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Feasibility Report for Everest Industries Limited (Podanur Works) 1
EVEREST INDUSTRIES LIMITED (PODANUR WORKS)
Podanur Town
Coimbatore South Taluk
Coimbatore District.
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Feasibility Report for the Expansion unit
From 14500 T/M to 30000 T/M Capacity of Asbestos Cement Manufacturing Unit
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CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION----------------------------------------------------------------------------01
4.0 PLANT DETAILS--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.1 PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED----------------------------------------------------------
4.2 RAW MATERIALS--------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.3 MANUFACTURING PROCESS-----------------------------------------------------------
4.4 POWER & FUELS----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.5 RAW WATER---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.6 LAND-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.7 MAN POWER---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.0 POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES------------------------------------------------------------
5.1 AIR EMISSIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.2 WASTEWATER GENERATION----------------------------------------------------------
5.3 SOLID WASTE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.4 HAZARDOUS WASTE---------------------------------------------------------------------
5.5 NOISE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.0 PRESENT ENVIRONMENT SCENARIO-------------------------------------------------------
6.1 CLIMATE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.2 ECOLOGY------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.3 HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS--------------------------------------------------------
6.4 WATER QULITY----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.5 AMBIANT AIR QUALITY AND NOISE LEVELS------------------------------------
6.6 LAND USE PATTERN----------------------------------------------------------------------
6.7 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS------------------------------------------------------
7.0 ENVIRONEMNTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS-------------------------------------------------------
7.1 AIR QULAITY--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7.2 WATER RESOURCE------------------------------------------------------------------------
7.3 WASTE WASTER----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7.4 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT---------------------------------------------------------
7.5 LAND DEGRADATION---------------------------------------------------------------------
7.6 NOISE LEVEL---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7.7 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSIDERATION-------------------------------------------------
8.0 ENVIRONMENTS, SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT-------------------------------
8.1 ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE-----------------------------------------------------------
8.2 BUDGETARY ALLOCATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT------
8.3 AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT-----------------------------------------------------------
8.4 WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT---------------------------------------------------------
8.5 GREENBELT PLAN---------------------------------------------------------------------------
8.6 RAIN WATER HARVESTING--------------------------------------------------------------
8.7 ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH MONITORING--------------------------
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1.0 Introduction
M/s. Everest Industries Limited is having a fibre cement Products manufacturing unit at
Podanur Town, Coimbatore South Taluk, Coimbatore District, which is located 10 kms away
from Coimbatore. This unit is already manufacturing Asbestos Cement Products with a
production capacity of 14500MT per month and propose to increase the production capacity to
30000MT per month.
Everest Industries Limited has now 5 manufacturing units at Kymore (Madhya Pradesh),
Kolkata (West Bengal), Podanur (Tamil Nadu), Lakhmapur (Maharashtra) & Bhagawanpur
(Uttarakhand). The unit at Podanur (Near Coimbatore) which is popularly known as Podanur
works was established in the year 1953. Podanur works is roughly 10kms from Coimbatore
city and is well served by roadways and railways, the nearest railway station being Podanur
Rly junction, which is a kilometer away from this factory.
2.0 PLANT, PROCESS & POLLUTANTS
2.1 Plant Location
The Plant is located at Podanur Town, Coimbatore South Taluk, Coimbatore District. Podanur
is located about 10kms away from Coimbatore Town and it is in-between the road connecting
Coimbatore and Pollachi. The site is located in the eastern direction of this road. The nearest
railway station is Podanur. The location of the site is shown in Fig.2.1
Following are the details regarding the site
a) Archaeologjcal monuments
The location does not have any aracheological monuments in nearby 10km
radius.
b) Biolgical resources
It was found during study period that the location is devoid of any endangered
flora and fauna in 10 km radius.
c) Cultural Monuments
This expansion unit does not have cultural monuments in nearby 5 km radius.
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d) Defence
The defence installation is located 10 Kms away from the expansion unit.
e) Employment Generation
This expansion unit generates the employment in the immediate surroundings.
f) Highway
The nearest Road is 1.5 km away. The setting up of this unit will not harm the
traffic and unwanted settlement in the vicinity of highway.
g) Geography
The location is geographically suitable for setting up of this expansion unit, as
the unit will not be disturbed by climatic and other geographical condition.
h) Transportation facilities
The Industrial site is well connected by road and rail. The important townships
falling within 60 km radius are Coimbatore, Palladam, Avinashi &
Meetupalayam. The nearest major railway station is Podunur. The site is
connected by the Coimbatore – Pollachi Road. The raw material is conveniently
transported by road.
i) Socio – economic
This expansion unit will improve the economy at state / national level.
j) Land use and availability
This plant is using the existing area owned by the company.
k) Meteorology
Both micro and macro meteorology is found to be suitable for this expansion unit.
l) Natural disaster
The area is devoid of natural disasters like earthquake, cyclone, landslides etc.
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m) Power
The power requirement of the plant will be met from TNEB.
n) Sensitive area
The location does not have any sensitive area as identified by MOEF in 25km
radius.
o) Topography
The topography is plain and will not lead to disaster by accumulation of air
pollutants.
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3.0 EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS
3.1 Micrometeorology
Meteorological conditions play a vital role in planning orientation of stacks, operation of
Industrial unit and also on the environmental impact.
The summary of micrometeorological data of the region pertaining to the years 2006 – 2012 is
presented in Table 3.3 – 3.8
3.1.1 Temperature
April is the hottest month with maximum monthly mean temperature of 37.4º C. January is the
coolest month with minimum monthly mean temperature of 18.4º C.
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TABLE 3.3 – AVERAGE MINIUM TEMPERTURE(C) FOR DIFFERENT MONTHS
(2006 – 2011) FROM IMD STATION COIMBTORE
MONTH 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 AVERAGE
January 18.9 19.2 18.4 18.7 20.3 19.1 19.1
February 18.5 19.8 20.7 19.9 20.8 19.4 19.9
March 22.7 22.2 21.3 22.3 23.0 21.9 22.2
April 23.5 24.8 23.7 24.3 25.1 23.4 24.1
May 23.3 23.9 23.6 23.8 25.0 23.5 23.9
June 22.8 23.0 22.8 23.4 23.5 22.7 23.0
July 22.6 22.3 22.4 22.3 22.6 22.3 22.4
August 22.2 22.0 22.4 22.7 22.4 22.4 22.4
September 22.2 22.6 22.6 22.9 22.6 22.4 22.6
October 22.3 22.0 22.3 22.3 22.5 22.5 22.3
November 21.8 20.5 21.0 22.1 21.7 20.8 21.3
December 18.9 19.5 19.5 20.9 20.0 19.5 19.7
Average 21.6 21.8 21.7 22.1 22.5 21.9 21.9
NOTE : The average temperatures have been calculated on the basis of data available
Source: Indian Meteorological Department
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TABLE 3.4 – AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERTURE(C) FOR DIFFERENT MONTHS
(2006 – 2011) FROM IMD STATION COIMBTORE
MONTH 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 AVERAGE
January 30.0 30.2 30.3 30.2 30.6 30.7 30.3
February 32.3 32.5 32.3 33.4 33.3 32.4 32.7
March 34.5 35.7 32.1 35.2 36.2 34.8 34.8
April 35.3 37.4 35.0 36.1 37.3 34.5 35.9
May 33.6 34.8 34.8 34.5 35.3 34.2 34.5
June 31.9 32.3 32.3 32.5 32.9 31.1 32.2
July 31.8 30.3 31.5 30.3 31.5 31.3 31.1
August 32.2 30.6 31.4 32.0 30.9 31.3 31.4
September 31.0 31.3 31.3 31.9 31.9 31.8 31.5
October 31.3 31.0 31.0 32.2 31.7 32.3 31.6
November 29.2 30.3 30.4 29.9 29.1 29.3 29.7
December 29.2 29.1 29.0 29.2 28.9 29.7 29.2
Average 31.9 32.1 31.8 32.3 32.5 32.0 32.1
NOTE : The average temperatures have been calculated on the basis of data available
Source: Indian Meteorological Department
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TABLE 3.5 – MONTHLY MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) AT 0830 HRS
(2006 – 2011) FROM IMD STATION COIMBTORE
MONTH 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 AVERAGE
January 81 83 83 78 80 79 81
February 71 76 78 68 77 74 74
March 80 70 75 71 71 72 73
April 80 75 77 73 73 77 76
May 85 75 75 79 78 78 78
June 81 81 78 77 80 82 80
July 76 85 83 82 81 81 81
August 80 85 83 82 83 80 82
September 82 80 75 81 80 79 80
October 83 83 82 75 82 83 81
November 88 78 79 86 89 80 83
December 81 82 83 81 86 80 82
Average 81 79 79 78 80 79 79.3
NOTE : The average relative humidity have been calculated on the basis of data available
Source: Indian Meteorological Department
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TABLE 3.6 – MONTHLY MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) AT 1730 HRS
(2006 – 2011) FROM IMD STATION COIMBTORE
MONTH 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 AVERAGE
January 45 39 41 35 30 39 38
February 28 31 36 23 29 31 30
March 39 23 49 27 25 26 32
April 51 36 45 37 40 47 43
May 60 54 52 55 58 56 56
June 65 66 63 61 65 68 65
July 62 74 65 67 66 67 67
August 63 71 68 63 67 68 67
September 68 73 56 67 63 65 65
October 67 70 62 51 71 70 65
November 70 53 58 68 73 63 64
December 49 53 50 57 60 64 54
Average 56 54 54 51 54 55 54
NOTE : The average relative humidity have been calculated on the basis of data available
Source: Indian Meteorological Department
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TABLE 3.7– MONTHLY RAINFALL DATA (MM)
(2006 – 2011) FROM IMD STATION COIMBTORE
MONTH 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 AVERAGE
January 26.1 15.4 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 7.0
February 0.0 0.0 20.4 0.0 0.0 37.7 11.6
March 104.4 0.0 72.3 5.8 0.0 12.5 32.5
April 0.0 33.7 22.9 3.1 17.7 134.6 42.4
May 61.5 50.6 38.3 91.0 57.8 83.1 63.7
June 35 29.8 7.8 8.7 31.9 63.0 29.4
July 2.9 34.1 24.8 42.8 14.8 4.6 20.7
August 5.1 45.6 67.8 55.9 60.1 4.2 39.8
September 52.0 21.1 3.0 68.7 30.8 27.9 33.9
October 120.4 243.6 198.2 51.3 132.2 323.6 178.2
November 253.9 48.8 52.0 227.0 256.3 271.3 184.9
December 0.0 108.2 7.9 1.3 34.7 11.0 27.2
Average 60.1 57.4 43.0 46.3 53.0 81.1 56.8
NOTE : The average rainfall have been calculated on the basis of data available
Source : Indian Meteorological Department
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TABLE 3.8 – MONTHLY AVERAGE MEAN WINDSPEED (KMPH)
(2006 – 2011) FROM IMD STATION COIMBTORE
MONTH 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 AVERAGE
January 3 4 4 3 5 4 4
February 4 6 5 4 4 5 5
March 5 6 5 4 6 5 5
April 9 6 6 6 7 5 7
May 9 11 8 9 9 9 9
June 10 12 10 10 11 12 11
July 13 13 10 11 12 12 12
August 12 12 7 9 12 12 11
September 9 11 9 9 9 11 10
October 6 6 2 5 8 6 6
November 3 3 1 3 3 3 3
December 4 4 1 4 4 3 3
Average 7 8 6 6 8 7 7
NOTE : The average wind speed have been calculated on the basis of data available
Source: Indian Meteorological Department
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4.0 PLANT DETAILS
4.1 Products Manufactured
Products
Quantity
Existing After
Expansion
Asbestos Cement Products (Roofing
Sheets & Accessories) 14500 T/M 30000 T/M
4.2 Raw Materials
S.No Raw Material
Quantity (T/M)
Existing After
Expansion
1. Asbestos Fibre (Chrysotile) 1151.2 2381.8
2. Waste Kraft Paper (Pulp) 162.8 336.8
3. Cement 5084.3 11617.0
4. Fly Ash 3780.1 7820.9
5. HGW 141.1 291.9
Painting Activity
6. Colouring Pigment 8.10 8.1
7. Resin 12.00 12.0
8. Distilled water 2.49 2.49
Other Consumables
9. HSD 17 35.2
10. PMO 35 72.4
11. HCI 0.5 1.0
4.3 Manufacturing Process
The manufacturing process of fibre cement product is based on classical wet Hatschek process
where in the Chrysotile Asbestos Fibre, Pulp is mixed with Portland Cement and Fly Ash in
aqueous condition.
The raw materials that are used in the manufacture of asbestos cement products are Chrysotile
Asbestos Fibre, Ordinary Portland Cement, Fly ash, Pulp & Hard Ground Waste of broken and
solid wastes.
The entire Chrysotile Asbestos Fibre requirement is imported and received in ships at Cochin
Port. Fibres are available in impervious HDPE bags of 50 / 40 kgs each in palletised form.
Pallets from the trucks are unloaded, stored in the fibre storage godown and subsequently
transferred to raw material preparation section.
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Chrysotile Asbestos fibre packed in HDPE bags and shrunk wrapped on pallets is mechanically
lifted and fed into a fully automatic bag opener where the bags are slit open and the contents
fed into a Fibre Blender. The empty fibre bags are automatically conveyed into bag shredder
and through Cyclone and Screw conveyor the shredded bags are fed into the Fibre Mill and
consumed along with the fibre.
In the Fibre Blender, different grades of fibre in compressed form are broken down into
smaller lumps and blended homogenously. Fixed quantity of water is sprayed to arrest dust
generation. Blending is done for a fixed duration. Thereafter, the contents of the blender are
discharged into the Fibre Mill. During the process of grinding in the Mill, fixed quantity of
water is sprayed to facilitate fibrisation and arrest dust generation.
The milled moist fibre is conveyed by a Screw Conveyor and stored in a buffer Silo mounted
on load cells with Screw Conveyor at the bottom.
From the buffer silo, the ground fibre is fed to the Fibre Mixer where it is stirred with water to
open up the fibre.
At Hydro Pulper pulp slurry is prepared and added to the Main Mixer.
Cement, flyash and hard ground waste are mixed with water in cement mixer to form a slurry.
Then this slurry is fed to the Main Mixer where already slurry mix of fibre and
pulp is present. Main Mixer agitates the slurry for homogenous mixing. This slurry is
discharged into the Agitator Tank prior to transferring in the sheeting machine.
Batching of various Raw Materials is done automatically through a high precision Batch
control system along with PLC.
Sheeting machine consists of vats for containing the slurry. Cylindrical sieves rotating in vats
for filtration, endless felt for picking up the solids as a layer, vacuum chambers for de-watering
with the help of vacuum Pumps and a metal cylinder called bole for collecting the layers.
The wet sheet formed on the bole is cut-off after required thickness is achieved. The wet sheet
is taken on to take off conveyor.
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The wet sheet after stamping is transferred to another belt conveyor called ‘Holding Conveyor’
for finishing operations. When the wet sheet is positioned directly under the Corrugating
Machine, the motion of the conveyor is stopped. Sizing and profile corrugating is carried out
by the corrugating machine.
The sheets are stripped off from the templates with the help of Depiling Machine and moved to
maturing section for horizontal maturing.
Manufacturing of Moulded Goods and Accessories are carried out in MG department. All these
are made out of wet sheets produced by the sheeting machine. The wet sheet cut to size is
placed on the mould for making required articles. The article is allowed to remain in the mould
for a period of 8 to 24 hours depending on the thickness and nature of articles and stripped off
from the mould after attaining the initial strength and then sent for maturing.
4.4 Power and Fuels
This expansion unit has an agreement with Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) for the
supply of 2000 KVA.
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4.5 Raw Water
Category
Average Daily Raw Water Requirement
(m³ / day)
Current After Expansion
Process 101 210
Township 38 38
Domestic & Drinking 25 28
Total 164 276
4.6 Land
The total area allotted for this factory is around 82.25 acres.
4.7 Manpower
The total workforce including staff and workers after expansion will be 291 ( including
existing workers 199)
5.0 Pollution control measures
5.1 Air Emissions
S.No Description APC measure
1. Boiler (0.6 T/ hr) 12.5 m height and 0.23 m dia of
stack has been provided
2. Fibre mill
Bag house with 10 m height and
.0.32 m dia of stack has been
provided
3. Cement Fly Ash Plant
Bag house with 10 m height and
.0.48 m dia of stack has been
provided
4. Carbo Saw Plant
Bag house with 10 m height and
.0.32 m dia of stack has been
provided
5. DG Set (500 KVA) – 2 Nos
Each 13.7 m height 0.15 m dia of
exhaust pipe with silence has been
provided
6. Hard ground waste Bag house with 10 m height and
0.32 m dia of stack provided
7. Boiler (0.6 T /hr) 12.5 m height and 0.32 m dia of
stack provided
8. Cement Silo Stack Bag house with 10 m height and
0.4 m dia of stack provided
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5.2 Waste water Generation
Category Average Daily raw Water Requirement
(m³ / day)
Current After Expansion
Method of
Treatment
Sewage from Quarters 15.0 15.0
Septic tank
with soak
pits
Sewage from Industry and
Canteen 9.0 10.0
Sewage
Treatment
plant
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
(a) Characteristics of Waste water
S.No Parameters Raw Sewage Treated
Sewage
1. pH 9.13 7.58
2. Bil-Chemical Oxygen Demand
(3 day at 27º C) 36 28
3. Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 64 11
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(b) Treatment Flow Chart
(c) Process Description
The raw sewage from the domestic operation is taken to the collection cum equalization tank I
& II. Then it is pumped to the aeration tank.
The Aeration tank provided with 24 hours detention time. An Air Blower is provided with 3
HP capacity to supply oxygen in the form of fine air droplets into the Aeration Tank for
reducing BOD.
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Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids (MLSS) level in the aeration tank will be maintained in the
range of 3000-4000 mg/l and a sludge age of 15-20 days is maintained by the regulation of
return sludge. The blower should run for nearly 24 hours per day. Nutrients like urea and
D.A.P. is to be added regularly in the aeration tank.
The overflow from the aeration tank is passed to a settling tank for separation of bio-sludge
and the settled bio-sludge is re-circulated to the aeration tank to maintain the MLSS level in
the desired range (30%). If MLSS is more than 4600 mg/l the excess bio sludge from settling
tank is pumped to the Sludge digestion tank.
The clear overflow from the settling tank is filtration tank. The outlet from the filtration tank is
collected by the final collection tank.
From this collection tank, the sewage is pumped to Dual Media Filter for removal of very fine
suspended solids, odour and turbidity. The outlet from Duel Media Filter will meet out the
standards prescribed by TNPCB and it is used for greenbelt development.
(d) Details of Civil Works
Sl.No Description Quantity Size
1. Collection Tank – I 1 no. 2.9 x 3.7 x 1.75 m
2. Collection Tank – II 1 no. 2.75 x 3.7 x 1.75 m
3. Aeration Tank 1 no. 2.9 x 3.7 x 1.7 m
4. Settling Tank 1 no. 2.9 x 3.7 x 1.85 m
5. Filtration Tank 1 no. 2.75 x 3.7 x 1.7 m
6. Final Collection Tank 1 no. 2.9 x 1.9 x 1.9 m
(e) Details of Mechanical Equipments
Sl.No Description Quantity Capacity
1. Sewage Transfer Pump 1 no. 1 Hp
2. Sludge Pump 1 no. 1 HP
3. Blower 1 no. 3 HP
4. Stilling Well 1 no. --
5. Dual Media Filter 1 no. --
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5.3 Solid Waste
Sl. No Solid Wastes
Quantity
Method of disposal Existing
After
Expansion
1. Asbestos containing
Residue 103.3 T/Y 144 T/Y
Collected, Stored and
Reused in the Process
2. Sludge from STP 7.5
Kg / Month
11
Kg / Month
Used as manure
5.3 Hazardous waste
Hazardous waste generated from this unit will used spent oil (2.5 KL / year) and it will be
collected and stored and sold out to authorized buyers regularly.
5.4 Noise
The noise level in the inside & outside of the factory is maintained below permissible limit.
6.0 PRESENT ENVIRONMENT SCENARIO
6.1 Climate
The climate is generally arid with temperature varying from 18.8º C to 37.1º C. The rainfall is
maximum in the NE monsoon period and minimum in SW monsoon period.
6.2 Ecology
The industrial area is mainly of shrubs land with thorny shrubs such as Euphobia and Avarai
(Cassia Auriculata) and scattered trees such as Karuvel (Accacia nilotica). Neem (Azadirachta
indica) etc. There is no endangered species of flora and fauna noticed in this area. The area
does not shelter any specific wildlife.
6.3 Hydrological conditions
6.3.1 Surface Water
The run-off during monsoon period contributes to the surface water.
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6.3.2 Ground water
The ground water table varies from 68 m 90 m. It is therefore a low to medium potential zone
for ground water.
6.4 Water Quality
Water samples were collected from different locations, which include open wells and bore
wells. The water is slightly hard with total hardness varying from 72 to 1185 mg/l at some
places.
6.5 Ambient Air Quality and Noise Level
The ambient air quality was studied for six locations. It is found that the Suspended Particulate
Matter (SPM) is found to vary from 91 μg/m³ to a maximum of 175 μg/m³. The concentration
of NOx and SO2 are found to be very low. The noise levels recorded at various locations
indicate that it mostly less than 58 dB (A) which is less that permissible limit for Industrial
areas.
6.6 Land Use Pattern
The entire area is a patta land owned by the company and it is in the form of shrub land. The
buffer zone has no forests and the agricultural land constitute 28%, which is mostly
unirrigated.
6.7 Socio-Economic Conditions
There is no habitation or settlement in the industrial area. The nearest village of Kurichi is
having a population of 125,800 with 63,033 males and 62,767 females as per 2011 census data.
The workers constitute 35%. The major source of income of the local population is from these
types of Industries only.
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7.0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS
7.1 Air Quality
The emission from the all the sources will be dispersed through bag house with adequate
height of stack has been provided. The DG Set will be operated only during power failure. So
the emission from the Dg Set will be dispersed through adequate height or stack. Hence the
impact of operating the DG Set on the ambient air quality will be minimal.
7.2 Water Resource
This expansion unit is depending on ground water drawn through Bore Well for its different
water requirements. The unit currently consumes 164 KLD of raw water for its process and
non-process uses. After expansion the water requirement will be 276 KLD.
7.3 Waste Water
The waste water from the domestic uses is sent directly to the septic tank with soak pit and
Sewage Treatment Plant and treated sewage will be utilized for green belt development inside
the factory premises. Hence the impact from the waste water will be nil.
7.4 Solid Waste Management
The solid waste will be generated from the unit Asbestos containing waste (144 T/Year) and it
will be collected, stored and reused in the process. Sludge from STP (7.5 KG/Month) will be
collected and used as manure.
7.5 Land Degradation
Since, the small quantity of wastewater will be generated from domestic usages, the chances of
contamination of soil will be nil. The vacant area in the industry will be used for tree plantation
to improve the surrounding environment of the industry.
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7.6 Noise Level
As per the observations, the noise level in the buffer zone is found to be below permissible
limit.
7.7 Socio-Economic consideration
The project does not involve any displacement of local people. Employment opportunities will
be improved in the nearby villages because of this expansion unit and this will provide direct
employment opportunity for 291 persons. The unit as a responsible corporate citizen tries to
contribute towards social causes like health, education, and amenities for the surrounding
areas.
8.0 Environments, Safety and Health Management
8.1 Organization Structure
The Vice President (Works) is responsible for the factory operations. There are officers and
staffs for various sections such as Production, Human Resources, Purchase, Store, Accounts,
Environmental & Safety, Maintenance, and Quality Control etc
8.2 Budgetary Allocation for Environment Management:
Category
Capital Investment
Annual Operating
Costs
(Rupees in Lakhs)
Air Pollution Management 21.00 1.00
Water and Wastewater Management 2.00 0.20
Solid Waste Management 1.00 0.25
Greenbelt 2.50 0.50
Environmental Monitoring and Training 1.50 0.25
Rain water Harvesting 1.00 0.10
Total 29.00 2.30
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8.3 Air Quality Management
Proper control measure has been provide in all process area in order to control all emissions if
any to maintain a safe and healthy work place environment. The vent air will be passed
through pollution control equipments before it is released into the atmosphere.
8.4 Waste water Management
The sewage will be sent to the septic tank with soak pit and sewage treatment plant. The
treated water from the Sewage Treatment Plant will be used for gardening. The entire process
water will be utilized. Hence there will be no discharge of trade effluent in the land.
8.5 Green belt Plan
Around 2500 trees have been developed in and around the factory area. The unit will also
develop the nearby area around the industry for green belt. The inter-spaces are laid with
shrubs. The inter-space between trees planted is about 5m. It is proposed to double the tree
density in future.
8.5 Rain Water Harvesting
The storm water thus collected is taken to well planned Rain Water Harvesting trenches within
the factory premises. The area surrounding the building other than the green belt will be paved
with proper gradient to connect to well laid out rain water harvesting trenches within the
factory premises.
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Run off Calculation
Maximum Rain Fall in Coimbatore - 323.6 mm/hr (During Oct’2011)
- 0.3236 m/hr
Considering 15 Minutes rainfall - 0.081 m/day
Total area of the unit - 82.25 Acres (333865.7 sq. m)
Factory Building and Quarters - 31.3 Acres (126666.6 sq. m)
- 126666.6 sq. m x 0.081 m = 10260 KLD
90% of 10260 KLD - 9234 KLD
Road / Parking / Paved Area - 5.7 acres (23067 sq.m)
- 23067 sq.m x 0.081 m = 1868.4 KLD
60% of 1868.4 KLD - 1121 KLD
Land Scape Area (Vacant & Others) - 45.25 acres (183120.3 sq.m)
- 183120.3 sq.m x 0.081 m
- 14832.7 KLD
60% of 14832.7 KLD - 8899.6 KLD
Estimated recharging quantity of
Rain water (Per day) - 9234 KLD + 1121 KLD + 8899.6 KLD
Available Rain Water for Harvesting
in a single Day - 19254.6 KLD
8.7 Environment, Safety and Health Monitoring
The environment, Safety and health-monitoring programme in the factory are as follows:
Monthly monitoring of stack emissions
Daily monitoring of water and wastewater
Quality monitoring of ambient air, noise and work place air
Monitoring of occupational safety
Yearly monitoring of occupational health
Once again the unit assure that, there will be no adverse impact due to proposed activities.