Rachagunneri, Mandal Yerpedu & Srikalahasthi, District Chittoor

Monitoring Report

Sub (i): Environmental Clearance to Expansion of Integrated Steel Complex (Pig Iron Plant (1,75,000 to 5,25,000 TPA), Ductile Iron Spun Pipes Plant (1,20,000 to 4,00,000 TPA), Slag Cement (90,000 to 3,90,000 TPA), Coke Oven Plant (1,62,000 to 4,62,000 TPA) and Captive Power Plant (14.5 MW to 40.5 MW) at Village Rachagunneri, Mandal Srikalahasti, District Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh by Srikalahasthi Pipes Ltd. (Formerly Lanco Industries Ltd.) vide MoEF's EC letter No.J-110111914/2007-IA.II (I) dated 2Sth July, 2008.

Sub (ii): Environmental Clearance to Expansion of the Ductile Iron Pipe Plant b installing 4xlOO TPD Sponge Iron (1,30,000 TPA) Steel Making facility (1,25,000 TPA), 4X9 MVA Ferro Alloy (Fe-Si: 25,000 TPA or Si-Mn: 60,000 TPA or Fe-Mn: 75,000 TPA) along with 12 MW Captive Power Plant (8 MW WHRB and 4 MW FBC) at Villages Merlapaka & Rachagunneri, Mandal Yerpedu & Srikalahasthi, District Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh by Srikalahasthi Pipes Ltd. (Formerly Lanco Industries Ltd.) vide MoEF's EC letter No..J- 11011/1S8/2011-IA.II (I) dated 11thJanuary, 2013.

Date of site inspection: 24th &2Sth November, 2016

PART I (In respect of two EC's mentioned above) DATA SHEET 1 Project Type Industry River valley / Mining / Industry / Thermal / Nuclear / Other Specify 2 Name of the project (i). Expansion of Integrated Steel Complex (Pig Iron Plant (1,75,000 to 5,25,000 TPA), Ductile Iron Spun Pipes Plant (1,20,000 to 4,00,000 TPA), Slag Cement (90,000 to 3,90,000 TPA), Coke Oven Plant (1,62,000 to 4,62,000 TPA) and Captive Power Plant (14.5 MW to 40.5 MW).

(ii). Expansion of the Ductile Iron Pipe Plant b installing 4xl00 TPD Sponge Iron (1,30,000 TPA) Steel Making facility (1,25,000 TPA), 4X9 MVA Ferro Alloy (Fe-Si: 25,000 TPA or Si-Mn: 60,000 TPA or Fe-Mn: 75,000 TPA along with 12 MW Captive Power Plant (8 MW WHRB and 4MWFBC) 3 Clearance letter(s) / OM 1. J-II0111914/2007-IA.II (I) dated 25.7.2008 and No. and dated 10.12.2008.

11. J-llOI11158/2011-IA-II (I) dated 11.1.2013.

4 Locations a. Taluk(s) Rachagunneri Village, Srikalahasthi Mandal District Chittoor District. b. State (s) Andhra Pradesh c. Latitudes I Longitudes 13°71'89"NI79° 62' 72" E 5 Address of corresQondence a. Address of concerned Shri M.R. Ramesh Bapu, project Chief Engineer Associate Vice President - Business Development (with Pin Code & Rachagunneri Village, Srikalahasthi Mandal, telephone / telex / fax Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh numbers PIN: 517641;Tel: 08578-286650-55 ext: 623 Fax: 08578-286688, Cell no: 09849646408 b. Address of Executive Shri G. Jothi, Manager- Environment Project Engineer/ Manager Rachagunneri Village, Srikalahasthi Mandal, (with Pin Code/fax Chitto or District, Andhra Pradesh numbers) PIN: 517641;Tel: 08578-286650-55 ext: 623 Fax: 08578-286688, Cell no: 09849635316 6 Salient features: a. Salient features of the Manufacturing of Ductile iron pipes, Pig iron, LAM Coke, project Captive power generation, Slag cement, Sponge iron, steel products and Ferro Alloys as specified in the EC. b. of the environmental As reported- management plans • Control equipment like bag filter, ESP, Gas cleaning plant, Venturi scrubbers and scrubbers system provided in the process areas of Mini Blast Furnace (MBF), Sinter plant, Spun pipes, Cement and Coke oven plants to control the stack emission within the standards limits. • Internal and external roads of factory were asphalted to reduce the dust emission during vehicle movement. • Online stack monitor and continuous ambient air quality monitoring equipment installed for 9 process stacks to measure the pollution level 24x7 basis. • Usage of primary treated sewage water from Tirupathi municipality for the plant operations after STP treatment. • Green belt development in 85 acres of land, etc. 7 Breaku2 of the 2roject area: a Project area As reported, total land is 230.85 acres as per the break up mentioned below. Plant facilities 80 acre Green belt 85 acre Open area 64.85 acre Housing colony 1 acre 8 Break up of project affected population with enumeration of those losing houses / dwelling units only, agricultural Nil land only, both dwelling units and agricultural land and landless labourers / artisans. a SC,ST/Adivasis Nil b Others Nil 9 Financial Details: a Project cost as originally As reported, planned and subsequent Date ofEC Project cost revised estimates and the accorded (Rs in crore) years of price reference 25.07.2008* 580 11.01.2013** 600 * Project partly implemented. ** Project activity yet to be commenced.

page 2 of 12 b Allocations made for As reported, environmental Date ofEC Capital cost Recurring cost per management plans, with accorded (Rs. in crore) annum item wise and year WIse (Rs. in crore) breakup 25.07.2008* 30 3.5 11.01.2013** 12 1.20 * Project partly implemented **Project activity yet to be commenced c Benefit cost ratio / internal As reported, rate of return and the years Date ofEC IRR of assessment 25.07.2008* About 11%. 8 years of assessment. 11.01.2013** -- * Project partly implemented ** Project activity yet to be commenced d VVhether(c) includes the As reported, yes cost of environmental management as shown in (b) above e Total expenditure on the As reported, Project so far Date ofEC Project cost (Rs, in crore) 25.07.2008* 744.26 11.01.2013** Nil * Project partly implemented **Project activity yet to be commenced f Actual expenditure As reported, incurred on the Date ofEC Capital cost Recurring cost environmental (Rs. in for 2015-16 management plans so far crore) (Rs. in crore) 25.07.2008* 45 1.131

11.01.2013** Nil Nil * Project partly implemented ** Project activity yet to be commenced 10 Forest land reguirement: Nil

a The status of approval for a diversion of forest land NA for non-forestry use b The status of compensatory NA afforestation, if any c The status of clear felling NA d Comments on the viability and sustainability of compensatory NA afforestation programme in the light of actual field experience so far

page 3 of 12 11 The status of clear felling in non-forest area (such as submergence area of Nil reservoir, approach road), if any, with quantitative information 12 Status of construction: a Date of commencement Date of completion (actual As reported, and / or planned) EC Date Commencement Completion 25.07.2008* Apr 2009 Nov 2012 11.01.2013** Nil Nil * Project partly implemented ** Project activity yet to be commenced. 13 Reasons for the delay if As reported, the project is yet to start. EC Date Reasons for delay 25.07.2008* • Market recession. • Non availability of fund. 11.01.2013** • Recession in the steel market • High Raw material cost. • Non availability of fund. * Project partly implemented **Project activity yet to be commenced 14 Date of site visit: a The dates on which the project was monitored by 11.2.2009,20.9.2011, 4.l1.2015 & 5.l1.2015, 21.1.2016, the Regional Office on as reported. previous occasions, if any b Date of site visit for this 24th 25thJanuary, 2017 by Dr. S.V. Reddy, Scientist 'F' RO, monitoring report MoEFCC at Chennai, Smt. Sasikala, AE, and Dr. S. Suresh, Analyst Grl. APPCB, RO Tirupati. 15 Details of correspondence with project authorities for obtaining action plans, As reported, nil. information and status of compliance to safeguards

PRESENT STATUS OF THE PROJECT

Reasons as detailed at S.No. 13 of Part-I above.

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PART II A. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS:

S.No Specific conditions Compliance Status 1. Efforts shall be made to reduce RSPM As reported, action plan prepared III levels in the ambient air and a time 2009-10 and as per the report emission bound action plan shall be submitted. levels are within the limit. Blast furnace On-line stack monitoring facilities for all gas after cleaning from gas cleaning the stacks and sufficient air pollution plant being used for annealing furnace, control devices shall be provided to keep Sinter plant, MBF ladle heating and 2.5 the emission levels below 100 mg/Nm . MW power plant. No flue gas is let out All the gases from blast furnace after into the air directly. The hot gases from cleaning in gas cleaning plant (GCP) and the coke oven diverted to WHRB for coke oven shall be used for power producing 12 MW power. Continuous generation and no flue gas shall be monitoring system provided for 9 discharged into the air. The hot exhaust process stacks to monitor emission level gas shall be diverted to WHRB to and the online real time monitoring data generate 12 MW power. Ambient air, is being transmitted to APPCB/CPCB stack and fugitive reports shall be Server. submitted to the Ministry'S Regional Office at Bangalore, CPCB and APPCB. 11. The prescribed emission standards for As reported, This condition IS not coke oven plants as notified vide applicable as the Coke Oven is of non• notification no. GSR 46 (E) dated 3rd recovery type and the exhaust gas is February, 2006 shall be complied with. routed through WHRB for producing 12 MWpower. 111. Fume extraction system with bag filter As reported, complied by way of shall be provided to Induction furnace to following installations, processes and control emissions within 50 mg/Nnr'. measures. Fume extraction system with The fumes shall be passed through the bag filter installed for induction furnaces swiveling hoods and finally evacuated and after filtration, the fumes are let out through stacks of adequate height. Coke through stack of about 30 meter height. oven shall be provided with scrubber to Coke Ovens are of non recovery type and control emissions within 115 mg/Nrrr'. emISSIOnsare completely diverted to Emissions from captive power plant WHRB for 12 MW power generation. (CPP - WHRB) shall be controlled Complied by installation of dust catcher within 100 mg/Nrrr'. Dust catcher and venturi scrubber. 2 ESPs and bag followed by venturi scrubber shall be filters were installed to control sinter provided to blast furnace. In slag cement, plant dust emission. In cement plant electrostatic precipitator (ESP) shall be venturi system provided for kilns. Raw provided to sinter plant and clinker mill, cement mill, clinker cooler and cooler and bag filters to the kiln/raw mill other process areas bag filters were to control emissions within 50 mg/Nnr'. provided to control emissions within 50 Gas cleaning plant shall be provided to mg/Nnr', Gas cleaning plant provided for the blast furnace (BF). The flue gas Blast furnace. Hot gases from the MBF from Metallic Blast Ore-heaters (MBP) stoves (Advanced technology in place of shall be used at cement plant for slag MBP) is being used for slag drying at drying. BF gas shall be used as fuel for cement plant. MBFs, boilers, ladle, spun pipe division

page 5 of 12 S.No Specific conditions Compliance Status annealing furnace. IV. In-plant control measures for checking Complied by way of providing suction fugitive emISSIOns from all the hoods and connected to the bag houses; vulnerable sources shall be provided. installation of Fume extraction system Fume extraction system with bag filters with bag filters; providing water shall be provided to treat the gases and sprinklers around the stock piles; secondary fugitive emissions from the conveyer system in sinter plant, MBF melting section. Dust suppression system stoves, cement plant and coke oven plant in unloading areas and dust extraction covered with GI hoods and all internal system in coal crushing and screening roads were asphalted to prevent the areas shall be provided. Further, specific fugitive dust emission. measures like water sprinkling around the stockpiles shall be done to control fugitive emissions. All the conveyors shall be covered with GI sheets. All internal roads shall be asphalted to prevent the fugitive dust emissions v. Secondary fugitive emissions from blast As reported, controlled by way of furnace and sinter plant shall be installing advanced de-dusting system in controlled within the latest permissible cast house as well as, ESPs have been limits issued by the Ministry and provided in sinter plant. regularly monitored. Guidelines I Code of Practice issued in this regard by the CPCB shall also be followed. VI. Efforts shall be made to reduce impact of As reported, controlled by installation of the transport of the raw materials and end water sprinkling units during loading and products on the surrounding environment unloading of raw materials and the dust including agricultural land. Proper generated from the cement loading arrangements shall also be made to process is adequately taken care by way control dust emissions during loading of provisions installed to bag filter. and unloading of the raw material and finished product. Vl1. Total water requirement from the As reported, from Tirupati Municipal pnmary treated sewage of Tirupati Corporation about 3000 rrr' primary Municipal Corporation for the expansion treated sewage per day is obtained. The will be 7,750m3/day.* (As per the remaining demand will be raised from corrigendum of even No. dated 10th the Corporation when the project activity December, 2008). Closed circuit cooling is in full stream; complied by way of system shall be adopted in Sinter Plant, installation; GCP effluent treated In Cement Plant and Annealing furnace. thickener and recycled into the process The acidic and alkaline effluent from and slag granulation water recycled for cation and anion units of DM Plant shall same process. The PP has submitted an be neutralized In neutralization tank. application to the MoEF & CC The GCP effluent from MBF shall be requesting for deletion of the condition treated in a settling tank and clear water due to the fact that the same is not shall be recycled into the process. The applicable as informed. Since the plant is effluent from gas cleaning plant shall be being operated on the basis of zero treated in the thickener. The water used discharge concepts, the condition is not for slag granulation shall be recycled applicable, as the waste water is recycled after granulation. All the effluent shall be and reused in the process. mixed In Central Monitoring Basin (CMB) and further treated in R.O. Plant.

page 6 of 12 S.No Specific conditions Compliance Status R.O. permeate and effluent from coke oven shall be recycled into the plant and R.O. rejects shall be treated in Multi• Effect Evaporation (MEE) system. The solid residue from MEE shall be sent to TSDF, Dindigal. The waste water released from various streams shall be treated recycled & reused either in the process, dust suppression and green belt development etc. No wastewater shall be discharged outside the premises and 'Zero' discharge shall be strictly followed. Vlll. Prior permission for the drawl of 7,750 As reported, permission obtained from m3/day water from primary treated Tirupati Municipal Corporation. sewage of Tirupati Municipal Corporation for the expansion shall be obtained from the concerned department and a copy of the permission letter shall be submitted to the Ministry and its Regional Office at Bangalore. No ground water shall be utilized for the expansion. IX. All the blast furnace slag shall be As reported, complied by way of granulated In slag granulation installing slag granulation system system and granulated slag and sludge shall be used in manufacturing Portland Slag Cement (PSC).

All the dust from the air pollution control As reported, complied by way of equipments shall be recycled and reused recycling. in the sinter and cement plant. Dust from air pollution control system shall be used in Sinter Plant.

Slag from induction furnace (IF) and As reported, slag generation from sludge shall be properly disposed off. induction furnace is in the range of 175 to 225 kg/day with transition storage in the designated area in the waste yard and will be used for filling Low lying area in the plant primarily and the remaining is sold to the local market.

All the other solid waste including As reported, the PP have with it the ware broken refractory mass shall be properly withal to dispose other solid waste disposed off In environment-friendly including refractory mass by recycling in manner. the sinter plant, by brick manufacturing and selling scrap materials etc.

The waste oil shall be properly disposed Noted and being complied by way of off as per the Hazardous Waste selling to the authorized agencies (Management & Handling) Rules, 1989 approved by APPCB. and subsequent amendments.

page 7 of 12 S.No Specific conditions Compliance Status x. Action plan for the utilization of solid As reported, the Action plan prepared. waste for filling low lying areas/road The same IS not forwarded to the construction shall be prepared and Ministry inadvertently and sincerely submitted to the Ministry and its regretted. Regional Office at Bangalore and its implementation shall be ensured. Xl. Proper utilization of fly ash shall be Agreed to comply. ensured as per Fly ash Notification, 1999 and subsequent amendment in 2003. X11. As proposed, out of 183.85 acres, green As reported, 85 acres have been belt shall be developed in 85 acres in and demarcated for green belt development. around the plant as per the CPCB As observed and reported, as on date guidelines within and around the plant about 40,000-42,000 plants have been premises as per the CPCB guidelines in planted as green belt development consultation with DFO activity with a width of 5-6m, keeping in ... view of the topography. Xlll. All the environment management As reported, Environment Management measures given in the EIAIEMP shall be Committee is in place and is regularly implemented and complied with. taking measures for implementation of Environmental Management Programmes (EMP) for requisite compliance. XIV. All the commitments made to the public As reported, an amount of Rs.3.2 crore during public hearing shall be fulfilled. has been spent from 2012 to 2016 and an amount of Rs.60 lakh is allocated for 2016-17. xv. All the recommendations made in the Being complied with. Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for the Steel Plants including Coke Oven Plants Sponge Iron Plants shall be strictly implemented.

B. GENERAL CONDITIONS:

S.No General conditions Compliance status The project authorities shall strictly As reported, obtained CFO from the Andhra adhere to the stipulations made by the Pradesh Pollution Control Board. I. Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB). At no time, the emissions shall exceed Agreed to comply. the prescribed limits. In the event of failure of any pollution control system 11. adopted by the unit, the unit shall be immediately put out of operation and shall not be restarted until the desired efficiency has been achieved. ... No further expansion or modifications Agreed to comply. 111. In the plant shall be carried out

page 8 of 12 ------.,....- S.No General conditions Compliance status without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment and Forests. In case of deviations or alterations in the project proposal from those submitted to this Ministry for clearance, a fresh reference shall be made to the Ministry to assess the adequacy of conditions imposed and to add additional environmental protection measures required, if any. The gaseous emissions from various As reported, the analysis report all process units shall confirm to the parameters are within the prescribed load/mass based standards notified by standards. this Ministry on 19th May, 1993 and standards prescribed from time to time. The State Board may specify more stringent standards for the IV. relevant parameters keeping in view the nature of the industry and its size and location. At no time, the emission level shall go beyond the prescribed standards. Interlocking facilities shall be provided so that process can be automatically stopped in case emission level exceeds the limit. The project authorities shall strictly Agreed to comply. comply with the rules and regulations under Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, v. 1989 as amended in October, 1994 and January, 2000. Authorization from the APPCB shall be obtained for collection, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes. The project authorities must strictly Agreed to comply. comply with the rules and regulations with regard to handling and disposal of hazardous wastes in accordance with the Hazardous Wastes VI. (Management and Handling) Rules, 2003. Authorization from the A. P. Pollution Control Board must be obtained for collection / treatment / storage / disposal of hazardous wastes. The overall noise levels in and around As reported, noise levels are within the the plant area shall be kept well within limit. the standards (85 dBA) by providing norse control measures including Vll. acoustic hoods, silencers, enclosures etc. on all sources of noise generation. The ambient norse levels shall conform to the standards prescribed

page 9 of 12 S.No General conditions Compliance status under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 Rules, 1989 viz. 75 dBA (day time) and 70 dBA (night time). The company shall develop rain water As observed and reported, two rain water harvesting structures to harvest the harvesting structures with a capacity of Vlll. rain water for utilization in the lean 26,000 and 6,000 M3 are in place for season besides recharging the ground collection and use for plant operation. water table. Occupational Health Surveillance of As reported, occupational health the workers shall be done on a regular surveillance for employees and contract IX. basis and records maintained as per labor are regularly carried out and records the Factories Act. are maintained as per factories act as informed. A separate Environmental As reported, established Environmental Management Cell equipped with full Management Cell; and environmental fledged laboratory facilities shall be monitoring is also being carried out by the X. set up to carry out the environmental MoEF recognized laboratory on a monthly management and monitoring basis. functions. As proposed, Rs. 30 crore and 3.5 As reported, the capital cost and recurring crore shall be earmarked towards cost expenditure so far is as below. capital cost and recurring cost/annum Capital cost for environment pollution control Air Pollution Control Equipment - Rs. 28.21 measures shall be judiciously used to crore. implement the conditions stipulated by the Ministry of Environment and Waste water treatment facilities (for STP & Forests as well as the State ETP) Rs. 15.76 crore Xl. Government. A time bound Solid waste collection, storage, implementation schedule shall be transportation and production of value submitted to the Ministry and its added products - Rs. 69.21 Lakh Regional Office at Bangalore to Green belt - Rs.33 lakh implement all the conditions stipulated Recurring expenditure w.r.t inspection and herein. The funds so provided shall maintenance for safe operation of the plant not be diverted for any other purpose. and sewage water, water cess to APPCB• Rs.1.131 crore for 2015-16. The implementation of the project vis• Agreed to comply. a-vis environmental action plans shall be monitored by Ministry's Regional Xll. Office at Bangalore / APPCB / CPCB. A SIX monthly compliance status report shall be submitted to monitoring agencies. The project proponent shall inform the As reported, advertized in Hindu Daily public that the project has been News paper in English on 09.08.2008 and accorded environmental clearance by Eenadu daily news paper in Telugu dated the Ministry and copies of the 08.08.2008. clearance letter are available with the Xlll. APPCB and may also be seen at Website of the Ministry at http://envfor.nic.in.This shall be advertised within seven days from the date of issue of the clearance letter, at

page 10 of 12 S.No General conditions Compliance status 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 shall be forwarded to the Ministry's Regional Office at Bangalore. The project authorities shall inform As reported, date of start of the project is in the Regional Office as well as the April, 2009; date of financial closure is Ministry, the date of financial closure August, 2010; and final approval of the XIV. and final approval of the project by the project IS 06.10.2010, which is III concerned authorities and the date of consonance with date of issue of CFO by start of the project. APPCB. The Ministry may revoke or suspend Agreed to comply. the clearance, if implementation of 7.0 any of the above conditions is not satisfactory. The Ministry reserves the right to Agreed to comply. stipulate additional conditions if found 8.0 necessary. The Company in a time bound manner will implement these conditions. Any appeal against this environmental Noted and agreed to comply. clearance shall lie with the National Environment Appellate Authority, if 9.0 preferred within a period of 30 days as prescribed under section 11 of the National Environment Appellate Act, 1997. The above conditions shall be Noted and agreed to comply. enforced, inter-alia under the provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Air (Prevention & Control of 10.0 Pollution) Act,1981, the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2003 and the Public (Insurance) Liability Act, 1991 along with their amendments and rules.

This issues with the approval of Additional PCCF (Central) vide Dy. No.595 dated the 8th May, . 2017. ~

(Dr.S.V.Reddy) Scientist 'F' 11th May, 2017.

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PART II

Subject:_Expansion of the Ductile Iron Pipe plant by installing 4xl00 TPD Sponge Iron (1,30,000 TPA), Steel Making facility (1,25,000 TPA), 4x9 MVA Ferro Alloy (Fe-Si: 25,000 TPA or Si-Mn: 60,000 TPA or Fe-Mn: 75,000 TPA) along with 12 MW Captive Power Plant (8 MW WHRB and 4 MW FBC) at Villages Merlapaka & Rachagunneri, Mandal Yerpedu & Srikalahasthi, District Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh by MIs. Lanco Industries Limited now known as Srikalahasthi Pipes Limited (SPL).

Present status of the Project:

As reported, steps taken for implementation of the project activity include the following.

1. The project has been demarcated covering an area of about 47 acres within the existing premises. To erect requisite infrastructure and critical equipment, meetings were held under the chairmanship of whole-time Director and deliberated financial implications. The estimates for this project is to the tune of Rs. 600 crore during 2012. The same has been furnished in the EIA report. The cost benefit ratio, keeping in view of the sunken cost of infrastructure are analyzed from time to time.

2. In this regard, Srikalahasthi Pipes Limited requested financial institutions for fund arrangements to this project.

3. SPL also requested Principal Secretary, Industries Dept. of Govt. of AP. to extend the subsidy on power cost of Rs.1.50 per unit, vide letter dated: 29.04.2016.

4. It is said that steel industry is under severe recession since 2013. After making adequate contemplations by the Board, it has been decided to implement the project immediately once the fiscal scenarios and the facilitating policies in this sector are encouraging.

5. SPL has obtained CFE from APPCB for this Project during 2016.

6. It is to submit that the essential ingredient for this project i.e. coking coal having the essential characteristics of low ash content, which is invariably to be imported, as our nation is deprived with such resource. Moreover, prices of the same have been shot up by 200%.

This issues with the approval of Additional PCCF (Central) vide Dy.No.595 dated the 8th May, 2017.

(Dr.S.V.Reddy) Scientist 'F' 11th May, 2017.

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