POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD ( Department of Environment, Govt. of West Bengal ) Paribesh Bhawan, Bldg. No. 10A, LA Block, Sector-III, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700 098 Tel: 2335-9088, 2335-7428, 2335-8211, 2335-8073, 2335-6731 Fax: (0091) (033) 2335-2813

Memo No. 561-WPBA/Red(BWN)/Cont.(654)/09 Date: 15/07/2016

D I R E C T I O N

WHEREAS, M/s. Pragati Wires Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the industry) located at Mouza & P.O.- Topsi, P.S.- , Dist.- Burdwan, Pin-713 362 is engaged in manufacturing of barbed wire -30 MT/month, electro galvanized wire -950 MT/month and weldmesh -20 MT/month. The industry has 4X2 MT/batch annealing furnaces and 2X4 MT/batch F.O. fired heating furnace. The annealing furnaces are equipped with wet scrubber and a stack of height 18m from G.L. and the heating furnaces are connected to a stack of height 18m from G.L. The electro-galvanising line consist of acid bath followed by zinc plating bath, wash baths (cold and hot water), hot air drying.

AND WHEREAS, the industry was inspected by the officials of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) on 23/11/2015. The industry has an effluent treatment plant consisting of collection tank, chemical dozing with stirring, settling tank, sand/charcoal filter, treated effluent storage tank. During inspection effluent sample was collected from the outlet of ETP and the unit failed to meet the effluent discharge standard w.r.t. Iron (85.70 m/l against the permissible limit of 3 mg/l.) and pH (5.09 against the permissible limit of 6.0-9.0).

AND WHEREAS, the Consent to Operate of the industry is valid upto 31/08/2018.

AND WHEREAS, the industry was called for a hearing at the Head office of the Board on 16/06/2016 for the non-compliance of environmental norms as recorded above.

AND WHEREAS, the representative of the industry appearing in the hearing agreed with the above mentioned observations of the Board. He submitted that they would undertake necessary rectification/ modification of the existing effluent treatment plant within three months.

NOW, THEREFORE, considering the above, M/s. Pragati Wires Pvt. Ltd. located at Mouza & P.O.- Topsi, P.S.- Jamuria, Dist.- Burdwan, Pin-713 362 is hereby directed as follows:

1. That, the industry shall complete necessary rectification/modification work of the effluent treatment plant within 30th September, 2016 so as to comply with effluent discharge standards in future.

2. That, the industry shall immediately apply for the hazardous waste authorization for the hazardous wastes generated from their process activities.

The Environmental Engineer, Regional Office of the Board is requested to conduct an inspection of the industry after September 2016 to verify the status of compliance of Board’s direction and in case of non-compliance, strict regulatory action will be initiated against the industry.

This direction is issued in exercise of the powers conferred under the provision of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1981, the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Rules made thereunder after being approved by the Competent Authority.

By Order,

Sd/- Chief Engineer Operation & Execution Cell West Bengal Pollution Control Board