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SHREE GANESH FATS PROPOSED GREENFIELD PROJECT OF CHLOR-ALKALI AND CAPTIVE

POWER PLANT AT VILL: LANDHA, AMBALA, HARYANA CH-7: ADDITIONAL

STUDIES

KADAM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS | DECEMBER 2015 163

7.2 PUBLIC CONSULTATION

An application for conduct of public hearing was made to Haryana State Pollution Control Board

(HSPCB), Panchkula with submission of following documents:

Draft EIA/EMP & RA/DMP Report;

Executive summary in English and in local language (Hindi);

In addition to above soft copies containing EIA report and Executive summaries were also

submitted to HSPCB.

7.2.1 Notice of Public Hearing

After processing the application for public consultation, HSPCB in accordance with district

administration fixed the date and venue for public hearing.

Public hearing was conducted on 28th August, 2015 at 11:00 hours at project site, Village Landha,

Tehsil Saha, Ambala. An advertisement covering the requirements laid out in EIA notification

Appendix IV Procedure for conduct of public hearing) Section 3 (Notice of Public Hearing) was issued

by HSPCB in widely circulated national daily ‘The Tribune’ and regional vernacular daily ‘Aaj Samaj’ in

Hindi (local language) on 22nd July, 2015. Advertisements are attached as Annexure 22.

Draft Environmental Impact Assessment report and the Executive Summary in both English and local

language (Hindi) were sent to the following authorities to display the same for inspection by public till

the public hearing gets over that is the period from 22nd July, 2015 (the date of publication of

advertisement in print media) to 28th August, 2015 (the date of Public hearing) by HSPCB:

Deputy Commissioner, Ambala.

Regional Office Haryana State Pollution Control Board, Panchkula

O/o Zila Parishad, Ambala

O/o Municipal Council, Ambala

Joint Director, District Industries Centre, Ambala

Copy of the letter issued by HSPCB to above concerned authorities is attached as Annexure 23.

7.2.2 Publicity of Public Hearing

To ensure maximum participation from the affected people wide publicity of the public hearing was

done, executive summary of the project in local language (Hindi) was distributed to the Sarpanch of

villages falling within study area as shown in Annexure 24.

SHREE GANESH FATS PROPOSED GREENFIELD PROJECT OF CHLOR-ALKALI AND CAPTIVE POWER PLANT AT VILL: LANDHA, AMBALA, HARYANA CH-7: ADDITIONAL STUDIES


7.2.3 Panel

Shri Arvind Sharma, Additional District Magistrate, Ambala and Shri Satinder Pal, Regional Officer, HSPCB presided and supervised over the entire public

hearing proceedings. Other members who have attended the meeting are:

Shri R. K. Chanana, BDPS Saha

Smt. Vijay Luxmi, Department of Industries

Shri Gaurav Kumar, Forest Department

Shri Vipin Kumar, AEE HSPCB

Shri Raj Kumar, Sc-B, HSPCB

Shri Ramesh Verma, Assistant, ADC office, Ambala

7.2.4 Proceedings

The proceedings of public hearing (Minutes of Meeting issued by HSPCB) is attached as Annexure 25. The key objections, suggestions and comments

raised during public hearing are given in Table 7-5 and summarized in Table 7-6. Photographs of the public hearing are shown in Photograph 7-1.

Table 7-5: Issues Raised during Public Hearing

Sr. No.

Name of Person Issue raised Positive Response Response by

Project proponent & his Env. Consultant

1 Dr. Rakesh Aggarwal

What will be the Precaution for gaseous emission of two gases from the unit --

Officer: Gases will be passed through wet scrubber before emission so that clear gas will be emitted.

2 Sh. Jarnail Singh

Whether waste water generated from the unit is harmful or not. What will be the provision of waste water disposal

Project owner is helpful and nice person. He has helped the nearby

people as and when required in the past.

Reply by BDPO, Saha:

There will be no waste water discharge from the unit.

3 Sh. Jarnail Singh What will be the effect of the gases

emitted from unit whether the gases will be harmful or not?

--

Consultant: There will be emission of two gases i.e. Chlorine & Hydrogen. Wet scrubber of NaCl will be

provided for the treatment/Control of Gaseous emission to neutralize the gas under prescribed limits by CPCB. The calculation of the stack height is 15 meter but unit will provide 30 meter stack height and unit will install captive power plant with the stack height of 80 meter.

There would be no harmful effect to the nearby residents from the unit.

5 Sh. Jarnail Singh If unit will be installed in this area,

whether employment will be given to -- Project Proponent: During construction phase of unit, the unit will organize training program for local people



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nearby villagers? and out of them, they will select the suitable candidate and employment will be given to them.

6 Sh. Jarnail Singh What will be provisions of waste water? --

Consultant: It will be zero liquid discharge unit. Whatever waste water generated from the unit will be

organic in nature and there will not be any effect on soil, PH will be neutralized in the ETP and all the waste water

will be reused in the process.

7 Sh. Randip Singh

Because of flood prone area, if there will be heavy rain then the rain water will get mixed with waste water generated from the unit, then the water will go the field

and will give harmful effect.

--

Consultant: Unit will be constructed above the ground level and all the surface area of the unit will be made of concrete, separate drainage system will be provided for

collection of storm water. Also unit will provide collection tank for storage of excess

rain water and tank will be designed taking into consideration the rain data of last 50 years so that there

will be no chance of mixing of waste water with rain water.

8 Sh. Jaswinder

Singh

Whether this chlorine gas is equivalent to gas released in Bhopal. What will be the effect and what will be the provisions for the control of chlorine gas in the plant?

-- Consultant: Chlorine gas generated from the process

will be neutralized.

9 Captain Gurnail

Singh

Clarify whether the storage tanks provided for waste water collection and storm water will be made of stainless

steel and air tight. In case of any flood Can project

proponent ensure that no waste water will be discharged from the unit?

--

Consultant: Waste water generated will be inorganic in nature which will cause no pollution to ground water. Unit will provide online automatic monitoring system & hypo system as the safety feature for the chlorine plant

in cases of any leakage of gases. Leakage of more than 1 ppm of chlorine gas will be

sucked and got collected through hypo system. The collection tank of hypo system will not be of

stainless steel because it will get corroded. The collection tank will be made of special material for

prevention of corrosion/leakage. One chlorine bullet will be kept empty every time for

transfer of chlorine quantity in case of any leakage and further convert into hypo to manufacture hypo chloride.

10 Captain Gurnail

Singh

When the Govt. has provided space at HSIIDC site for new industry, then why

this industry cannot be set up in industrial area, is there any provisions to

shift the units at that site?

-- Not Replied



Sr. No.



11 Captain Gurnail

Singh

Pratap factory situated in village kesri is engaged in textile work and in this

factory there is no Proper disposal of gaseous emission and waste water.

--

Project Proponent: Industry which is in comparison with our unit is not relevant and safety system will be

there and organic water/effluent is not harmful.

12 Sh. Hemant

Sharma

We are not technical and educated persons and this issue is a technical one therefore it is requested to deal at your level as your good self knows merits and

de-merits of this unit.

-- Agreed

13 Sh. Jitender Singh

What is the provisions for maintenance of the road, which are not maintained

during last 10 years? --

Project Proponent: Will discuss about this issue with district administration and other godown units operating

here and will collect money for maintenance of the roads.

14 Sh. Jitender Singh What is the assurance regarding

employment to the villagers? --

Project Proponent: Unit will organize training program and training will be given to nearby residents and

suitable candidate will be employed.

15 Sh. Jitender Singh --

The nearby area is flood prone area and the crop gets destroyed due to

flood, however due to industrialization in nearby area, the earning of peoples has increased

from Rs. 250/- per day to Rs. 500/- per day.

Haryana govt/central govt is emphasizing on industrialization

therefore we don’t want to lose the opportunity and we are happy and agreed for the installation of said proposed project in our village.

Noted

16 Sh. Talwara Singh

Our crops are destroying from last 3 years due to no proper disposal of rain water and the road pulia has also been broken which leading to stagnation of

water in nearby fields.

-- Noted

17 Sh. Bagh Singh Health related issues of nearby villagers

due to chlorine gas. --

Project Proponent: Under CSR the unit will provide free medical check up to the villagers & no such type of

problem will occur but for the satisfaction of the villagers, the unit will provide monthly/half yearly/yearly basis health checkup for villagers in order to ensure the



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health of the people of the nearby villages.

18 Sh. Jaswinder

Singh How medical checkup will be done --

Project Proponent: Red cross medical staff will be arranged for regular checkups

19 Dr. Rakesh Aggarwal

People have doubt that the same kind of factory is in operation in district sangrur, Punjab. 10-15 people of this village may be taken to visit that factory and they

will see which type of gases are emitted from unit.

--

Project Proponent: There are only two units in north India one is in Rajpura, Punjab and 2nd is in Nagpal, Punjab and there is no any such kind of factory in

Sangrur district.

20 Villager

Doubts about the unit representative who had visited different villages 2 to 3

months back and said that they will provide 2 No. of Bore well for rain water harvesting in nearby (pond/johar) and

the project proponent will help for making community place (Dharamshala).

What is the purpose of Bore well?

--

Project Proponent: As water will be extracted from the ground for the unit, therefore in order to recharge ground water table, the rain water will be recharged

through these bore wells in the villages to maintain the ground water table.

Consultant: The rain water which is collected within the premises of the unit will not be used for recharge of

ground water table. Although the rain water within the village will be collected and village ponds will be

excavated and widened to increase their capacity.

21 Dr. Aggarwal

The water is flowing from north to south direction and water from nearby 20

villages is passing through Landha village at the same site being natural flow when

the unit will be constructed then what will be the passage for water flow?

-- Noted

22 Shri. Jasvinder

Singh

We pray that care of our village should be taken as there are chances of spreading of disease like cancer.

Secondly being flood prone area, the chemical water mixed with rain water in the past and destroyed the crops. Due to increase in construction activities there will be obstruction for free flow of water from the fields and ultimately effect the crops, therefore same should be taken

care of.

-- Noted & Agreed



Sr. No.



23 Sh. Hemant

Sharma --

Health is must, so we request ADC that a team of technical officers

must be constituted and examined at your level. We have no objection

against the unit.

Noted

24 Sh. Sukhdev

Singh

It is a flood prone area and during rainy season water is flowing from this area

therefore there can be water logging and due to water logging the villagers are

bound to sold their agricultural land as it is not practically feasible to grow crops, what will happen if things will go in this

manner?

--

Reply by Sh. Bagh Singh: If we cannot grow crops on this land, then what is the use of the land? We have

to work day and night for disposal of water from the fields, therefore people are selling their land. Also water

is not flowing from the proposed site but from the nearby land. Moreover earlier the godowns has been

constructed on the downstream of the unit then why not questions were raised on this issue at that time

25 Sh. Ajaib Singh --

Due to upcoming industries in nearby area, the land value has increased and the land owner is getting benefit and can purchase more land at some other place. If the industry came here, it will be

beneficial for everyone.

Noted

26 Sh. Jaswinder

Singh --

We are not against anybody. The matter is basically related to safety

of the farmers. Agreed



Table 7-6: Summary of Issues Raised during Public Hearing

Five Yearly Distribution of fund on ESC and Social development activities (SDA) are provided in Table 7-7.

Sr. No.

Issues Raised Mitigation measures Commitment by Owner for Fund Allotment

1 Discharge of waste water Generated

ETP will be used for treatment of waste water and treated water will be completely reused within the process. The unit will work

on the principle of Zero Liquid Discharge.

Will be taken care of during design and operation phase.

Cost already included in project cost.

2 Mixing of Rain Water with waste water Separate storm water drain will be provided within the plant to

avoid mixing with waste water. 2.85 Cr

3 Why not proposed unit in Industrial estate The plots in industrial estate are small in size. The area required

for the proposed unit is not available within industrial estate. Consideration taken in evaluation of site.

4 Employment Opportunities Training will be conducted for villagers and suitable candidates

will be given employment in the unit. 1.9 Cr

5 Infrastructure Development Matter will be discussed with administration and other godowns

and money will be collected for development of roads. 4.75 Cr

6 Risk to Human Health

All necessary precautions will be taken to minimize risk to human health. Additionally, under CSR activities, unit will

conduct regular health checkups for villagers. 4.75 Cr

7 Damage to the Crop

Emission of gases will be controlled by using scrubbers and no waste water will be discharged from the unit. Hence there is

minimum risk of damage to crops. 0.95 Cr

8

Safety Features of the Proposed Plants,

Chlorine gas Emissions & its control

Chlorine gas stack will be connected to hypo scrubber to ensure no release of gas into environment.

Chlorine sensors will be installed to detect any leakage of chlorine.

One tank of chlorine will be kept empty to meet any emergency situation of leakages in tanks.

Will be taken care of during design and operation phase.

Cost already included in project cost.



Table 7-7: Five yearly Distribution of Fund

Activities Fund allotment in Cr (%) 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 5th Year

Rain water Harvesting 2.85 (15%) 0.43 0.43 0.57 0.71 0.71

Employment Opportunities/Training 1.90 (10%) 0.29 0.29 0.38 0.47 0.47

Infrastructure Development 4.75 (25%) 0.70 0.70 0.95 1.20 1.20

Human Health 4.75 (25%) 0.70 0.70 0.95 1.20 1.20

Crop Damage 0.95 (0.95%) 0.14 0.14 0.19 0.24 0.24

SDA 3.80 (20%) 0.57 0.57 0.76 0.95 0.95

Total 19.00 (100%) 2.83 2.83 3.80 4.77 4.77

SHREE GANESH FATS PROPOSED GREENFIELD PROJECT OF CHLOR-ALKALI AND CAPTIVE

POWER PLANT AT VILL: LANDHA, AMBALA, HARYANA CH-7: ADDITIONAL

BENEFITS


Photograph 7-1: Public Hearing Proceedings

SHREE GANESH FATS PROPOSED GREENFIELD CHLOR-ALKALI AND COAL BASED CAPTIVE

CO-GENERATION POWER PLANT AT VILL. LANDHA, AMBALA, HARYANA ANNEXURES


Annexure 22: Advertisement in Newspaper

Advertisement – English Newspaper “The Tribune” dated 22nd July, 2015




Advertisement – Local News Paper “Aaj Samaj” Dated 22nd July, 2015




Annexure 23: Copy of Letter issued by HSPCB to Concerned Authorities for PH




Annexure 24: Proof of Executive Summary Distribution in Villages




Annexure 25: MoM of Public Hearing

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