20-05-2011 - State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority ...

STATE LEVEL ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY 

PUNJAB 

Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India 

O/O Punjab Pollution Control Board, 

Vatavaran Bhawan, Nabha Road, 

Patiala – 147 001 

Telefax:- 0175-2215636 

No. SEIAA/M.S./2050 Dated 13.6.2011 

To 

1. Sh. A.S. Dogra, IFS (Retd.), 

Former PCCF, Punjab, 

Chairman, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority 

# 256, Sector 37-A, Chandigarh- 160 036. 

2. Sh. F. Lal Kansal, Chief Engineer (Retd.) & 

Ex-Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board, 

Member, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, 

House No. 1133, Sector-7, Panchkula-134109 

Subject: Proceedings of the 31 st meeting of State Level Environment 

Impact Assessment Authority held on 20.05.2011 at Nodal Office 

of Punjab Pollution Control Board, Mohali. 

Enclosed, please find herewith, a copy of the proceedings of the 31 st 

meeting of State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority held on 20.05.2011 

at Nodal Office of Punjab Pollution Control Board, Mohali for your information please. 

Sd/- 

Member Secretary (SEIAA) 

Endst. No. 2051-53 Dated: 13.6.2011 

A copy of the above is forwarded to the following for information & 

necessary action:- 

1. The P.S. to Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Patiala for information of 

the Chairman. 

2. The P.A. to Member Secretary, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Patiala for 

information of the Member Secretary. 

3. The System Analyst (Computers), Punjab Pollution Control Board, Head Office, 

Patiala. He is requested to display these proceedings on the website of State 

Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority. 

Sd/- 

Member Secretary (SEIAA)

Proceedings of the 31 st meeting of State Level Environment Impact 

Assessment Authority held on 20.05.2011 at Nodal Office, Mohali. 

The following were present: 

1. Sh. A.S. Dogra, IFS (Retd), 

Chairman, SEIAA 

2. Sh. F. Lal Kansal, 

Member, SEIAA 

3. Dr. Babu Ram, 

Member Secretary, SEIAA 

At the outset, the Member Secretary (SEIAA) welcomed the 

members of the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) in 31 st 

meeting. Thereafter, various agenda items were discussed in detail as under: 

Item no. SEIAA/31.01: 

Confirmation of the proceedings of 30 th 

meeting of SEIAA held on 27.04.2011. 

Proceedings of 30 th meeting of the State Level 

Environment Impact Assessment Authority held on 27.04.2011 were circulated to 

all the members vide letter no. 1691-92 dated 16.05.2011. No observations had 

been received on the same, thus, the SEIAA confirmed the said proceedings. 

Item no. SEIAA/31.02: 

Assessment Authority. 

Follow up action on the decisions of the 

30 th meeting of SEIAA held on 27.04.2011. 

It was seen by the State Environment Impact 

Item No. SEIAA/31.03 Application for obtaining environmental 

clearance for “Janta Township” a Residential 

Project to be established by M/s Janta Land 

Promoters Ltd. at Sector 90-91, Mohali. 

The SEIAA observed that: 

1. M/s Janta Land Promoters Ltd. has applied for obtaining environmental 

clearance under EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006 for developing “Janta 

Township” at Sector 90-91, Distt. Mohali in an area of 138.35 acres into 

plots, group housing, schools, dispensary, community centre and 

commercial area. The built up area of the project is 72030.6 sq. m, thus, 

the project is covered under category 8 (b) of the Schedule appended to 

the said notification. 

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 23 rd meeting held on 6.6.2009 

and after detailed deliberations on the project proposal / reply submitted by

the project proponent, the Committee awarded „Silver Grading‟ to the 

project and recommended the project to State Level Environment Impact 

Assessment Authority for grant of environmental clearance subject to 

certain conditions. 

3. Thereafter, the case of the project proponent was considered by the SEIAA 

in its 19 th meeting held on 27.06.2009 and again in its 25 th meeting held on 

15.12.2009, wherein, it was decided that: 

a) The case may be forwarded to State Expert Appraisal Committee to reexamine 

the matter, in view of new notification for ambient air quality 

standards, reply submitted by project proponent, report of PPCB 

regarding industries within 500 m radius of the project site and 

recommendations of PPCB regarding discharge of effluent into Patiala- 

Ki-Rao. 

b) The PPCB may be requested to send the report regarding discharge of 

effluent into Patiala-Ki-Rao directly to Secretary, SEAC with a copy to 

Member Secretary, SEIAA. 

4. The case was again considered by the SEAC in its 41 st meeting held on 

03.07.2010 and the Committee decided to ask the project proponent to 

submit the following documents: 

a) Revised water balance and its disposal mechanism to be adopted 

during rainy season as well as winter season. 

b) Location plan clearly describing the type of industries located within 

500 m from the boundary of the project. 

c) Plan of dual plumbing system & number of buildings which will have 

such plumbing system with water requirement / consumption. 

d) Analysis report of ambient air quality monitoring as per notification no. 

GSR.826 (E) dated 16/11/2009 issued by the Ministry of Environment 

& Forests, from MoEF / NABL accredited laboratories for post monsoon 

season and the analysis/results. 

e) The latest photographs of the construction site from all the four 

directions. 

The aforesaid decision was conveyed to the project proponent 

by the SEAC vide letter no. 33105 dated 22.7.2010. 

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5. The case was sent to MoEF, New Delhi in the month of August, 2010 due to 

non-functioning of SEIAA/SEAC for the State of Punjab. 

6. Thereafter, the project proponent vide Memo no. 5586 dated 13.9.2010 

submitted the requisite reply to the MoEF, New Delhi and the case was 

considered by the EAC of MoEF, New Delhi in its 93rd meeting held on 9- 

10th October, 2010 and the EAC recommended the proposal for 

environmental clearance subject to the following conditions in the clearance 

letter for strict compliance by the project proponent. 

a) Rainwater should be stored and shall be used for domestic purposes 

after necessary treatment. 

b) Explore the possibility to maximize the use of treated wastewater 

including using for flushing of toilets etc. 

7. Now, after constitution of SEIAA/SEAC for the State of Punjab, by the 

MoEF, New Delhi vide order dated 7.2.2011, the case has been returned by 

MoEF to SEIAA, Punjab. 

8. The case of the project proponent was considered by the SEIAA in its 29 th 

meeting held on 23.03.2011, wherein, it was decided that the project 

proponent shall submit following documents/information within 10 days: 

i) Specific approval given by GMADA mentioning quantity of treated 

wastewater to be allowed to be discharged into sewer. 

ii) 

An undertaking/commitment to make arrangement for storage of 

rainwater and use of the same for domestic purpose after necessary 

treatment. 

9. The aforesaid decision was conveyed to the project proponent by the SEIAA 

vide letter no. 16438 dated 7.4.2011. 

10. The project proponent vide letter dated 17.05.2011 has submitted that the 

reply of the observations raised by the SEIAA in its 29 th meeting. 

Accordingly, the project proponent was requested vide letter no. 1768 

dated 17.5.2011 to attend the 31 st meeting of SEIAA on 20.5.2011. 

The following were present on behalf of the project proponent in the 

31 st meeting of SEIAA held on 20.05.2011 to present the reply to the observations 

made by the SEIAA in its 29 th meeting. 

1. Sh. Sandeep Garg, Environmental Consultant, M/s Eco Laboratories & 

Consultants Mohali 

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2. Sh. Hardeep Singh, Deputy Chief Engineer 

Sh. Sandeep Garg, who is the Environmental Consultant of the 

project proponent and the name of his consultancy firm figures at Sr.no. 157 of 

the list uploaded by the MoEF at its official website, presented the reply of the 

observations as under: 

i) GMADA had accorded an approval vide letter no. 859 dated 16.05.2011 to 

the effect that Sector 90 & 91 is a part of the Master Plan of SAS Nagar and 

while designing the trunk sewer, the hydraulic load of wastewater of these 

sectors had been taken into account and that the laying of said sewer is 

under consideration of GMADA. In this said approval, the GMADA has 

mentioned that as and when the sewer is laid down, total discharge of 

wastewater of Sectors 90 & 91 will be allowed to be discharged into the 

sewer. 

ii) 

iii) 

iv) 

No treated wastewater will be discharged into sewer during summer 

season, since the entire wastewater will be utilized for flushing purpose and 

irrigation of green area. However, during the monsoon and winter seasons, 

the treated wastewater to the tune of 312 KLD and 123 KLD, respectively, 

will be discharged into sewer. 

Submitted an undertaking to the effect that 80% of the rain water shall be 

first used to recharge the aquifer and the excess rain water will be stored 

and treated for further use within the project premises during the nonmonsoon 

period. 

A STP with a capacity to handle 1250 KLD of wastewater based on SAFF 

technology has been installed to treat the wastewater of the township 

which has already been put into operation since at present wastewater is 

being generated by 30 houses occupied by the respective plot holders. 

v) The site of the township is located in the residential zone as per the Master 

Plan of Mohali and submitted a copy of the said Master Plan as evidence in 

this regard and brought out that as per amendment made by the Govt. of 

Punjab, Deptt. of Science, Technology and Environment, Punjab vide 

notification dated 30.10.2009 in the Order dated 25.7.2008, in case, any 

development/construction project comes up in the earmarked zone, there is 

no need to keep any additional distance from the existing industry from the 

environmental point of view because these factors have already been 

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considered while earmarking the use of land for different categories in the 

Master Plan. 

vi) 

The Govt. of Punjab in the agreement executed on 24.6.2005 between M/s 

Janta Land Promoters and Deptt. of Industries & Commerce, Punjab has 

allowed the relief and concessions to the effect that the permission under 

Punjab State Tubewell Act, 1954 to dig tubewell in the project area for 

requirement of the project was allowed. 

The Authority observed that the project proponent has provided 

adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations raised by it, therefore, 

the Authority decided to grant environmental clearance to the project proponent 

subject to the following conditions, in addition to the proposed measures. 

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. 

III. 

IV. 

All required sanitary and hygienic measures should be in place before 

starting construction activities and to be maintained throughout the 

construction phase. 

A first aid room will be provided in the project both during construction 

and operation phase of the project. 

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 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. 

VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 

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 ground water. 

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. 

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. 

Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both 

during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air 

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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. 

XII. 

XIII. 

XIV. 

XV. 

XVI. 

XVII. 

Ready mixed concrete should be used in building construction as far as 

possible. 

Water demand during construction should be reduced by use of 

premixed concrete, curing agents and other best practices. 

Separation of drinking water supply and treated sewage supply should 

be done by the use of different colours. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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 discharge of treated sewage 

shall conform to the norms and standards prescribed by Punjab Pollution 

Control Board for such discharges. The project proponent shall discharge 

not more than 312 KLD and 123 KLD, respectively, into sewer during 

monsoon and winter, as per letter No. 859 dated 16.5.2011 of GMADA. 

ii) 

iii) 

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 / HVAC 

and for horticulture purpose etc. and shall maintain a record of readings of 

each such meter on daily basis. 

Adequate & appropriate pollution control measures should be provided to 

control fugitive emissions to be emitted within the commercial complex. 

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 

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vi) 

vii) 

viii) 

ix) 

area/roads/pavements shall be connected with the ground water recharging 

system. 

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. 

Hazardous waste/E-waste should be disposed off as per Rules applicable 

and with the necessary approval of the Punjab Pollution Control Board. 

The green belt design 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. 

The project proponent should take adequate and appropriate measures to 

contain the ambient air quality with in 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) 

xii) 

xiii) 

xiv) 

xv) 

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. 

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. 

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. 

The project proponent shall comply with the undertaking submitted vide 

letter dated 20.5.2011 to the effect that 80% of the rain water shall be first 

used to recharge the aquifer and the excess rain water will be stored and 

treated for further using within the project premises during non-monsoon 

period. 

Environment 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) 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 

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iii) 

iv) 

until the responsibility of environmental management plan is transferred to 

the occupier/residents society under proper MOU. 

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 and the SPCB/SEIAA. 

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. 

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 


vi) 

vii) 

viii) 

ix) 

Separate distribution pipelines be laid down for use of treated effluent / raw 

water for horticultural/gardening purposes with different colour coding. 

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 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. 

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. 

x) 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. 

xi) 

xii) 

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. 

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 

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xiii) 

xiv) 

xv) 

xvi) 

Regional Office of MoEF, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB. 

The criteria pollutant levels namely; PM 2.5 , PM 10 , SO 2 , NO x , CO, Pb, Ozone 

(ambient air) shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location 

near the main gate of the company in the public domain. 

The project proponent shall comply with the conditions imposed by the 

Housing & Urban Development in the permission for change of land use 

(CLU) granted vide No. 18/50/2003-1Hg-II/11256 dated 11.12.2003. 

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. 

Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National 

Environment Appellate Authority, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as 

prescribed under section 11 of the National Environment Appellate Act, 

1987. 

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. 


clearance for “Paramount Mall & Multiplex” to 

be developed by M/s Paramount Buildtech Pvt. 

Ltd., at Landran Road, Mohali 


1. The project proponent has applied for obtaining environmental clearance as 

required under EIA Notification for developing “Paramount Mall & Multiplex” 

in the revenue estate of Landran Road, Mohali. The project of promoter is 

covered under category 8 (a) of the Schedule appended to EIA notification 

dated 14/9/2006. 

2. The case was considered in the 10 th meeting of SEAC held on 09.08.2008 

and the project proponent was requested to attend the said meeting, but 

no representative of the promoter attended the meeting despite the fact 

that the project proponent was requested vide letter no.29589 dated 

1.8.2008 to attend the said meeting. Thus, the SEAC decided to defer the 

case. Accordingly, the project proponent was requested vide letter no. 

37137 dated 7/10/2008 to clarify whether the project proponent want to 

pursue the case or not, but the project proponent had failed to respond in 

this regard. 

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3. The case was again considered by the SEAC in its 22 nd meeting held on 

9.5.2009, wherein, it was decided to give another opportunity to the 

project proponent to clarify, within 15 days, as to whether he wants to 

pursue the case or not. The said decision of the SEAC was conveyed to the 

project proponent vide letter no. 18832 dated 25.5.2009, which was 

received undelivered form the Postal Authorities. 

4. The case was lastly considered by the SEAC in its 41st meeting held on 

3.7.2010. But no representative of the promoter attended the meeting 

despite the fact that the project proponent was requested vide letter no. 

28863 dated 23.06.2011 to attend the said meeting. Accordingly, the 

Committee decided to recommend the case to SEIAA for refusal of 

environmental clearance due to the following reasons: 

i) The project proponent has not given power point presentation of the 

proposed project for its transparent appraisal despite for the same. 

ii) 

The project proponent has not responded to any letters issued by the 

authority. 

iii) The project proponent has not submitted any report despite 4 

reminders, regarding deliver of the letters received un-deliver from the 

postal authorities. 

5. The case was considered by the SEIAA in the 29 th meeting of SEIAA held 

on 23.3.2011, wherein, it was decided to afford a final opportunity to the 

project proponent to the effect as to whether he wants to pursue the 

application submitted for obtaining environmental clearance or not, within 

15 days and it was also decided that in case, no response is received from 

the project proponent within the said period, the application filed by project 

proponent for environmental clearance will be decided on merits and 

material evidences available in the record file. The said decision of the 

SEIAA was conveyed to the project proponent vide letter No. 

SEIAA/MS/2011/16441 dated 7.4.2011. A reminder was also issued by the 

SEIAA vide letter No. SEIAA/MS/2011/17080 dated 19.4.2011, but no 

response was received from the project proponent. 

The SEIAA further observed that the project proponent was 

requested vide letter no. 1769 dated 17.05.2011 to attend the 31 st meeting of 

SEIAA on 20.05.2011 to submit the reply of observations conveyed by the 

Authority vide letter no. 16441 dated 07.04.2011 on or before 20.05.2011, but no 

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authorized representative of the project proponent attended the said meeting. The 

Authority further noted that ample opportunity has already been afforded by the 

SEAC as well as SEIAA to the project proponent to present the project proposal, 

but the project proponent has failed to respond to the communication made by 

the SEAC/SEIAA from time to time. The SEIAA, therefore, decided to refuse the 

application filed by the project proponent and to convey the said refusal orders to 

him. 

Item No. SEIAA/31.05 Application for obtaining environmental 

clearance for “DLF Premium Homes” a 

Residential Group Housing Project to be 

developed by M/s DLF Premium Homes Pvt. Ltd. 

at Vill. Khajurla, Distt. Kapurthala. 


1. M/s DLF Premium Homes Pvt. Ltd. has applied for obtaining environmental 

clearance as required under EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006 for developing 

a Residential Group Housing Project namely “DLF Premium Homes” in an 

area of 72,600 sq. m in the revenue estate of 

Kapurthala. 

Vill. Khajurla, Distt. 

2. The built up area is 1,22,290.15 sq. m for residential purpose and 58200 

sq. m for basement. Thus, the total built up area is 1,80,490.15 sq. m, as 

such, project of promoter is covered under category 8 (b) of the Schedule 

appended to the said notification. 

3. The case of the project proponent was considered in 17 th meeting of State 

Expert Appraisal Committee held on 17.1.2009, which was attended by the 

authorized representative of the project proponent and environmental 

consultant of the promoter company. After detailed deliberations in the 

matter, the SEAC observed that the project proponent is required to submit 

the reply of following observations before taking further necessary action in 

the matter and it was decided to defer the case till the reply of these 

observations is received. 

i. The project proponent shall submit approval regarding change of 

land use for the project site, from the Competent Authority. 

ii. 

The project proponent shall submit copy of approved layout plan 

from the Competent Authority. 

iii. The project proponent will submit details of land where the 126 

m 3 /day of treated sewage will be used for horticulture purposes, 150 

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m 3 /day of treated sewage will be used onto land for irrigation and 

the location of this land viz-a-viz the project site should be marked 

on the layout plan of the project. 

4. The decision of the Committee was conveyed to the project proponent vide 

letter no. 5480 dated 13.2.2009 but no response was received from the 

project proponent. Thereafter, a reminder was also issued vide letter no. 

33969 dated 14.10.2009. The project proponent in response to said letter 

has informed the SEAC that due to global economic melt down, the demand 

of real estate has got severely restricted and under the circumstances, the 

development of the project has been delayed. Further, the project 

proponent requested the SEAC to give three months time to take decision 

on the development of the project. After considering the request, the 

project proponent was given three months time vide letter no. 3396 dated 

28.1.2010 by the SEAC for taking decision on the development of the 

project. 

5. The case was again considered by the SEAC in its 40 th meeting held on 

29.5.2010, wherein, it was decided that the project proponent be asked to 

submit the details as already requested and the case be placed in the next 

meeting of SEAC for appraisal. 

6. The project proponent was requested vide letter No. 28856 dated 

25.6.2010 to attend the 41 st meeting of SEAC to be held on 3.7.2010. The 

case was considered by the SEAC in its 41 st meeting held on 3.7.2010 and 

the representative of the project proponent attended the said meeting and 

informed that they have applied for the CLU with CTP, Punjab. The 

promoter has furnished an undertaking that he is fully responsible for the 

information / documents submitted by the consultant and from now 

onwards, he shall be pursuing / presenting the case before the SEIAA/SEAC 

till an accredited consultant is appointed by the promoter company. Looking 

at the history, the Committee has recommended the case to SEIAA for 

refusal of environmental clearance due to the following reasons: 

i) The project proponent has not submitted the requisite 

documents/data despite of several reminders. Also, the 

representative of the promoter was unable to provide the 

information regarding submission of the requisite data. 

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ii) The project proponent has not replied even after the expiry of 3 

months time. 

7. The case was considered by the SEIAA in the 29 th meeting of SEIAA held 

on 23.3.2011, wherein, it was decided to afford a final opportunity to the 

project proponent to the effect as to whether he wants to pursue the 

application submitted for obtaining environmental clearance or not, within 

15 days and it was also decided that in case, no response is received from 

the project proponent within the said period, the application filed by project 

proponent for environmental clearance will be decided on merits and 

material evidences available in the record file. The said decision of the 

SEIAA was conveyed to the project 

proponent vide letter No. 

SEIAA/MS/2011/16442 dated 7.4.2011. A reminder was also issued by the 

SEIAA vide letter No. SEIAA/MS/2011/17081 dated 18.4.2011, but no 

response was received from the project proponent. 

The SEIAA further observed that the project proponent was 

requested vide letter no. 1770 dated 17.05.2011 to attend the 31 st meeting of 

SEIAA on 20.05.2011 to submit the reply of observations conveyed by the 

Authority vide letter no. 16441 dated 07.04.2011 on or before 20.05.2011, but no 

authorized representative of the project proponent attended the said meeting. The 

Authority further noted that ample opportunity has already been afforded by the 

SEAC as well as SEIAA to the project proponent to present the project proposal, 

but the project proponent has failed to respond to the communication made by 

the SEAC/SEIAA from time to time. The SEIAA, therefore, decided to refuse the 

application filed by the project proponent and to convey the said refusal orders to 

him. 


clearance for Residential Housing Project 

namely “Parsvnath Greens” to be developed at 

Vill. Sadhe Majra, Tehsil Dera Bassi, Distt. Mohali 

by M/s Parsvnath Developers Ltd. 

The Authority observed that: 

1. M/s Parsvnath Developers Ltd. has applied for obtaining environmental 

clearance as required under EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006 to develop a 

residential housing project namely "Parsvnath Greens" in the revenue 

estate of Village Sadhe Majra, Tehsil Dera Bassi, Distt. Mohali in an area 

49.68 acres having 467 residential plots, 51 commercial plots and two 

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group housing complexes having 283 dwelling units. The project is 

covered under category 8 (a) of the Schedule appended to the said 

notification. 

2. The case was considered in the 29 th meeting of SEIAA held on 27.03.2011, 

wherein, it was decided: 

A) To convey the following observations to the project proponent for 

compliance of the same within 10 days:- 

i) The project proponent shall obtain specific approval from the 

Competent Authority clearly stating as to how much quantity 

of wastewater will be allowed to be discharged into the 

sewer. 

ii) 

iii) 

The project proponent shall submit a concrete proposal for 

discharge of treated wastewater for horticulture purpose. 

The project proponent shall submit water balance chart 

prepared for all the three seasons i.e. summer, winter and 

rainy season indicating critical requirement. 

B) To call the project proponent to make a presentation on his project 

proposal through the accredited consultant of the MoEF in the next 

meeting of SEIAA. 

3. The case was again considered in the 30 th meeting of SEIAA held on 

27.04.2011 and Sh. Suman Banerjee presented the reply of the 

observations of the 29 th meeting of SEIAA, but the Authority was not 

satisfied with the reply given by the project him. After detailed deliberations 

in the matter, the Authority observed that the project proponent is required 

to submit the following documents/data before taking decision in the 

matter. 

i) Specific approval granted by M.C. Dera Bassi stating as to how 

much quantity of wastewater will be allowed to be discharged to 

the project proponent into the sewer. 

ii) 

Properly prepared site plan showing the industries within a radius 

of 500 m from the periphery of project site and air polluting 

industries within a radius of 100 m from the periphery of project 

site. 

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iii) 

iv) 

Approved layout plan showing a provision of 15m wide green belt 

of broad leaved trees towards the site, where the air polluting 

industries are located within a radius of 100 m from the periphery 

of the project site. 

A certificate issued by the Department of Town & Country 

Planning, Punjab showing the classification of area as per the 

Master Plan. 

Sh. Rajesh Ravi, Manager of the promoter company, who was 

also present in the meeting, requested for 10 days time to submit the reply 

to the aforesaid observations of the Authority. The Authority agreed to 

accept the request of the project proponent and decided to defer the case 

till the proper reply of all the observations is received. 

3. Thereafter, the project proponent vide letter No. PDL/Strategic 

Planning/EIA/2272 dated 12.5.2011 has submitted the reply of the 

observations raised by the SEIAA in its 30 th meeting held on 27.4.2011. 

The project proponent was requested vide letter No. 1771 dated 17.5.2011 

to attend the 31 st 

observations. 

meeting of SEIAA on 20.5.2011 to present the reply of the 

Following were present on behalf of the project proponent in the 31 st 

meeting of SEIAA held on 20.05.2011 to present the reply of the observations 

raised by the SEIAA in its 30 th meeting. 

1. Sh. Anand Kumar Dubey, Environmental Consultant, Environmental 

Consultant, M/s Ind Tech House Consults 

2. Sh. Rajesh Ravi, Manager, M/s Parsvnath Developers Ltd. 

Sh. Anand Kumar Dubey, who is the Environmental Consultant of the 

project proponent and the name of his consultancy firm figures at Sr. No. 216 of 

the list uploaded by the MoEF at its official website, presented the reply of the 

observations as under: 

i) The M.C. Dera Bassi has allowed to discharge 1000 KLD of treated 

wastewater into sewer, which is being laid down by the Council against the 

actual discharge of 301.8 KLD of wastewater during rainy season. 

ii) 

There are only two air polluting industries namely M/s Spray Engineering 

Sugars Ltd., and M/s Essics Bio-sciences Ltd., are located within a radius of 

100 m from the periphery of the project site. A provision has been made to 

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provide 15 m width green belt alongwith the periphery of the project site 

towards the side of said industries. 

iii) 

The area in which the site of the project is located reserved for General 

Industry as per the Master Plan of Dera Bassi and permission for CLU has 

been obtained from the Department of Town & Country Planning, Punjab 

vide memo No. CTP/SP-432/466 dated 28.01.2005. The area around the 

site of the project is also meant for General Industry. 

The Authority noted that the project proponent could not give the 

satisfactory reply in respect of following points: 

a) At how much distance from the boundary of the project site, the boundary 

wall of M/s Punjab Crops & Chemicals Ltd., Dera Bassi is located. 

b) The site of the project is located in the area reserved for General Industry 

as per the Master Plan of Dera Bassi and the surrounding area of the 

project is also meant for General Industry as per the said Master Plan. 

Therefore, the project proponent is required to provide a green belt of 15m 

width of broad leaved trees all along the boundary of the project site and 

the layout plan of the project proposal is required to be approved from the 

Competent Authority showing a provision of green belt all along the 

periphery of the project site. 

c) The permission for CLU was granted in the year 2005 and the Master Plan 

of Dera Bassi was notified in the year 2010, as such, as to whether the said 

permission for CLU is still valid or not? 

After detailed deliberations in the matter, the SEIAA observed that 

the project proponent is required to submit following information / data before 

taking decision in the matter: 

1. A letter issued by the Competent Authority to the effect as to whether the 

permission for CLU granted to the project proponent vide Memo No. 

CTP/SP-432/466 dated 28.01.2005 is still valid or not in light of the fact 

that as per Master Plan of Dera Bassi notified in the year 2010, the site of 

the project is located in the area reserved for General Industry. 

2. Submit a layout plan duly approved by the Competent Authority showing a 

buffer of green belt of 15m width of broad leaved trees all along the 

boundary of the project site since the site of the project is surrounded by 

the area meant for General Industry. 

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Sh. Rajesh Ravi, Manager requested for 2 months time to submit the 

reply to the aforesaid observations of the Authority. 

The Authority agreed to accept the request of the project proponent 

and decided to defer the case till the proper reply of all the observations is 

received. 


clearance for residential colony namely "Super 

Mega Mixed Use Integrated Industrial Park 

Project –Phase-I" to be established in the 

revenue estate of Village Nagla, Tehsil Zirakpur, 

Distt. Mohali by M/s Shipra Estates Limited. 

Sh. Sanjeet Singh, DGM of the promoter company 

attended the meeting of SEIAA and he presented the case as under: 

1. M/s Shipra Estates Limited has applied for obtaining environmental 

clearance as required under EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006 for developing 

a residential colony namely "Super Mega Mixed Use Integrated Industrial 

Park Project –Phase-I" in the revenue estate of Village Nagla, Tehsil 

Zirakpur, Distt. Mohali. The project is covered under category 8 (b) of the 

Schedule appended to the said notification. 

2. The total area for the proposed project is 445633.616 sq.m (44.5 hectare) 

and the built-up area is 5,68,150.02 sq m. The layout plan has been 

approved by the Department Town & Country Planning, Punjab vide letter 

no. 6246 CTP (Pb)/SMP (M)-2 dated 12.8.2010. 

3. The total area of the project of Phase-I is 44.5 hectares, which will to be 

divided into IT / ITES Industry (40.33%), Residential (28.42%), 

Commercial (1.37%), Utilities (0.22%), Park (6.32%) and Roads (22.91%). 

No industry of category A & B falling in the Schedule appended to the EIA 

Notification dated 14/9/2006 will be housed in the industrial component of 

the project. 

4. Initially, during five years, the total water requirement will be about 1700 

KLD, out of which 909 KLD will be met from ground water by way of 

installing tubewells and remaining will be met from the treated wastewater. 

Permission has been obtained from the Govt. of India, Central Ground 

Water Authority vide letter dated 9.2.2011 for abstraction of 909 KLD of 

ground water. However, after five years i.e after fully development of the 

Integrated Industrial Park, the requirement of ground water will be about 

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2013KLD and permission for abstraction of additional quantity of ground 

water i.e 1104 KLD is yet to be obtained from CGWA. 

5. Initially, during five years, about 833 KLD of domestic wastewater will be 

generated from the proposed project and a STP of capacity 1000 KLD 

based on Moving Media Reactor technology will be installed to treat the 

said wastewater. However, after five years i.e. after fully development of 

the Integrated Industrial Park, about 2492 KLD of wastewater will be 

generated and at that time the capacity of STP will be enhanced to 3000 

KLD. 

6. The total raw water requirement for drinking purpose for the complex will 

be 259 KLD, which will be treated in RO. After treatment in RO, about 207 

KLD and 52 KLD of permeate and RO reject water, respectively, will be 

generated. The reject water will have conc. of TDS to the tune of 3436 

mg/l conc. , which will be mixed with treated sewage of quantity 2492 KLD 

having about 1300-1400 mg/l conc. of TDS. Therefore, after mixing reject 

water of RO and treated sewage , the conc. of TDS in the treated 

wastewater will become 1441 mg/l. 

7. During first five years, the treated wastewater will be used for D.G. set 

cooling, flushing and horticulture purposes by providing proper distribution 

network. No wastewater shall be discharged into drain/Ghaggar river, 

excess treated wastewater shall be discharged to artificial water ponds and 

irrigation of roadside plantation. The sewer connection will be made 

available by Municipal Council, Zirakpur in next 2-3 years. Therefore, after 5 

years, the excess treated water shall be discharged into public sewer. 

8. Rain water from the roof-top surface and paved areas will be sent to rain 

water harvesting pits and surface run-off from green areas shall be sent to 

artificial water pond to be constructed at site. 

9. Garland drain will be provided at the project site to channelise the run-off 

from adjoining areas. 

10. Total 4820 Kg/day of solid waste will be generated, which will be 

segregated at source into bio-degradable and non-biodegradable waste by 

providing adequate number of collection bins as per the Municipal Solid 

Waste(Management and Handling) Rules, 2000. The bio-degradable solid 

waste shall be converted into manure by way of vermi-composting 

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technique. The area earmarked for management and handling of solid 

waste is 1447 sq. m and this area has been marked on the layout plan. 

11. The hazardous waste such as used oil from D.G. sets will be handled and 

disposed off as per the provisions of the Hazardous Wastes (Management, 

Handling & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008. 

12. The E-waste to be generated from the industries will be given to the 

approved E-waste recyclers. 

The SEIAA further observed that: 

a. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 45 th meeting held on 8.4.2011 

and Sh. Parveen Bhargav, Director M/s Perfect Enviro Solution, New Delhi, 

who is the environmental consultant of the promoter company, presented 

the case before the SEAC. After discussions, certain observations were 

raised by the SEAC, which were conveyed to the project proponent vide 

letter no. 17113 dated 19.4.2011 for making compliance of the same. 

b. The project proponent vide letter dated 18.04.2011 has submitted the reply 

of the observations raised by the SEAC. 

c. The case was again considered by the SEAC in 46 th meeting of held on 

24.4.2011 and Sh. Sanjeet Singh, DGM of the promoter company attended 

the said meeting and he presented pointwise reply of the observations of 

the SEAC. 

d. The SEAC in its 46 th meeting of held on 24.4.2011 noted 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 subject to the following conditions, in addition to the proposed 

measures for establishment of "Super Mega Mixed Use Integrated Industrial 

Park Project- Phase -I" an area of 445633.616 sq.m in the revenue estate 

of Village Nagla, Tehsil Zirakpur, Distt. Mohali. 







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II. 

III. 

IV. 








Adequate drinking water and sanitary facilities should be provided for 

construction workers at the site. The disposal of wastewater and solid 

wastes generated during the construction phase should be in 

environmentally sound manner. 

V. Provision should be made for the supply of fuel (kerosene or cooking 

gas), utensils such as pressure cookers etc. to the laborers during 


VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 

All the labourers to be engaged for construction should be screened for 

health and adequately treated, if required, before engaging them to 

work at the site. 

Disinfection of wastewater shall be done with UV unit. 



Disposal of muck during construction phase should not create any 




X. Construction spoils, including bituminous material and other hazardous 




XI. 

XII. 

XIII. 

XIV. 

XV. 

XVI. 





Vehicles hired for bringing construction material to the site should be in 

good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission 

standards and should be operated only during non peak hours. 




phase. 

Fly ash should be used as construction material in the construction as 


amended on August, 2003 (The above condition is applicable only if the 


Ready mixed concrete must be used in building construction. 

The project proponent shall construct a pucca garland drain of adequate 

size around the periphery of the project site to drain the storm water of 

the nearby areas. No internal drain of the project site shall be connected 

with the said garland drain. 

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XVII. 

XVIII. 

XIX. 

XX. 

XXI. 

XXII. 

XXIII. 

XXIV. 

XXV. 

XXVI. 

XXVII. 


premixed concrete, curing agents and other best practices referred. 


be done by the use of dual plumbing line of different colours for 

separation of drinking water and treated sewage. 



control. 

Use of glass may be reduced up to 40% to reduce the electricity 

consumption and load on air-conditioning. If necessary, use high quality 

double glass with special reflective coating in windows. 

Roof should meet prescriptive requirement as per Energy Conservation 

Building Code by using appropriate thermal insulation material to fulfill 

requirement. 

Opaque wall should meet prescriptive requirement as per Energy 

Conservation Building Code which is proposed to be mandatory for all 

air conditioned spaces while it is aspirational for non air-conditioned 

spaces by use of appropriate thermal insulation material to fulfill 

requirement. 




measures from lightening. 

Provisions 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, Safe drinking water, medical health 

care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form to temporary 

structure to be removed after the completion of the project. 

Piezometeric wells shall be established on all the four directions of the 

project site to monitor the impact on the groundwater quality due to 

discharge of effluents from the project site and shall maintain proper 

record of monitoring of underground water quality data. 

The STP shall be installed only at ground level by adjusting the same in 

the vacant land as shown in the approved layout plan. 

The site for the vermi-composting process shall be shifted near to the 

proposed site of the first aid room since the present site earmarked on 

the approved layout plan for the said purpose is not in order as the 

same is located adjoining to Sukhna Choe and there is likelihood of 

generation of leachate from the vermi-composting process during rainy 

season, which may contaminate the quality of water of the Sukhna 

choe. 


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 

discharge of treated sewage shall conform to the norms and standards 

prescribed by Punjab Pollution Control Board for such discharges. There 

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II. 

shall be no discharge of treated wastewater outside the premises of the 

project/complex. 

Adequate & appropriate pollution control measures should be provided 

to control fugitive emissions to be emitted within the commercial 

complex and IT/ITES industry. 

III. Adequate treatment facility for drinking water shall be provided, if 

required. 

IV. Rainwater harvesting for roof run-off should be implemented. Before 


suspended matter, oil and grease. However, no run off from 

gardens/green area be connected with the ground water recharging 

system. 

V. 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 treated on-site composting facility. Prior approval of 

competent authority should be obtained, if required. 

VI. Hazardous waste/E-waste should be disposed off as per Rules applicable 

and with the necessary approvals of the Punjab Pollution Control Board. 

VII. The green belt design along the periphery of the plot shall achieve 


prescribed for residential land use. The open spaces inside the plot 

should be suitably landscaped and covered with vegetation of 

indigenous variety. 

VIII. Separate distribution pipelines be laid down for use of treated effluent 

for horticultural/gardening purpose with different colour coding. 

IX. The project proponent should take adequate and appropriate measures 

to contain the ambient air quality with in the prescribed standards. The 



Environment Impact Assessment Authority within 3 months. 

X. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air quality, noise and water 

quality should be periodically monitored after commissioning of the 

project. 

XI. 

XII. 

XIII. 

XIV. 




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. 





Ministry of Environment & Forests/SEAC in three months time. 



project. 

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I. This environmental clearance will be valid for a period of five years from 


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. 

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. 

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 bye-mail) to the 

respective Regional office of MoEF, the respective 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. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 

In the case of any change(s) in the scope of the project, the project 

would require a fresh appraisal by State Environment Impact 


The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority reserves the right 

to add additional safeguard/ 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 safeguard/ measures 

in a time bound and satisfactory manner. 



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. 





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. 

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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. 

XII. 

XIII. 

XIV. 

XV. 

XVI. 

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. 

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. 

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; SPM, RSPM, SO 2 , NO x 

(ambient levels 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. 


Govt. of India, Central Ground Water Authority, Ministry of Water 

Resources in the permission granted vide the letter no. No. 21- 

4(388)/NWR/CGWA/2010-153 dated 09 Feb, 2011 for abstraction of 909 

KLD of ground water. 


Department of Town and Country Planning, Punjab, in the permission 

for CLU granted vide the letter no. No. 161 CTP (Pb)/SP-432(m) dated 

11.01.2010. 

Only IT/ITES industries shall be established in the Integrated Industrial 

Park and no other category of industries shall be established in the said 

Park. 

Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the 

National Environment Appellate Authority, if preferred, within a period 

of 30 days as prescribed under section 11 of the National Environment 

Appellate Act, 1987. 

The Authority further observed that the condition no. iv, v, 

vi, vii, xx, xxi & xxii of construction phase recommended by the SEAC 

are not in order, therefore, these conditions are not required to be 

imposed in the environmental clearance to be granted to the project 

proponent. 

The Authority observed that the case stands recommended 

by the SEAC and looked into all aspects of the project proposal in detail 

and was satisfied with the same, therefore, the Authority decided to 

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grant environmental clearance to the project proponent subject to the 

following conditions, in addition to the proposed measures: 





(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 


II. 

III. 

IV. 




A first aid room will be provided in the project both during construction and 

operation phase of the project. 

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 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. 

VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 


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 ground water. 

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. 


machinery to be used during construction should be in good condition and 

should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards. 

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. 

XII. 

XIII. 


possible. 

Water demand during construction should be reduced by use of premixed 

concrete, curing agents and other best practices. 

Separation of drinking water supply and treated sewage supply should be 

done by the use of different colours. 

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XIV. 

XV. 

XVI. 

XVII. 

XVIII. 

XXVIII. 

XXIX. 

XXX. 



control. 




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. 


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. 

The project proponent shall construct a pucca garland drain of adequate 

size around the periphery of the project site to drain the storm water of the 

nearby areas. No internal drain of the project site shall be connected with 

the said garland drain. 

Piezometeric wells shall be established on all the four directions of the 

project site to monitor the impact on the groundwater quality due to 

discharge of effluents from the project site and shall maintain proper record 

of monitoring of underground water quality data. 

The STP shall be installed only at ground level by adjusting the same in the 

vacant land as shown in the approved layout plan. 

The site for the vermi-composting process shall be shifted near to the 

proposed site of the first aid room since the present site earmarked on the 

approved layout plan for the said purpose is not in order as the same is 

located adjoining to Sukhna Choe and there is likelihood of generation of 

leachate from the vermi-composting process during rainy season, which 

may contaminate the quality of water of the Sukhna choe. 








Control Board for such discharges. There shall be no discharge of treated 

wastewater outside the premises of the project/complex. 

ii) 

iii) 

iv) 







control fugitive emissions to be emitted within the commercial complex and 

IT/ITES industries. 


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system. 

vi) 

vii) 

viii) 

ix) 






required. 















xi) 

xii) 

xiii) 

xiv) 















project. 


i) This environmental clearance will be valid for a period of five years from 


earlier. 

ii) The environmental safeguards contained in the application of the promoter 




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iii) 

iv) 









v) Officials from the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, 










vi) 

vii) 

viii) 

ix) 

In the case of any change(s) in the scope of the project, the project would 



















x) These stipulations would be enforced among others under the provisions of 




xi) 

xii) 










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xiii) 

xiv) 

xv) 

xvi) 






(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. 



Resources in the permission granted vide the letter no. No. 21- 

4(388)/NWR/CGWA/2010-153 dated 09 Feb, 2011 for abstraction of 909 

KLD of ground water. 


Department of Town and Country Planning, Punjab, in the permission for 

CLU granted vide the letter no. No. 161 CTP (Pb)/SP-432(m) dated 

11.01.2010. 

Only IT/ITES industries shall be established in the Integrated Industrial 

Park and no other category of industries shall be established in the said 

Park. 

xvii) 







xviii) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National 



1987. 

Item No. SEIAA/31.08 Application for Environmental Clearance for 

Hotel, Shopping Mall cum Multiplex to be 

developed by M/s Best City Infrastructure 

(India) Pvt. Ltd. at Old Civil Hospital Site, Mall 

Road, Bathinda. 


1. M/s Best City Infrastructure (India) Pvt. Ltd has applied for obtaining 

environmental clearance for developing a Hotel, Shopping Mall-cum- 

Multiplex in an area of 18,211 sq. m at Old Civil Hospital Site, Mall Road, 

Bathinda as required under EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006. The project of 

the promoter is covered under category 8 (a) of the Schedule appended to 

the EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006. 

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 46 th meeting held on 24.4.2011 

and the Committee observed that the project proponent has provided 

adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations raised by it, 

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therefore, the Committee awarded 'Bronze 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 

subject to certain conditions alongwith following condition in addition to the 

proposed measures. 

" The project proponent shall not install any tubewell for 

abstraction of groundwater required at the construction as well 

as operation stage of the project since the project proponent 

has mentioned in the application / presented before the 

Committee that the entire requirement of water will be met 

from the M.C. Water supply". 

The project proponent was requested vide letter No. 1764 dated 

17.5.2011 to attend the 31 st meeting of SEIAA on 20.5.2011 to present the project 

proposal. 

Following were present in the meeting of SEIAA held on 27.4.2011 

on behalf of the project proponent to present the reply of the observations 

conveyed by the Authority vide letter No. 16640 dated 7.4.2011. 

1. Sh. Jagdeep Arora, AGM. 

2. Sh. Yashpal Jain, Environmental Consultant, M/s Ace 

Engineers & Consultants, Patiala. 

Sh. Yashpal Jain of M/s Ace Engineers & Consultants, Patiala, who is 

the Environmental Consultant for the project proponent and the name of his 

consultancy firm figures at Sr. no. 153 of the list uploaded by the MoEF at its 

official website, informed that:- 

1. A tubewell will be installed to meet with the requirement of water during 

construction stage and this tubewell will also be used to meet with the 

requirement of water during the period of failure of Municipal water supply 

in operation phase. 

2. The Bathinda block comes under safe category as per letter issued by the 

CGWA in case of M/s PACL India Ltd., for its residential township being 

developed in Bathinda block, as such, no permission is required to be 

obtained for abstraction of ground water since this site is also located in the 

said block. 

3. R.O. Plant will be installed to treat the ground water since the quantity of 

ground water of Bathinda Block is not potable in nature. The R.O. reject will 

be mixed with treated wastewater. 

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4. The wastewater will be treated in a S.T.P. consisting of oil/grease trap, 

collection tank, primary clarifier, aeration tank, secondary clarifier, sand 

filter, ozonation and sludge drying beds will be provided to treat the 

wastewater. The treated wastewater will be utilized for flushing purpose, 

HVAC, horticulture and remaining will be discharged into sewer. 

5. The solid waste about 500 kg/day shall be generated and the same will be 

segregated at source. The recyclable fraction will be sent directly to 

recyclers and the remaining waste will be disposed off at the site 

earmarked by M.C. Bathinda and the Corporation has issued permission in 

this regard. 

6. The construction work of the project has already been started. 

The Authority noted that the project proponent has violated the 

provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 by starting construction work 

of the project without obtaining environmental clearance as required under the 

EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006. Therefore, in compliance to Govt. of India, 

Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi Office Memorandum dated 

16.11.2010, the project proponent is required to place the matter before the 

Board of Directors of the Company for starting construction work of the project in 

violation of the provision of the EIA Notification framed under the Environment 

(Protection) Act, 1986 and is required to submit a written commitment in the form 

of a formal resolution to the SEIAA to the effect that the violation of the 

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 will not be repeated in future. 

The Authority further observed that the project proponent is 

required to submit the following information / data before taking further necessary 

action in the matter. 

a) How much quantity of R.O. reject water will be generated and what will 

be the concentration of TSS and TDS in the same? 

b) Calculations showing as to what will be the conc. of TSS & TDS in the 

treated wastewater after mixing with R.O. reject water. 

c) Which mixing mechanism will be provided to ensure complete mixing of 

R.O. reject water and treated wastewater. 

d) Water balance chart for all the three seasons, i.e. summer, winter and 

rainy including R.O. permeate and reject water. 

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e) The project proponent shall place the matter before the Board of 

Directors of the Company for starting construction work of the project in 

violation of the provisions of the EIA Notification framed under the 

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and shall submit a written 

commitment in the form of a formal resolution to the SEIAA to the 

effect that the violation of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 will not 

be repeated in future. 

Sh. Yash Pal Jain requested for 15days time to submit the reply to 

the aforesaid observations of the Authority. 



received. 

Item No. SEIAA/31.09: Application for Environmental Clearance for 

developing a Residential Group Housing Project 

namely „DD Mittal Towers" at Multania Road, 

Bathinda by M/s BCL Industries & Infrastructure 

Ltd. 


1. M/s BCL Industries & Infrastructure Ltd has applied for obtaining 

environmental clearance for developing a Residential Group Housing Project 

namely „DD Mittal Towers" at Multania Road, Bathinda as required under 

EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006. The total plot area of the proposed 

project is 16274.27 Sq. m, which has been allotted by PIDB and has 

submitted a copy of the allotment letter as an evidence in this regard. The 

site of the project falls within M.C. limits of Bathinda and is for mixed land 

use. Total built up area will be 48820 Sq. m. and the project of the 

promoter is covered under category 8 (a) of the Schedule appended to the 

said notification. 

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 46 th meeting held on 

24.4.2011 and the Committee observed that the project proponent has 

provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations raised 

by it, therefore, the Committee awarded 'Bronze 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 

subject to certain conditions alongwith following condition in addition to the 

proposed measures . 

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"The project proponent shall not install any tubewell for 

abstraction of groundwater required at the construction as 

well as operation stage of the project since the project 

proponent has mentioned in the application / presented 

before the Committee that the entire requirement of water 

will be met from the M.C. Water supply". 

The project proponent was requested vide letter No. 1765 dated 

17.5.2011 to attend the 31 st meeting of SEIAA on 20.5.2011 to present the project 

proposal. 

Following were present in the meeting of SEIAA held on 20.5.2011 

on behalf of the project proponent to present the project proposal. 

1. Sh. K.M. Gupta, GM of the promoter company 

2. Sh. Yashpal Jain, Environmental Consultant, M/s Ace 


Sh. Yashpal Jain of M/s Ace Engineers & Consultants, Patiala, who is 

the Environmental Consultant for the project proponent and the name of his 

consultancy firm figures at Sr. no. 153 of the list uploaded by the MoEF at its 

official website, informed that:- 

1. A tubewell will be installed to meet with the requirement of water 

during construction stage and this tubewell will also be used to 

meet with the requirement of water during the period of failure of 

Municipal water supply in operation phase. 

2. The Bathinda block comes under safe category as per letter issued 

by the CGWA in case of M/s PACL India Ltd., for its residential 

township being developed in Bathinda block, as such, no 

permission is required to be obtained for abstraction of ground 

water since this site is also located in the said block. 

3. R.O. Plant will be installed to treat the ground water since the 

quantity of ground water of Bathinda Block is not potable in nature. 

The R.O. reject will be mixed with treated wastewater. 

4. The wastewater will be treated in a S.T.P. consisting of oil/grease 

trap, collection tank, primary clarifier, aeration tank, secondary 

clarifier, sand filter, ozonation and sludge drying beds will be 

provided to treat the wastewater. The treated wastewater will be 

utilized for flushing purpose, HVAC, horticulture and remaining will 

be discharged into sewer. 

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5. The solid waste about 900 kg/day shall be generated and the same 

will be segregated at source. The recyclable fraction will be sent 

directly to recyclers and the remaining waste will be disposed off at 

the site earmarked by M.C. Bathinda and the Corporation has 

issued permission in this regard. 

The Authority further observed that the project proponent is 

required to submit the following information / data before taking further necessary 

action in the matter. 

a) How much quantity of R.O. reject water will be generated and what will 

be the concentration of TSS and TDS in the same? 

b) Calculations showing as to what will be the conc. of TSS & TDS in the 

treated wastewater after mixing with R.O. reject water. 

c) Which mixing mechanism will be provided to ensure complete mixing of 

R.O. reject water and treated wastewater. 

d) Water balance chart for all the three seasons, i.e. summer, winter and 

rainy including R.O. permeate and reject water. 

Sh. Yash Pal Jain requested for 15 days time to submit the reply to 

the aforesaid observations of the Authority. 



received. 

Item No. SEIAA/31.10 Application for Environmental Clearance for 

developing a Housing Project namely „Golf 

Links-II' at Sector 116, Landran-Khard Road, 

Mohali by M/s Ansal Properties & 

Infrastructures Ltd. 

Following were present on 20.5.2011 to present the 

case before the SEIAA on behalf of the project promoter: 

1. Sh. Sanjay Gupta, Additional General Manager of the 

promoter company. 

2. Sh. Yash Pal Jain, Environmental Consultant, M/s Ace 


Sh. Yash Pal Jain of M/s Ace Engineers & Consultants, Patiala, who is 

the Environmental Consultant of the project proponent and the name of his 

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consultancy firm figures at sr. no. 153 of the list uploaded by the MoEF at its 

official website, presented the case before the SEAC. 

1. M/s Ansal Properties & Infrastructures Ltd., has submitted application for 

obtaining environmental clearance for developing a Group Housing Project 

namely „Golf Links-II' at Sector 116, Landran-Khard Road, Mohali as 

required under EIA notification dated 14.9.2006. The project of the 

promoter is covered under category 8 (a) of the Schedule appended to the 

said notification. The expected cost of the project is Rs. 166 Crores. 

2. The total plot area of the proposed project is 105.72 acres and total built 

up area is 1,20,000 Sq. m. The detail of the total plot area is as under: 

‣ 29.93 acres will be developed as residential area containing 501 

plots 

‣ 13.56 acres will be developed as group housing area having 650 

apartments. 

‣ 5.090 acres as EWS housing, 4.83 acres for commercial shops/SCO 

having 189 such establishments. 

‣ The remaining area has been kept for public facilities/institutional 

buildings, park/green area, roads and open space. 

2. The site of the project falls within M.C. limits of Mohali and CLU has been 

granted by the Town & Country Planning Department for an land area 

measuring 99.54 acres vide letter no. 544 dated 27.1.2010, however, CLU 

for remaining 4.6771 acres proposed to be acquired by the State Govt. shall 

be approved after its acquisition and handing over the possession to the 

promoter. 

3. The total water requirement for the project is 1755 KLD, which will be met 

with tubewells and also municipal water supply will be made available for 

the complex. The requisite permission from the Central Ground Water 

Authority is yet to be obtained. 

5. The total wastewater generation from the proposed project will be about 

1300 KLD, out of which 250 KLD of treated sewage will be utilized for 

flushing and 1050 KLD for plantation. 

6. The project proponent proposed to set up two identical STPs, in a phased 

manner. Each of the STP will have sewage handling capacity of 700 KLD 

consisting of collection tank, primary clarifier, aeration tank, secondary 

clarifier, pressure sand filter and sludge drying bed within the premises to 

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treat the wastewater. In one STP, ozonation treatment facility will be 

provided whose, wastewater will be used for flushing purpose. 

7. 55 recharging wells will be installed in the complex for rainwater 

harvesting. 

8. The total quantity of MSW has been estimated 5,000 kg/day, out of which 

1000 kg/day of recyclable solid waste, 2500 kg/day of biodegradable and 

1500 kg/day of non-biodegradable waste will be generated. This waste will 

be segregated at source by providing adequate number of collection bins 

separately for bio-degradable and non-biodegradable waste as per the 

MSW Rules, 2000. The bio-degradable solid waste will be disposed off in 

approved landfill sites and non-biodegradable & recyclable would be sold 

the recyclers. 

9. The total power requirement is 20 MW will be supplied by State Electricity 

Board. The project has provision to provide DG sets of capacity 2000 KVA, 

which will be provided with acoustic enclosures. 

10. The analysis results of ambient air, groundwater and ambient noise level 

got analyzed by M/s Industrial Testing Laboratory and Consulting House 

have been submitted. These reports indicate that the ambient air quality of 

the area is conforming to the standards laid down by the MoEF , ground 

water is potable and ambient noise levels are of the area is conforming to 

the standards laid down by the MoEF. 

11. Green belt will be developed in about 70,000 sq. m area. 


a. The case of the project proponent was considered by the SEAC on its 43 rd 

meeting held on 19.3.2011, which was attended by the representative of 

the promoter company and its Environmental Consultant to present the 

project proposal. 

b. The SEAC decided to defer the case till the reply of the observations raised 

by it, is received. The Committee was conveyed its decision to the project 

proponent vide letter No. 15427 dated 31.3.2011, 

c. Thereafter, the project proponent vide letter no. APIL/2011/1918 dated 

4.4.2011 has submitted the reply of the observations of the SEAC. 

d. The reply submitted by the project proponent was considered by the SEAC 

in its 46th meeting held on 24.4.2011 and the Committee observed that the 

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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 subject to the following conditions, in addition to the 

proposed measures for establishment of a group housing project in an area 

measuring as 105.72 acres at Sector-116, Landran-Kharar Road, Mohali. 









II. 

III. 

IV. 










V. Provision should be made for the supply of fuel (kerosene or cooking 

gas), utensils such as pressure cookers etc. to the laborers during 


VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 


health and adequately treated, if required, before engaging them to 

work at the site. 

Disinfection of wastewater shall be done with ozonation unit. 



Disposal of muck during construction phase should not create any 




X. Construction spoils, including bituminous material and other hazardous 




XI. 





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XII. 

XIII. 

XIV. 

XV. 

XVI. 

XVII. 

XVIII. 

XIX. 

XX. 

XXI. 

XXII. 

XXIII. 







phase. 

Fly ash should be used as construction material in the construction as 


amended on August, 2003 (The above condition is applicable only if the 




premixed concrete, curing agents and other best practices referred. 


be done by the use of dual plumbing line of different colours for 

separation of drinking water and treated sewage. 



control. 






requirement. 


Conservation Building Code which is proposed to be mandatory for all 

air conditioned spaces while it is aspirational for non air-conditioned 

spaces by use of appropriate thermal insulation material to fulfill 

requirement. 




measures from lightening. 

Provisions 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, Safe drinking water, medical health 

care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form to temporary 

structure to be removed after the completion of the project. 


I. The installation of sewage treatment plant (STP) and adequacy of 







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II. 





complex. 

III. Adequate treatment facility for drinking water shall be provided, if 

required. 

IV. 

Rainwater harvesting for roof run-off should be implemented. Before 

recharging the surface run-off, pretreatment must be done to remove 


gardens/green area be connected with the ground water recharging 

system. 

V. The solid waste generated should be properly collected and segregated. 



waste shall be sent to the municipal solid waste dump site as per the 

provisions of the Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) 

Rules, 2000 with the prior approval of competent authority. 

VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 







indigenous variety. 

Separate distribution pipelines be laid down for use of treated effluent 

for horticultural/gardening purpose with different colour coding. 

The project proponent should take adequate and appropriate measures 





X. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air quality, noise and water 


project. 

XI. 

XII. 

XIII. 

XIV. 











Ministry of Environment & Forests/SEAC in three months time. 



project. 

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I. This environmental clearance will valid for a period of five years from 


earlier. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

The environmental safeguards contained in the application of the 










monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by mail) to the respective 

Regional office of MoEF, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the 

SPCB/SEIAA. 

V. Officials from the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, 










VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 





to add additional safeguard/ 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 safeguard/ measures 

in a time bound and satisfactory manner. 















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X. These stipulations would be enforced among others under the 





XI. 

XII. 

XIII. 

XIV. 

XV. 

XVI. 















SPCB. The criteria pollutant levels namely; SPM, RSPM, SO 2 , NO x 

(ambient levels 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. 

The project proponent shall obtain permission from Central Ground 

Water Authority, Ministry of Water Resources for abstraction of 

groundwater before starting any construction activity at site. 


Department of Town & Country Planning, Punjab in the permission for 

CLU granted vide no. 544 CTP (Pb)SP-432 (M) dated 27.1.2010. 





The Authority further observed that the additional condition 

no. iv, v, vi, vii, xix, xx & xxi of Construction Phase recommended by the 

SEAC are not in order, therefore, these conditions are not required to be 

imposed in the environmental clearance to be granted to the project 

proponent. 



and was satisfied with the same. However, the project proponent is 

required to submit permission of CGWA for abstraction of ground water 

before grant of environmental clearance. The Authority, therefore, 

decided that the project proponent will submit the said permission 

within one month. Further, the Authority authorized the Member 

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Secretary of the SEIAA for grant of environmental clearance to the 

project proponent without bringing the case in the agenda of SEIAA, as 

and when the permission of CGWA for abstraction of ground water is 

submitted by the project proponent, subject to the following conditions, 

in addition to the proposed measures: 









II. 

III. 

IV. 








V. Disposal of muck during construction phase should not create any 




VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 










machinery to be used during construction should be in good condition 

and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards. 




phase. 

X. Fly ash should be used as construction material in the construction as 


amended on August, 2003 (This condition is applicable only if the 


XI. 


possible. 

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XII. 

XIII. 

XIV. 

XV. 

XVI. 

XVII. 


premixed concrete, curing agents and other best practices. 


be done by the use of different colours. 



control. 







measures from lightning. 


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. 


i) The installation of sewage treatment plant (STP) and adequacy of 









ii) 

iii) 

iv) 


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 / 

HVAC and for horticulture purpose etc. and shall maintain a record of 

readings of each such meter on daily basis. 



complex. 

Adequate treatment facility for drinking water shall be provided, if 

required. 




gardens/green area/roads/pavements shall be connected with the 

ground water recharging system. 

vi) 




waste shall be adequately treated as per the scheme submitted by the 

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vii) 

viii) 

ix) 

project proponent. Prior approval of competent authority should be 

obtained, if required. 







indigenous species/ variety. 

The project proponent should take adequate and appropriate measures 







project. 

xi) 

xii) 

xiii) 

xiv) 















project. 


i) This environmental clearance will valid for a period of five years from 


earlier. 

ii) 

iii) 

iv) 

The environmental safeguards contained in the application of the 










monitored 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. 

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vi) 




vii) Separate distribution pipelines be laid down for use of treated effluent / 

raw water for horticultural/gardening purposes with different colour 

coding. 

viii) 

ix) 















x) These stipulations would be enforced among others under the 





xi) 

xii) 

xiii) 















SPCB. The criteria pollutant levels namely; PM 2.5 , PM 10 , SO 2 , NO x , CO, 

Pb, Ozone (ambient air as well as stack emissions) shall be monitored 

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xiv) 

xv) 

xvi) 

xvii) 

and displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of the 

company in the public domain. 


Central Ground Water Authority, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of 

India. 


Department of Town & Country Planning, Punjab in the permission for 

CLU granted vide no. 544 CTP (Pb)SP-432 (M) dated 27.1.2010. 


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. 





Item No. SEIAA/31.11 Application for obtaining Environmental 

Clearance for developing a Residential Colony 

namely „Janpath Estates' at Village Jhammat, 

Opposite Sidhwan Canal Road, District Ludhiana 

(Punjab) by M/s Janpath Estates (P) Ltd. 


1. M/s Janpath Estates (P) Ltd. has submitted application for obtaining 

environmental clearance for developing a Residential Colony namely 

„Janpath Estates' at Village Jhammat, Opposite Sidhwan Canal Road, 

District Ludhiana as required under EIA notification dated 14/9/2006.The 

project promoter is covered under category 8 (a) of the Schedule appended 

to the said notification. 

2. The total plot area of the proposed project is 40426.772 Sq. m and total 

built up area is 30051.942 Sq m.,which comprises of 67 no. of residential 

villas , commercial activities and community centre. Therefore, the total 

population of the township will be 1022 including 352 floating population. 

3. The site of the project is located outside MC limits of Ludhiana in the 

residential zone as per the Master Plan and submitted a letter issued by 

DTP, Ludhiana vide memo no. 1348 dated 19.4.2011 to the effect that the 

site is located in the residential zone(RD-2). 

4. The total water consumption will be 46.99 KLD and permission has been 

obtained from the Govt. of India, Central Ground Water Authority, Ministry 

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of Water Resources vide the letter no. 408 dated 15.4.2011 for abstraction 

of 105 KLD of groundwater. 

5. About 60.627 KLD of wastewater will be generated, which will be treated in 

a STP of capacity 73 KLD. After treatment, about 54.564 KLD of treated 

wastewater will be generated from the STP, out of which 20.374 KLD will 

be used for flushing purpose and remaining 34.19 KLD will be used for 

horticulture purpose. 

6. About 304.80 Kg/day of solid waste will be generated, which will be 

segregated at source. The bio-degradable component of the waste will be 

sent to composting plant and non bio-degradable part will be sold out. 

7. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 46 th held on 24.4.2011 and 

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 subject to the following 

conditions, in addition to the proposed measures for establishment of a 

residential colony in area measuring as 40426.772 sq. m at Village 

Jhammat, Opp. Sidhwan Canal, District Ludhiana. 



i) “Consent to establish” shall be obtained from Punjab Pollution Control 






ii) 

iii) 

iv) 










v) Provision should be made for the supply of fuel (kerosene or cooking gas), 

utensils such as pressure cookers etc. to the laborers during construction 

phase. 

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vi) 

vii) 

viii) 

ix) 


health and adequately treated, if required, before engaging them to work 

at the site. 

Disinfection of wastewater shall be done with UV unit. 



Disposal of muck during construction phase should not create any adverse 




x) Construction spoils, including bituminous material and other hazardous 




xi) 

xii) 

xiii) 

xiv) 

xv) 

xvi) 

xvii) 




standards. 







Fly ash should be used as construction material in the construction as per 


on August, 2003 (The above condition is applicable only if the project is 

within 100 Km of Thermal Power Station). 



concrete, curing agents and other best practices referred. 


done by the use of dual plumbing line of different colours for separation of 

drinking water and treated sewage. 

xviii) Fixtures for showers, toilet flushing and drinking should be of low flow 


control. 

xix) 

xx) 

xxi) 






requirement. 


Conservation Building Code which is proposed to be mandatory for all air 

conditioned spaces while it is aspirational for non air-conditioned spaces by 

use of appropriate thermal insulation material to fulfill requirement. 

50

xxii) 




lightening. 

xxiii) Provisions shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the 


mobile toilets, mobile STP, Safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche 

etc. The housing may be in the form to temporary structure to be removed 

after the completion of the project. 










ii) 



iii) Adequate treatment facility for drinking water shall be provided, if 

required. 

iv) 

Rainwater harvesting for roof run-off should be implemented. Before 



area be connected with the ground water recharging system. 

v) The solid waste generated should be properly collected and segregated. 



be treated on-site composting facility. Prior approval of competent authority 

should be obtained, if required. 

vi) 

vii) 

viii) 

ix) 






be suitably landscaped and covered with vegetation of indigenous variety. 

Separate distribution pipelines be laid down for use of treated effluent for 

horticultural/gardening purpose with different colour coding. 








xi) 




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xii) 

xiii) 

xiv) 







lighting, building materials, R & U Factors etc. and submitted to the Ministry 

of Environment & Forests/SEAC in three months time. 



project. 




earlier. 

ii) 

iii) 

iv) 

The environmental safeguards contained in the application of the promoter 











office of MoEF, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB/SEIAA. 











vi) 

vii) 

viii) 





add additional safeguard/ measures subsequently, if found necessary, and 



implementation of the suggested safeguard/ measures in a time bound and 

satisfactory manner. 





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ix) 















xi) 

xii) 

xiii) 

xiv) 

xv) 














The criteria pollutant levels namely; SPM, RSPM, SO 2 , NO x (ambient levels 

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. 



Resources in the permission granted vide the letter no. 408 dated 

15.4.2011 for abstraction of 105 KLD of groundwater. 




1987. 

Sh. Rajesh Gupta, General Manager of the promoter 

company attended the meeting of SEIAA on 20.5.2011 and he replied 

the queries of the SEIAA. After detailed deliberations in the matter, the 

Authority observed that the condition no. iv, v, vi, vii, xix, xx & xxi of 

Construction Phase are not in order, therefore, these conditions are not 

required to be imposed in the environmental clearance to be granted to 

the project proponent. 

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and was satisfied with the same, therefore, the Authority decided to 





i) “Consent to establish” shall be obtained from Punjab Pollution Control 






ii) 

iii) 

iv) 








v) Disposal of muck during construction phase should not create any adverse 




vi) 

vii) 

viii) 

ix) 








standards. 


machinery to be used during construction should be in good condition and 

should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards. 




x) Fly ash should be used as construction material in the construction as per 


on August, 2003 (This condition is applicable only if the project is within 

100 Km of Thermal Power Station). 

xi) 

xii) 


possible. 


concrete, curing agents and other best practices. 

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xiii) 

xiv) 

xv) 

xvi) 

xvii) 


done by the use of different colours. 



control. 







lightning. 



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) 

iii) 

iv) 













system. 

vi) 

vii) 






required. 



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ix) 













xi) 

xii) 

xiii) 

xiv) 















project. 




earlier. 

ii) 

iii) 

iv) 

The environmental safeguards contained in the application of the promoter 



















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vi) 

vii) 

viii) 

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xi) 

xii) 

xiii) 

xiv) 

xv) 















(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. 



Resources in the permission granted vide the letter no. 408 dated 

15.4.2011 for abstraction of 105 KLD of groundwater. 





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xvi) 






1987. 


clearance under EIA Notification for increase in 

the production capacity of existing cement 

grinding unit from 75 TPD to 150 TPD of M/s 

Shri Bala Ji Cement Industries, in the revenue 

estate of Village Jai Singh Wala, Bagha Purana, 

Distt. Moga. 

The Authority observed that: 

1. M/s Shri Bala Ji Cement Industries has applied for obtaining environmental 

clearance as required under EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006 for increase in 

the production capacity of existing cement grinding unit from 75 TPD to 

150 TPD located in the revenue estate of Village Jai Singh Wala, Bagha 

Purana, Distt. Moga. The project of the promoter pertains to category 'B' 

and it falls under category 3 (b) of the Schedule appended to the said 

notification. 

2. Presently, the Industry is engaged in the business of producing 75 TPD of 

cement by way of grinding process. The industry has proposal to install one 

more ball mill to increase the production of cement from 75 TPD to 150 

TPD. 

3. The industry has installed its own tubewell for abstraction of 1.5 KLD water 

required for domestic purpose. 

4. The domestic effluent is discharged onto land for plantation after passing 

through septic tank. 

5. The existing grinding and mixing sections are equipped with bag filter 

house as APCD and the industry has proposal to install separate bag filter 

house as APCD for the additional ball mill to be installed. 

6. Ambient air quality of the area has been monitored at 7 stations, the results 

of which are as under: 

Location of the Station Concentration of parameters in g/m 3 

PM 2.5 PM 10 SO 2 NO x CO 

Project area 40 71 3.4 16.2 0.4 

Village Charik 42 73 3.3 15.7 0.4 

Village Jaimalwala 37 74 3.2 15.6 0.4 

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Village Samalsar 39 73 3.1 15.3 0.5 

Village Rodhe 46 77 3.0 16.2 0.4 

Village Ugoke 42 67 3.2 15.4 0.4 

Village Sekha Kalan 41 81 3.4 15.0 0.4 

7. Impact on the ambient air quality due to increase in the capacity of existing 

industrial plant through ISC-ST-3 Air dispersion model was assessed by the 

consultant of the industry and he calculated that the maximum increase in 

the concentration of particulate matter in the ambient air will be 1.5 g/m 3 , 

therefore, the conc. of particulate matter in the ambient air will remain 

within the prescribed standards even after increase in the capacity of 

existing cement grinding unit. 

8. Green belt along the boundary wall and within the industry in the open 

space will be provided in an area of 1416 sq. m. 

9. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 47 th meeting held on 

6.5.2011,which was attended by the 

partner of the industry and its 

consultant to present their case.The SEAC looked into the proceedings of 

the public hearing conducted by the Punjab Pollution Control Board on 

3.1.2011 and it has been noted that the said public hearing was attended 

by 94 persons, out of which more than 90% were in favour of expansion of 

the existing unit. The Committee also looked into 5 complaints received 

after conducting the public hearing in which it has been stated that the 

existing unit of the industry is causing air pollution in the area. 

Committee observed that the project proponent has provided adequate and 

satisfactory clarifications of the observations raised by it, therefore, it was 

decided to forward the case to the SEIAA, with the recommendation to 



A. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS : 

i. All other necessary statutory clearances from the concerned 

Departments including consent to establish/operate from the Punjab 

Pollution Control Board shall be obtained prior to commencement of 

construction and / or operation. 

ii. 

The 

Adequate pollution control measures and energy efficient technology 

shall be provided to control emissions from various sources within the 

limits prescribed. 

iii. 

Bag house and bag filters shall be provided to contain particulate matter 

concentration from various units within the limits prescribed by the 

Punjab Pollution Control Board. Interlocking facility shall be provided in 

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the pollution control equipment, so that, in the event of the pollution 

control equipment not working, the respective unit (s) is shut down 

automatically. 

iv. 

The National Ambient Air Quality Emission Standards issued by the 

Ministry vide G.S.R. No. 826(E) dated 16 th November, 2009 shall be 

followed. Ambient air quality monitoring (AAQM) stations shall be set up 

as per statutory requirement in consultation with the Punjab State 

Pollution Control Board and relevant parameters including noise levels 

shall not exceed the standards stipulated under EPA or by the State 

authorities. Monitoring of ambient air quality and stack emissions shall 

be carried out regularly in consultation with PPCB and reports submitted 

to the Board quarterly and to the Ministry's Regional Office at 

Chandigarh/SEIAA, Punjab, half-yearly. 

v. The fugitive emissions during loading and unloading shall be suitably 

controlled. The company shall install adequate dust collection and 

extraction system to control fugitive dust emissions at various transfer 

points. The dust collected from the pollution control equipment shall be 

recycled back into the process. Storage of raw material shall be in 

closed roof sheds. Dust suppression and containment system be 

provided in raw material stock yard and cement bag loading areas. 

vi. 

Secondary fugitive emissions shall be controlled and shall be within the 

prescribed limits and regularly monitored. Guidelines / Code of Practice 

issued by the CPCB/PPCB in this regard shall be followed. 

vii. 

viii. 

Impact of transport system due to movement of raw material and 

finished products on the surrounding environment shall be assessed and 

all the necessary precautions shall be taken to control dust emissions. 

Transportation of raw materials shall be in covered means. 

Total water requirement shall not exceed 1.5 m 3 /day and prior 

permission shall be obtained from the concerned department. No 

wastewater shall be discharged outside the factory premises and 'zero' 

discharge shall be strictly followed. The domestic wastewater shall be 

treated in septic tank and used for irrigation of green belt within the 

premises. 

ix. 

Rainwater harvesting measures shall be adopted to replenish the 

groundwater only by collecting run-off from the roof top. 

x. All the solid waste viz. fly ash and dust etc. shall be properly recycled 

and reutilized in the process itself. The sludge from the septic tank shall 

be used as manure for green belt development after appropriate 

treatment. Used/spent oil shall be sold to authorized recyclers 

/reprocessors only. 

xi. 

xii. 

As proposed, green belt shall be developed in at least 1416 m 2 out of 

total 4046.8 m 2 area within the plant premises to mitigate the impact of 

emissions on the surrounding environment as per the Central Pollution 

Control Board guidelines in consultation with local DFO. 

Proper house keeping and adequate occupational health programmes 

shall be taken up. 

xiii. All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate 

Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for the Cement Plants 

shall be implemented. 

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xiv. The company shall undertake eco-development measures including 

community welfare measures in the project area. 

B. GENERAL CONDITIONS : 

i) The project authority shall adhere to the stipulations laid down by 

Punjab Pollution Control Board and State Government. 

ii) 

iii) 

iv) 

No further expansion or modification of the plant shall be carried out 

without prior approval of the Competent Authority. 

The gaseous (SPM, SO 2 , NO X , CO) and particulate matter emissions from 

various units shall conform to the standards prescribed by the Punjab 

Pollution Control Board. At no time, particulate emissions from the 

cement plant shall exceed the prescribed standards. Continuous on-line 

monitors for particulate emissions shall be installed. Inter-locking facility 

shall be provided in the pollution control equipment so that in the event 

of the pollution control equipment not working, the respective unit(s) is 

shut down automatically. 

Industrial wastewater shall be properly collected and treated so as to 

conform to the standards prescribed under GSR 422 (E) dated 19 th May, 

1993 and 31 st December, 1993 or as amended from time to time. The 

treated wastewater shall be utilized for plantation purpose. 

v) The overall noise levels in and around the plant area within the premises 

shall be kept well within the standards (85 dBA) by providing noise 

control measures including acoustic hoods, silencers, enclosures etc. on 

all sources of noise generation. The ambient noise levels shall conform 

to the standards prescribed under Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986 

Rules, 1989 viz. 75 dBA (day time) and 70 dBA (night time). 

vi) 

vii) 

Proper housekeeping and adequate occupational health programmes 

must be taken up. Occupational Health Surveillance programme shall be 

done on a regular basis and records maintained properly for at least 30- 

40 years. The programme must include lung function and sputum 

analysis tests once in six months. Sufficient preventive measures shall be 

adopted to avoid direct exposure to dust etc. 

The company shall undertake eco-development measures including 

community welfare measures in the project area. 

viii) 

The project proponent shall also comply with all the environmental 

protection measures and safeguards recommended in the EIA/ EMP. 

ix) 

As proposed, Rs 12.00 Lakhs and Rs. 2.20 Lakhs shall be allocated 

towards environment management plan and recurring cost/annum, 

respectively and use exclusively to implement the conditions stipulated 

by the Ministry of Environment and Forests as well as the State 

Government. Time bound implementation schedule for implementing all 

the conditions stipulated herein shall be submitted to the Ministry's 

Regional Office at Chadigarh/SEIAA, Punjab. The funds so provided shall 

not be diverted for any other purpose. 

x) A separate environmental management cell with full fledged laboratory 

facilities to carry out various management and monitoring functions 

shall be set up under the control of Senior Executive. 

xi) 

The Regional Office of the Ministry at Chandigarh/ Central Pollution 

Control Board, Lucknow/ Punjab Pollution Control Board shall monitor 

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xiii) 

the stipulated conditions. A six monthly compliance report and the 

monitored data alongwith statistical interpretation shall be submitted to 

them regularly. 

A copy of clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned 

Panchayat, Zila 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 web site of the company by the proponent. 

The project proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the 

stipulated environment clearance conditions, including results of 

monitoring data on their website and shall update the same periodically. 

It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the MOEF, the 

respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the PPCB. The criteria pollutant 

levels namely; SPM, RSPM, SO 2 , NOx (ambient levels 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. 

xiv) 

xv) 

xvi) 

xvii) 


status of the compliance of the stipulated environmental conditions 

including results of monitoring data (both in hard copies as well as by e- 

mail) to the Regional Office of MOEF, the respective Zonal Office of 

CPCB and the PPCB. The Regional Office of this Ministry / CPCB / PPCB 

shall monitor the stipulated conditions. 

The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31 st March 

on Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to 

the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the 

Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall 

also be put on the website of the company alongwith the status of 

compliance of environmental conditions and shall also be sent to the 

respective Regional Offices of the MOEF/SEIAA, Punjab by e-mail. 

The Project Proponent shall inform the public that the project has been 

accorded environmental clearance by the SEIAA, Punjab and copies of 

the clearance letter are available with the PPCB and may also be seen at 

Website of the SEIAA at http:/seiaapunjab.co.in. This shall be advertised 

within seven days from the date of issue of the clearance letter, at least 

in two local newspapers that are widely circulated in the region of which 

one shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned and a 

copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional office. 

Project authorities shall inform the Regional Office as well as the 

Ministry/SEIAA, Punjab, the date of financial closure and final approval 

of the project by the concerned authorities and the date of commencing 

the land development work. 

xviii) This environmental clearance will be valid for a period of five years from 


earlier. 

The Authority observed that the case stands recommended by 

the SEAC and looked into all aspects of the project proposal in detail and was 

satisfied with the same, therefore, the Authority decided to grant environmental 

clearance to the project proponent subject to the conditions recommended by the 

SEAC, in addition to the proposed measures. 

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The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair. 

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