project proponent:

(i) Sh. Sandeep Puri, Director (Planning)

(ii) Sh. Sital Singh, Environmental Consultant engaged by the

project proponent of M/s CPTL Enviro-Tech, Chandigarh

Sh. Sandeep Puri, Director (Planning) and Sh. Sital Singh

Environmental Consultant of the promoter company informed that 40% of the

construction activities on the proposed project have already been completed at

site.

To a query raised by SEAC regarding the start of construction activity

without obtaining environment clearance, the project proponent stated that the

permission from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India was granted

subject to condition that initially for a period of 5 years classes may be conducted

in the premises of “Rayat Bahra Engineering College” situated across the project

site and for the training purposes of the students, agreement may be made with

the Government Hospital, Mohali. As the permission obtained from the Ministry of

Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, which was valid for a period of 5 years

was about to lapse, therefore, the construction was started without obtaining the

environment clearance.

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To a query raised by SEAC regarding the status of environment clearance of

“Rayat Bahra Engineering College”, the project proponent informed that the total

built up area of the college is more than 20,000sqm and no environment clearance

has been obtained for the same.

The SEAC observed that the case is required to be dealt with as per

the procedure mentioned in the Office Memorandum dated 12.12.2012 of the

Ministry of Environment & Forests as amended on 27.06.2013 since the promoter

company has violated the provisions of EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 by

starting construction of the project without obtaining environmental clearance

under the said notification.


a) To forward the case to SEIAA with the following recommendations:

For initiating credible action against project proponent /










To ask the project proponent to submit a formal resolution

passed by the Board of Directors of the Company or the

Managing Committee / CEO of the Society, Trust, partnership /

individually owned concern, within 60 days, stating therein that

the violations will not be repeated in future and in the

meantime, the project may be delisted. In the eventuality of

not having any response from the project proponent within the

prescribed limit of 60 days, the project file may be closed.

b) To write to the Punjab Pollution Control Board to verify and send the

status of construction of the project at site. Also, the Punjab Pollution

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Control Board be asked to visit the site of “Rayat Bahra Engineering

College” to check whether the project is covered under the provisions

of EIA, Notification dated 14.09.2006 and send a detailed report in

this regard.

c) To write to the Punjab Pollution Control Board to check other such

projects which are covered under the EIA notification dated

14.09.2006 but have been established without obtaining the

environmental clearance and to send a detailed report in this regard

within one month.

As decided all the Regional Offices of PPCB were written vide letter

no. 3370-84 dated 14.11.2014 to check other such projects which are covered

under the EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 but have been established without

obtaining the environmental clearance and to send a detailed report in this

regard within one month.

As decided, PPCB, RO, Mohali was requested vide letter no. 2714

dated 10.09.2014.

Now, the PPCB, RO, Mohali vide letter No. 6742 dated 28.11.2014 has

submitted the following visit report:

“It is intimated that the site of the “Rayat & Bahra Dental College &

Hospital” was visited on 15.11.2014 and Sh. Sandeep Puri, Director of

the Institute was contacted. During visit, it was observed as under:

1. The project is a multi-speciality hospital and Dental College

located at NH-21 in the revenue estate of Village Daon Majra,

Tehsil Kharar, SAS Nagar.

2. The plot area of the project is 8.96 acres as per layout plan

approved by the CTP dated 18.02.2010.

3. The project proponent has constructed about 60% of the

project building.

4. No construction work of the rest of the project was going on.

5. The project proponent has started the construction of STP.

It is further intimated that as regard to check as to whether “Rayat &

Bahra Engineering College” is covered under EIA notification or not,

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necessary documents are being procured from the promoter company

and a separate report will be sent in this regard in due course of

time.”


11.04.2015, which was attended by Sh. Sandeep Puri, Director (Planning) of the

promoter company.

Sh. Sandeep Puri, Director (Planning) informed that 40% of the

construction activities on the proposed project have already been completed at

site.

The project proponent also submitted a written request vide letter

dated 07.03.2015 stating that as per latest notification dated 22.12.2014 issued by

Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi whereby the

project such as Industrial sheds, Schools, Colleges, Hostels for Educational

Institution have been exempted from obtaining environmental clearance.

Therefore, the project proponent has requested that before taking any incredible

action, the provisions of the above mentioned notification may kindly be viewed.

The project proponent has also submitted, the names of persons

responsible for the implementation/execution of the above referred project:

1. S. Gurvinder Singh Bahra (Chairman)

2. Col. (Retd.) Satindera Singh (Director, Admn.)

3. Sh. Vikas Sharma (Project Manager)

The SEIAA observed that as per latest notification dated 22.12.2014

only Industrial sheds, Schools, Colleges, Hostels for Educational Institution have

been exempted from obtaining environmental clearance, whereas, the proposed

institution is a Dental College and 350 bedded Multi-Specialty Hospital.

The SEIAA further observed that the list of names of responsible

persons submitted by the project proponent is incomplete and project proponent is

required to submit the names of all the persons responsible for the conduct of the

business of the company alongwith documentary evidence such as Memorandum of

Article & Association/Partnership Deed/Sole Prop. Affidavit etc.

The project proponent could not give satisfactory reply to the

observations of SEIAA.

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The SEIAA observed that the project proponent is required to submit

the following documents:

(i) A formal resolution passed by the Board of Directors of the Company or to

the Managing Committee / CEO of the Society, Trust, partnership /

individually owned concern, mentioning that violations in respect of starting

construction activities without obtaining environmental clearance under EIA

notification dated 14.09.2006, are un-intentional and will not be repeated in

future.

(ii) Names of responsible persons against whom prosecution is to be launched

alongwith copy of Memorandum of Article & Association / partnership deed /

undertaking of sole proprietorship / list of Directors and names of other

persons responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of the project.

After deliberations, the SEIAA decided to ask the project proponent to

submit the above mentioned documents within 15 days and to defer the case.

Item No.82.29: Regarding monitoring EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006, which fall in the competence of SEIAA, by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi, for the months of February & March, 2015.

It was seen by the SEIAA.

The meeting ended a vote of thanks to the Chair. *******

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