Naraingarh Sugar Mills Limited

Six monthly compliance report (from July-2014 to December-2014) for Naraingarh Sugar Mills Limited, Naraingarh (Ambala) –Haryana, Project:- Environmental Clearance for 25MW Co-Generation Power Plant and Expansion cum Modernization of Existing sugar Mills from 2500TCD to 5500TCD capacity with Existing Premises at Naraingarh Sugar Mills Ltd Naraingarh Distriet Ambala Haryana . Ref. No. Environmental Clearance letter Haryana SEIAA No. SEIAA/HR/2014/1481 dated 21/12/2013 and 01/11/2014.

Naraingarh Sugar Mills Limited Village –Banondi .P.O. Shahjadpur ,Tehsil-Naraingarh Distt. Ambala, (Haryana) ______Six Monthly Progress Reports for the Period of Six Month from July-2014 to December-2014.

Project:- Environmental Clearance for 25MW Co-Generation Power Plant and Expansion cum Modernization of Existing sugar Mills from 2500TCD to 5500TCD capacity with Existing Premises at Naraingarh Sugar Mills Ltd Naraingarh Distriet Ambala Haryana .

EC Ref.No. SEIAA No. SEIAA/HR/2014/1481 dated 21/12/2013 and 01/11/2014.

Point wise Reply of the conditions stipulated in Environmental Clearance vide letter for Environmental Clearance letter Haryana SEIAA No. SEIAA/HR/2014/1481 dated 21/12/2013 and 01/11/2014.

STATUS OF COMPLIANCE

CONDITIONS:-

S. No. POINTS (A) SPECIFIC STATUS OF CONDITIONS. COMPLIANCE. (REPLY) 01 Efforts shall be made to reduce PM 2.5, PM10 Under Compliance and We will be levels in the ambient air and a time bound action adequate measures like water plan shall be submitted .As proposed Electrostatic sprinkling on haul roads and precipitator (ESP) along with stack of adequate unpaved areas being under taken to height shall be provided to boiler to control reduce the PM2.5 and PM 10 level particulate emission with in 100mg/NM3 .at no below ambient air quality time , the emission level shall go beyond the standards. ESPs will be installed to

prescribed standards . In the event of failure of any minimize the particulate pollution control system adopted by the unit, the emissions. respective unit shall not be restarted until the control measures are rectified to achieve the desired efficiency. Efficiency of pollution control device shall be monitored regularly; Stack monitoring report shall be submitted to the regional office MOEF. . 02 The National Ambient Air Quality Standards issued We will follow the National by Ministry vide G.S.R.No. 826 (E) dated 16th Ambient Air November-2009 shall be followed. Quality Emission Standards issued by the Ministry vide G.S.R. No. 826(E) dated 16th November, 2009. 03 In plant, Control measures for checking fugitive Under compliance ,same will be emission from all the vulnerable sources shall be point no.01 provided, fugitive emission shall be control by providing closed storage, closed handling & conveyance of chemicals/ materials, multi cyclone separator and water sprinkling system shall be provided at loading areas to control dust emission. Fugitive emission in the work Zone environment, production area, raw materials storage area etc. shall be regularly monitored and recodes shall be marinated. The emission shall confirm to the limits prescribed by Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) 04 Pucca approach road to project shall be constructed Complied. prior to commencing construction activity of sugar mill so as to avoid fugitive emission. 05 The gaseous emission from DG set shall be As per CPCB guidelines, adequate dispersed through adequate stack height as per stack height to all the DG sets will CPCB guideline .Acoustic enclosure shall be be provided, acoustic type of DG Provided to DG sets to mitigate the Noise sets will be used to mitigate the Pollution. noise pollution 06 The Company shall upload the status of compliance Same shall be complied with. The of the stipulated environmental clearance condition, ambient air quality monitoring was including results of monitored data on its website carried out and results are enclosed and shall update the same periodically .It shall as Annexure-1 simultaneously be sent to the respective R.O. of MOEF, CPCB and HSPCB. The level of PM2.5, PM, 10So2, NOX in Ambient Air shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main Gate of the company and at important public places.

07 Total fresh water requirement from ground water The fresh water requirement is (Borewell) shall not exceed 970m3/day for this estimated to be 970 m3/day which project and prior permission for drawl of water will be met by ground water & shall be obtained from concerned authorities. recycled water. And we will use our existing borewell and recirculation water. 08 Effluent from sugar unit shall be treated in the Under Complied and effluent treatment plant comprising neutralization Same will be Implemented. tank followed by two stage aeration system .ETP treated water should be used for farming /garding within industry premises. Domestic sewage shall be transferred into aeration tank for treatment. 09 As proposed, no effluent from sugar plant shall be Unit will operate on Zero discharged outside the premises and zero discharge Discharge concept. shall be adopted. 10 Process effluent /any waste water shall not be Separate storm water drains via allowed to mix with storm water. Storm water drain guard pond. shall be passed through guard pond. 11 Adequate number of ground water quality Ground water samples from monitoring stations by providing piezometers different locations were collected around the project area should be set up. Sampling and results are and trend analysis monitoring must be made on attached as Annexure-2 monthly a basis and report submitted to SPCB and this ministry. The ground water quality monitoring for pH,BOD,COD,Sulphate and TDS should be monitord ,sampling and trend analysis monitoring must be made on monthly basis and report submitted to RO Chandigarh and HSPCB. 12 Baggase storage shall be done in such a way that it Under compliance ,same will be does not get air born or fly ash around due to wind. point no.01 13 Boiler ash shall be stored separately as per CPCB Same shall be Complied after guideline so that it shall not adversely affect the air Expansion cum modernization of quality, becoming air born by wind or water regime existing sugar mills from during rainy season by flowing along with the 2500TCD to 5500TCD. storm water. Direct exposure of works to fly ash & dust shall be avoided baggase ash and coal ash shall be stored separately. 14 Till the plant is ready for expansion the project Complied .Consent to operate for proponent have to ensure for compliance of the year 2014-2015 is attached. pollution control norms stipulated in consent to operate for existing unit. 15 Fire fighting system shall be as per norms and Same shall be Complied before cover all areas. Expansion cum modernization of existing sugar mills from 2500TCD to 5500TCD.

16 Risk Assessment shall be carried out to assess the Complied. fire and explosion risk. 17 Occupational health surveillance programme shall Occupational health surveillance be undertaken as regular exercise for all the programme will be taken as a employees. The first aid facilities in the regular exercise for all the occupational centre shall be strengthened and the employees and their regular medical test records of each employee shall Records maintained. be maintained separately. 18 Dedicated parking facility for loading and Same shall be Complied with all unloading of materials shall be provided in the parking facility for loading and factory premises. Unit shall develop and implement unloading of materials and good traffic management system for their incoming Shall be avoid congestion on the and outgoing vehicles to avoid congestion on the public road public road. 19 Green belt shall be developed in 33% of plot area to Complied. We have already mitigate the effects of fugitive emission all around developed a green belt around 35% the plant as per CPCB guideline in consultation of the total land area. with the local DFO.Thick greenbelt with suitable plant species shall be developed around the proposed distillery to mitigate the odour problem. 20 All the commitments made during the public Same shall be complied with. hearing /Public consultion meeting held on 10th april, 2013shall be satisfactorily implemented and adequate budget provision shall be made accordingly. 21 Provision shall be made for the housing for Same shall be complied with. construction labour with in the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobil sewage treatment plant, safe drinking watr,medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structure to be removed after the completion of the project.All the construction wastes shall be managed so that there is no impact on the surrounding environment. 22 Only bagasse /Biomass should be used as fuel. Not Same shall be complied with. to use wood logs, coal as fuel and no other fuels should be used. 23 No ground water shall be drawn for the power Same shall be complied with. plant at any stage. Treated waste water shall be used for sugar cane seed farm/green belt development. There should be no waste water discharge from the plant. 24 The infrastructure of transport road linking to Same shall be complied with. the nearest main road shall be improved and

maintained by proponent.

B. GENERAL CONDITION

1 The project authorities shall stricty adhere to the Noted and shall be complied with. stipulations made by the HSPCB. 2 No Further expansion or modification in the plant No further expansion or shall be carried out without prior approval of modifications in the plant will be SEIAA/MOEF. In case of deviation or alteration in done carried out without the project proposed from those submitted to this prior approval from SEIAAand ministry for clearance, it fresh reference shall be /MOEF (The Ministry of made to ministry to assess the adequacy of Environment and Forests Govt.of condition imposed and to add additional India) environment protection measures required, if any. 3 The Locations of Ambient air quality monitoring Same shall be complied with. station shall be decided in consultation with HSPCB and it shall be ensured that at least one station is installed in the up wind and downwind direction as well as where maximum ground level concentration are anticipated. 4 The overall noise levels in and around the plant Same shall be complied.The Same area shall be kept well within the standards by shall be complied. Following providing noise control measure including acoustic Measure shall be adopted. hoods ,silencers, enclosures etc. on all sources of 1.0 Acoustic enclosure for Turbine noise generation. The ambient noise level shall & D.G.sets would be used. conform to the standards prescribed under 2.0 Green belt development Environment (Protection) Act-1986.(75 bDA (day (plantation of dense trees across time) and 70 dBA(Night) . the boundary) will help in reducing noise levels in the plant as a result of attenuation of noise generated due to plant operations, and Transportation. 3.0 Earmuffs would be used while running the equipments of the plant. The noise level monitoring was done and results are enclosed as Annexure-3 & 4

5 The Company shall harvest rainwater from the Rainwater would be utilized to roof-tops of the building and storm water drains to recharge the underground water

recharge the ground water and use the same water source through for the process activities of the project to conserve scientifically designed rain water fresh water. harvesting system 6 The company shall obtain authorization for Noted and shall be complied with. collection, sttorge and disposal of hazardous waste under hazardous waste rules, 2008 and its amendment time to time and prior permission from SPCB shall be obtained for disposal of solid /hazardous waste including boiler ash. 7 During transfer of materials, spillages shall be There will be “Zero Effluent avoided and garland drain be constructed to avoid Discharge “from the proposed mixing of accidental spillages with domestic project. wastewater and stom water drain. 8 Usage of personnel protection equipments by all Personnel Protection equipments employees /workers shall be ensured. would be provided 9 Training shall be imparted to all employees on Yes, We will comply as per norms. safety and health aspects of chemical handing, pre- employment and routine periodical medical examination of all employees shall be undertaken on regular basis. Training to all employees on handling of chemicals shall be imparted. 10 The company shall also comply with all the We ensured that safeguard environmental protection measures and safeguards proposed will adopted. proposed in the project report submitted to ministry. All the recommendations made in the EIA/EMP in respect of environment management, risk mitigation and public hearing relating to the project shall be implemented. 11 Corporate Environment and social responsibility Company shall take following (CSER) shall be laid down by the project proponent CSR activities & development of (2% shall be earmarked) as per guideline of MOEF, Socio economic condition of the GOI office memorandum no. J-11013/14/41/2006- area: IA.II (I) dated 18.05.2012 and Ministry Corporate 1.0 Converting the kuccha road Affairs, GOI, Notification dated 27/02/2014. A being constructed leading to plant separate audit statement shall be submitted of the in site. the compliance. Environment related work 2.0 Funding plantation programme proposed to be executed under this responsibility in the surrounding villages. shall be undertaken simultaneously. The Project 3.0Arrangement of medical camps proponent shall select and prepare the list of the especially for family planning in work for implementation of CSER of its own the villages of the study area. choice and shall submit the same before the start of construction. 12 The company shall undertake eco-development Agreed and will comply the same. measures including community welfare measures in the project area for the overall improvement of the

environment. 13 A separate environment management cell equipped A separate Environmental with full fledged laboratory facilities shall be set up Management Cell equipped with to carry out the Environmental Management and full fledged laboratory monitoring functions. Facilities shall be set up which will be headed by General Manager Production. 14 As proposed the company shall earmark Rs. As proposed fund invested. 15Crores and Rs. 1.00 Crores toward capital cost and recurring cost per annum to implement the conditions stipulated by the SEIAA/MOEF and SPCB.The funds so earmarked for environment management /pollution control measures shall not be diverted for any other purpose. 15 A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the Shall be complied. Same has been project proponent to concerned panchayat .Zila sent to the authorities as required Parisad /Municipal Corporation .unban local body and the local NGO. If any from suggestions/ representations, if any were received while processing the proposal. 16 The Project proponent shall also submit six Shall be complied. In our monthly reports on the status of compliance of the website.www.naraingarhsugar.com stipulated environmental clearance including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by email) to SEIAA Haryana and zonal officer of CPCB and HSPCB.a copy of environmental clearance and six monthly compliance status report shall be posted on the website of the company. 17 The environmental statement for each financial Shall be complied. year ending 31st march in form-V as is mandated shall be submitted to HSPCB,shall alos put on website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance and shall also to the Chandigarh office of moef by email. 18 The project proponent shall inform the public that Complied. the project has been accorded environment clearance by Ministry and copies of clearance letter are available with the SPCB /committee and may also see at website of SEIAA. This shall be advertised within seven days from the that date of issue of the clearance letter at one least in two local newspapers that are widely circulated in the region of which one shall be in the vernacular language of locality concerned and a copy of the same shall be in forwarded to the concerned regional office of the ministry.

19 The project authorities shall inform the regional Same shall be complied with. office as well the ministry, the date of financial closure and final approval of the project by the concerned authorities and the date of start of the project. 20 The SEIAA may revoke or suspend the clearance, if Agreed. implementation of any of the above condition is not satisfactory. 21 The SEIAA reserves the right to stipulate additional Agreed. condition ,if found necessary .The company in a time bound manner will implement these condition s. 22 The above conditions will be enforced ,inter-alia Shall be Complied. under the provision of water (Prevention & control of pollution ) act,1974 , Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution ) Act,1981,the Environment (Protection Act,1986 , Hazardous waste (Management ,Handling and Trans boundary ) rules,2008 and the public liability insurance Act, 1991, along with their amendment and rules.

For Naraingarh Sugar Mills Limited

(Auth. Signatory)

Annexure-I

Detailed Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Results (24-hourly Average)

S. Date L. No. Location PM 10 PM 2.5 SO2 NO2 CO No. DD/MM/YY Code (g/m3) (g/m3) (g/m3) (g/m3) (mg/ m3) 1. 15/12/2014 AQ1 At Project Site 74 38 16 21 1.0 (NSM-Factory) 2. 15/12/2014 AQ2 Shehzadpur 78 38 19 20 0.91

3. 15/12/2014 AQ3 69 36 18 19 0.82 Akberpur Village 4. 16/12/2014 AQ4 68 37 17 21 0.7 Bichpdi Village 5. 16/12/2014 AQ5 70 40 19 21 0.8 Ramgarh Village 6. 16/12/2014 AQ6 71 44 18 20 0.8 Kurali Village

Annexure-II

Ground Water Quality Monitoring Results.

S. Test NSM Shehzad Akberpur Bichpdi Ramgarh Kurali NO Parameters Factory pur Village Village Village Village 01 pH 7.12 7.2 7.34 7.44 7.64 7.31 02 Colour ( Hazen) <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 03 Odour Unobjectionable 04 Taste Agreeable 05 TDS (mg/l) 460 581 514 506 394 364 06 Chloride as 44 64 56 60 36 24 Chloride (mg/l) 07 Calcium as 42 61 74 102 94 84 CaCO3 (mg/l) 08 Magnesium as 34 41 56 56 52 86 CaCO3 (mg/l) 09 Total Alkalinity 102 114 96 117 106 110 as CaCO3 (mg/l)

10 Sulphate as SO4 22 26 29 30 24 26 (mg/l) 11 Phosphate as 0.38 0.54 0.31 0.56 0.52 0.62 PO4 (mg/l)

12 Silica as SiO2 0.08 0.04 0.04 0.12 0.07 0.04 (mg/l) 13 Iron as Fe (mg/l) 0.04 0.16 0.04 0.10 0.12 0.12 14 Total Hardness 130 316 241 290 188 147 as CaCO3 (mg/l) 15 TSS (mg/l) <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0  Water Samples were collected on 15/12/2014 to 16/12/2014

Annexure-III

Physical-Chemical Characteristics of Soil in the Study Area

Soil Monitoring Locations S. Parameters Unit NSM Shehzad Akberpur Bichpdi Ramgarh Kurali No. Factory pur Village Village Village Village 1 pH - 8.6 7.41 7.8 7.6 8.1 7.7

2 Conductivity µmhos/cm 194 212 179 214 180 174

3 Bulk Density gm/cm 1.12 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.12

4 Soil Porosity % 36 30 34 46 32 36

5 Permeability cm/sec 0.06 0.06 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.09 Water Holding 6 % 30 32 26 31 31 26 Capacity 7 Organic Carbon % 4.6 5.1 4.1 4.4 4.6 4.1 Cation meq/100 8 Exchange 16.6 14.2 12.6 16.2 14.2 12.4 gm Capacity

9 Nitrogen µg/g 74.21 64.21 60.13 61.48 61.30 66.10

Phosphorous 10 µg/g 19.2 21.4 21.4 28.2 24.6 21.6 as P 11 Iron as Fe gm/kg 0.065 0.077 0.080 0.08 0.080 0.080

12 Lead as Pb gm/kg BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL

13 Sodium µg/g 41.4 67.6 62.2 61.0 64.2 62.2

14 Potassium µg/g 116.48 112.4 124.2 108.4 112.4 121.6 Texture a. Sand % 27 24 28 31 34 28 15 b. Silt % 34 44 46 34 40 44 c. Clay % 30 40 36 39 34 37 Source: Soil samples were collected by us on 15/12/2014 to 16/12/2014.

Annexure-IV

Ambient Noise Levels Monitoring Results. (Based on On-site Noise Monitoring)

Leq (dBA) Standard Limits (Leq dB Location Locations (A)) Code Day Night Daytime Night Time NQ1 At Project Site 72.4 64.6 Industrial – Industrial – (NSM-Factory) 75 70 NQ2 Shehzadpur 64.2 59.4 Commercial Commercial/ NQ3 64.2 52.8 /Mixed – 65 Mixed – 55 Akberpur Village. NQ4 62.4 55.6 Bichpdi Village Residential/ Residential/R NQ5 60.6 52.2 Rural – 55 ural – 45 Ramgarh Village.

NQ6 62.4 50.4 Kurali Village Sensitive - Sensitive - 50 40

 Noise Monitoring done on the 15/12/2014 to 16/12/2014.  Day Time – 6:00 AM – 10.00 PM  Night Time – 10:00 PM – 6:00 AM

Area category: I-Industrial, C-Commercial, R-Residential, S-Silence zone Day time: 6.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. Night time: 10.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m. Permissible ambient noise standards in dB(A):  Industrial Area : Day time: 75, Night time: 70  Commercial Area : Day time: 65, Night time: 55  Residential Area : Day time: 55, Night time: 45  Silence Zone : Day time: 50, Night time: 40