PUBLIC HEARING DOCUMENTS

1.1 PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Public consultation for this project was conducted on 27/01/2016 at 01:00 P.M. at

Earlier Middle School, Taroda, Sarvankheda, Kanpur Dehat which was presided over by

the Additional Distt. Magestrate (Admin) and attended by officers of UPPCB, Kanpur.

The public hearing was attended by nearby villages, NGO & other organizations.

Requisite publicity through local news papers/ media i.e. in Amar Ujala and Hindustan

Times Dated 27.12.2015 was given 30 days in advance of the date; as fixed for public

hearing through the Collector and State Pollution Control Board official in the matter.

The views and grievances of the attendees were listened. The project proponent has

given commitment to fulfil the environmental and social responsibility for development

of community of nearby villages. In this report, public hearing proceedings and minutes

of public hearing is included in the final EIA/EMP report and submitting to Expert

Appraisal Committee (EAC), MoEF, New Delhi for Environment Clearance.

Table 7-Error! No text of specified style in document.-1Public Hearing Compliance

with budgetary allocation

S.No. Issues raised by the

Public

RESPONSE/ COMMITMENT

OF PROJECT PROPONENTS REMARKS

1. Mr. Desh Deepak Yadav,

sherpura Taronda has

asked that the drain

(industrial) which is being

flowing through village

should be checked

Question was not related to

the Project Proponent.

UPPCB

official

assured that

appropriate

action will

be taken.

2. Mr. Ashwini Kumar,

member panchayat area

has asked that there is no

arrangement of water

discharge made by M/s K.

C. Kapoor. Animals

getting sick by consuming

Question was not related to

the Project Proponent.

UPPCB

official

assured that

appropriate

action will

be taken.

the water. There is no

arrangement of water

discharge.

3. Mr. Girish Babu Tiwari

has asked that

contaminated water of

M/s Agmotex fabrics

reaches up to village

through drain up to

agricultural field. It is

proposed to have some

other industries instead

of leather industry.

Question was not related to

the Project Proponent.

UPPCB

official

assured that

appropriate

action will

be taken.

4. Letter received from Mr.

Kamlesh Kumar of village

Taraunda said that “the

other factories installed

in the area disposes

waste water flow

towards Taraunda and

the pollution control

board does not give

satisfactory reply raised

by us”:

(a) The drain

should be RCC

and wide so that

the drain can be

easily cleaned.

(a) The issue does not relate

to the project proponent.

UPPCB

official

assured that

appropriate

action will

be taken.

(b) In response the

complaints

raised to

Pollution

Control board, a

lady officer has

said that this

project is big

and organized,

hence there will

not be any

water

discharge.

(c) He advised that

the leather

factory should

not be installed

and some other

project should

come up.

(b) The issue does not relate

to the project proponent.

(c) Proposed project by M/s

Leayan Global is being set

up with latest technologies

which include best

practices, highest level of

green technologies

accepted everywhere in

world. Project is proposed

to be a Zero Liquid

Discharge (ZLD) and ETP is

installed with three stage

RO system followed by

MEE and water shall be

reused in process itself and

other activities within the

premises. Therefore,

proposed project is not

going to impact

environment of the area

adversely. Project will have

positive impact due to

social and employment

benefits due to operation

of the project.

5 Letter received from Mr.

Anuj Kumar Singh S/o Sh.

Balveer Singh of village

Sherpur Taraunda, said

that the the resident of

village of Taraunda are

not in favour of

installation of Leather

tannery unit.

(a) Rania is an

industrial area.

The water flows

through our

village

Taraunda.

(a) Proposed unit is going to

follow best practices for

tanneries and will be a ZLD

unit due to a proper ETP

system which will be based

on Physico-chemical,

Biological treatment, RO &

MEE. There will be no flow

of waste to villages due to

operation of proposed

project. It will be ensured

that no water will be

discharged outside the

unit.

(b) The animals are

dying after

drinking

polluted water

in drains.

(c) The agricultural

fields are also

getting

destroyed due

to Polluted

water of drains.

Around 100

Bigha

Agricultural land

has also become

infertile due to

this. Land is not

fertile due to

which the

farmers are

having lots of

losses.

(d) Air pollution has

increase in our

area due to

(b) Proposed project will be

ZLD unit and shall cause no

pollution of water in the

area. Project proponent

shall provide provision of

water tank for drinking

purpose of animals; the

same has been added in

activities under CSR of the

unit.

(c) The complaint relates to

pollution caused by

existing units and their

operation. Proposed

project will be ZLD and

there will be no impact on

agricultural fields due to its

operation. Hence no

damage will be caused to

the environment.

(d) Proposed tannery unit will

have insignificant impact

on air environment as per

which people

are having

medical

problem like

asthma & lungs

problems.

(e) Leather industry

will increase air

pollution in our

village which

may inturn

increase the

medical

problem in the

village.

the results of dispersion

modelling (AERMOD) given

in EIA report wherein

modelling shows

insignificant impact due to

air pollution control

systems. Although the GLC

is negligible, it will have

minimum impact on

habitat. After installing

control measures

maximum incremental GLC

will be 1.85 g/m3 (PM). It

is 500 m away from

boundary of complex. It is

an open area. Stack of

Boiler will have multi

cyclone/Bag filter for

emission control.

(e) Proposed tannery unit will

have insignificant impact

on air environment as per

the results of dispersion

modelling (AERMOD) given

in EIA report. Stack of

Boiler will have multi

cyclone / Bag filter for

emission control which will

control emissions to a

maximum GLC incremental

impact 1.85 g/m3 (PM).

Hence, there will be no

impact on health of the

villagers. The detailed

dispersion report is

attached at Annexure-V of

EIA Report.

6 Letter received from 42

village residents of village

sherpur Taraunda,

Pargana & Teh. Akbarpur,

Janpat, Kanpur, Dehat. In

the letter, the villagers

requested that they are

resident of Vill. Sherpur

Taraunda and RSPL

named company is

planning to open leather

industry on the land of

their village. The villagers

have land just behind the

plot boundary of this

industry in which they

grow crop for livelihood/

earnings.

(a) “In case they

start this plant

then the

villagers will not

be able to reach

their

agricultural land

Alternate approach path shall

be provided to local people in

consultation with gram

panchayat & local stake

holders. Proposed project will

be a ZLD Unit wherein all waste

water generated will be re-

and their

residence will

be polluted and

it will be difficult

for children and

adult of the

village to live in

this

environment.

Therefore, we

request that no

such type of

industry should

come up this

area so that the

resident of

villages have

safe life”.

used by treatment in ETP which

uses Physio-chemical

Biological, RO, MEE

technologies. There shall be no

discharge of waste water from

the plant due to advanced

treatment proposed. Project

shall have insignificant impact

on air environment due to

installation of proper APCS on

sources, which has been

interpreted using AERMOD

software modelling and

maximum GLC has been

computed to 1.85 g/m3 (PM).

Proper acoustical enclosures

shall be put for noise control

within and outside the plant.

Project will bring in positive

social benefits in form of

employment; CSR etc. and

there will be no adversary to

life of villagers due to

operation of this project. The

details for CSR is given at

section no. 9.11 of EIA Report.

Proper medical facilities shall

be provided for the workers.

After that chairman summarized the meeting by assuring to the to consider all the facts raised

in the meeting shall be forwarded at competent level. The Public Hearing proceedings as

recorded by UPPCB have been given in Enclosure-3 of EIA report document.

1.1.1 PUBLIC HEARING PHOTOS