National Green Tribunal
Pradeep Sharma vs State Of U.P on 18 April, 2023
Author: Adarsh Kumar Goel
Bench: Adarsh Kumar Goel
Item No. 05 Court No. 1
BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL
PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI
Original Application No. 814/2022
(With report dated 17.03.2023)
Pradeep Sharma Applicant
Versus
State of U.P. Respondent
Date of hearing: 18.04.2023
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, CHAIRPERSON
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR AGARWAL, JUDICIAL MEMBER
HON'BLE DR. A. SENTHIL VEL, EXPERT MEMBER
Applicant: Mr. Pradeep Sharma, Applicant in Person
ORDER
1. Grievance in this application is against violation of environmental norms by two slaughter houses - International Agro Food Private Limited and Al-Naseer Agro Private Limited in Village Bhoodgadhi, District Ghaziabad, UP. It is stated that the said units are discharging pollutants directly in a drain contaminating ground water and causing health hazards.
2. Vide order dated 06.01.2023, the Tribunal sought a factual report in the matter from a joint Committee of State PCB, CPCB and District Magistrate, Ghaziabad.
3. In pursuance of above, the joint Committee has filed its report through ADM, Ghaziabad as follows:-
1"1. Details about the Unit i.e. Mis. International Agro Foods, 2764, 2765, 2766, Bhoorgarhi, Dasna, Ghaziabad.
The unit has infrastructure for production of frozen boneless buffalo meat, poultry feed supplement (PFS), tallow and blood meal. UPPCB has granted Consent for slaughtering of 750 big animals (buffalos) per day and frozen meat production of 98 MT/day. All the processes were found in operation. The details of the unit are as follow:
General Information
1. Raw material Live Buffaloes
2. Consented production Frozen meat - 98 MT/Day capacity for Products/By- Bone meal- 29.4 MT/day products Tallow- 9.8 MT/day Blood Meal- 1.125 MT/day
3. Consented/present Consented slaughtering capacity - 750 slaughtering buffaloes/day. However, on the day of inspection, slaughtering of about 330 buffaloes were going on.
Information pertaining to water consumption and waste water generation
4. Freshwater source & 02 nos. of bore wells provided with Electromagnetic consumption (kl/ day) flow meters of capacity 15 HP, and 1.5 HP As per records maintained by the Unit , the raw water consumption details are as follow :
Average groundwater extraction in the month of January 2023 has been recorded as 344 KL/day which includes water for domestic purposes (around 15 KL/ day).
5. Type of flow meter(s) Electromagnetic flow meters installed on both bore wells.
6. Flow meter Reading (s) Bore well 1- Total flow - 504730 m3 (Totalizer reading) Bore well 2 - Total Flow - 58408 m3 (Totalizer reading)
7. Status of NOC from CGWA NOC granted from UPGWD up to 18.06.2026 for for ground water extraction 2,32.200 m3/year for abstraction of ground water.
Annexure-I
8. Consented wastewater Industrial - 500 KLD discharge (KLD) Domestic -12 KLD As per industry representative and record submitted by the industry treated effluent is not being discharged in any drain. The treated effluent generated by the industry is being used in gardening, washing, cooling towers, sprinkling on Highway/ Road and used for irrigation.
9. Consent Status under The Unit has consent with validity up to 31.12.2024.
the Water Act, 1974 Annexure II. 10. Status of OCEMS The unit has installed OCEMS for all the requisite
parameters i.e. pH, TSS, SOD, COD and Flow and connected to CPCB server. On the day of inspection, the OCEMS was found in operation and parameters were found within the prescribed norms.
211. ETP details The Unit has installed ETP with hydraulic treatment capacity of 750 KLD based on two stages Activated Sludge Process.
ETP is comprised of primary treatment and secondary treatment followed by tertiary treatment. The unit comprises Oil & Grease tank, Holding tank, Solid Separator, Equalization tank, Reaction tank, DAF system, Primary Clarifier, UASB (Digester), Aeration Tank-1, Secondary Clarifier-1, Aeration Tank-2, Secondary Clarifier-II, Disinfection tank, Pressure Sand filter, Activated carbon filter, filter tank, Digital Flow meter, OCEMS, Treated water storage tank (2300KL), Karnal technology supply pump, Sludge drying beds, Sludge Dewatering System (Decanter) etc. The unit has installed Blood Meal Plant with blood pump, screw pump and agitator (Blood coagulator).
12. Quantification of As per record of ETP logbook provided by the unit, effluent generation the average quantity of treated wastewater in the month of January & February is 364 KLD. Annexure III.
13. Mode of Effluent disposal Treated effluent is conveyed through underground pipeline to irrigate their own developed plantation (Eucalyptus) using karnal technology over an area of 70976 sq meter. Treated effluent is also being used in floor washing, cooling towers and water sprinkling on roads. The effluent is not being discharged in to the drain.
14. Odour Control The Unit has provided bio-filters to suppress the odour from rendering plant additional high presser misting system with 12 fan.
Information pertaining to Air Pollution
15. Source of Air Pollution, details of The Unit has one boiler of capacity 4 T/ hr.
fuel and status of APCDs Bio Mass is used as fuel in the boiler. Multi-cyclone dust collector and wet scrubber system is installed with boiler as Air Pollution Control Devices (APCDs). Flue gases are discharged into the ambient air through a stack of 30 meters height.
OCEMS has been installed on the stack for monitoring of emissions which was found operational during inspection and showed the parameters within the prescribed norms The Unit has provided 03 DG Sets with following details:
DG sets Capacity (KVA) Acoustic Enclosures 600 (KVA) X 1 Y/N) 1000 (KVA) X 1 Yes 500 (KVA) X 1 Yes Yes
16. Consent status under the Air The Unit has consent with validity up to 31.12.2024.
Act, 1981 Annexure Information pertaining to ETP sludge and other solid waste
17. Quantity of ETP sludge As per records provided by the unit, average sludge generation was 1.4 MTD.
18. Nature of waste Organic
19. Facility for storage/ disposal Storage area has been provided for ETP sludge and other /treatment wastes. The Unit informed that the ETP sludge is sold as manure 3 Observation:
i. During inspection, the Unit was found in operation. Slaughtering of about 330 buffaloes were in process as against the consented slaughtering of 750 animals/day. The requirement of fresh water was met through Bore wells. ii. The Unit has provided one treated effluent storage tank and sludge drying beds (6 nos.) for drying the sludge generated from primary and secondary treatment. iii. The Unit has provided OCEMS for the parameters, namely, pH, TSS, BOD & COD at final outlet of ETP and it was found operational during the visit and parameters were found within the prescribed limit (values of OCEMS pH (7.32), TSS(22.91mg/1), BOD(18.73mg/1), COD (131mg/1).
iv. The Unit has provided septic tank followed by soak-pit for treating domestic effluent.
Adequate space (room) for storage preservation of hides has been provided. v. The Unit has provided underground piping network for conveyance / discharge of treated effluents for utilization of their own premises (approx. 70976 sq meter) for plant-irrigation. During inspection, no effluent was observed being discharged from the unit. vi. The unit has valid consent under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution), Act, 1981 till 31.12.2024. vii. Both the equalization tanks, are equipped with mixing arrangement through diffused aeration system.
viii. The Unit uses food grade coagulant and poly electrolyte for treatment of effluent before subjecting the effluent to biological treatment through activated sludge process. ix. Aeration tanks used for biological treatment are provided with diffused aeration system. Air is supplied with help of four blowers (04 blowers of 30 HP). Adequacy report of the treatment plant is annexed as Annexure IV.
x. The unit has submitted irrigation management plan for utilization of treated effluent from Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur. Annexure V. xi. The unit has installed Rendering Plant of capacity 18 Ton/batch (dry process) which is operated for 6 - 8 batches every day.
xii. Unit has installed bio filter for treatment of fumes generated from cookers used in rendering plant.
Arrangements are made for collection of fumes generated from cookers and their channelization through bio-filter. Additionally, spray towers have been installed for controlling issues of odour. xiii. Dedicated hides storage area is provided.
xiv. DG sets were provided with stacks as well acoustic enclosure. Stack height of each DG set has been found to be 2.5 meter above Roof Level.
xv. Ammonia Plant is equipped with water sprinkling and alarm system to control the leakage for safety purpose.
Water Pollution:
During inspection, all ETP units were found in operation. In order to monitor the compliance status of treated waste water, grab samples were collected from inlet, Equalization Tank, Aeration Tanks and outlet of ETP. The analysis results are presented below:
Sampling Locations Parameters
pH TSS BOD COD O&G MLSS
(mg/I) (mg/I) (mg/I) (mg/I) (mg/I)
ETP inlet 7.06 2429.00 2874.00 8840.00 -
Aeration Tank-1 - - - - - 2800
Aeration Tank-2 - - - - - 2000
ETP Final outlet 7.48 38.00 26.00 134.00 6.0 -
Notified Standard 6.5-8.5 150 30 250 10 -
The monitored values at the ETP outlet are complying with the notified/prescribed standards.
To investigate the ground water quality around the unit, samples of ground water from the industry and around the industrial unit were collected for analysis. The analysis results are presented below:
S. Name of Date of Colour Odour pH Con T.D.S mg/I Hard Ca. Mg. Chlori
No the source collectio dµm mg,/1 Hard Hard de
& address n hos mg/1 mg/1 mg/I
/cm
Borewell- 16.02.23 Colorless Odour 7.30 725.0 435.0 270.0 145.0 125.0 -
15, (IAF, less
within
premises of
the unit)
Handpump 16.02.23 Colorless Odour 734 620.0 372.0 192.0 144.0 48.0 -
labour less
colony IAF
4
Standards --- Colorless Odour 6.5-8.5 300-500 -300-600 75-200 30-100 -
BIS-10500 less
The monitored values of groundwater are complying with the notified/prescribed standards.
Air Pollution :
One boiler of 4 TPH is installed. During inspection the boiler was in operation and emissions are channelized through stack of height 30 mts. Portholes and sampling platforms are provided.
Conclusion:
The Unit should ensure that the treated waste water is discharged as per prescribed standards on continuous basis.
The monitored values of groundwater are complying with the notified/prescribed standards.
Unit should install mechanical screens at inlet The unit shall carry out the calibration of OCEMS on regular basis The unit shall follow the Guidelines for Utilization of Treated Effluent in Irrigation, which are available on the website of CPCB at the web-link https://cpcb.nic.in/NGT/Guidelines-UTE-Irrigation.pdf The unit shall own up the responsibility of regular cleaning of Dasna drain adjacent to the unit.
2. Details about the Unit i.e. M/s. Al-Nasir Export, Khasra No. 2761, 2762, Bhoorgarhi, Dasna, Ghaziabad.
The unit has infrastructure for production of frozen boneless buffalo meat, poultry feed supplement (PFS), tallow and blood meal. UPPCB has granted Consent for slaughtering of 200 big animals (buffalos) and Goats -100per day and frozen meat production of 50 MT/day. All the processes were found in operation. The details of the unit are as follow:
General Information
1. Raw material Live Buffaloes
2. Consented production Frozen meat - 50 MT/Day capacity for Products/By- MBM- 11 MT/day products Tallow- 4 MT/ day
3. Consented/ present Consented slaughtering capacity - 200 buffaloes/day slaughtering and 100 Goats/day. On the day of inspection, slaughtering of about 200 buffaloes were going on.
Information pertaining to water consumption and wastewater generation
4. Freshwater source & 02 nos. of bore wells provided with Electromagnet flow consumption (kl/ day) meters of capacity 7.5 HP, and 2 HP As per records maintained by the Unit, the raw water consumption details are as follow : Average groundwater extraction in the month of January 2023 has been recorded as 224 KL/ day which includes water for domestic purposes
5. Type of flow meter(s) Electromagnet flow meters installed on both bore wells.
56. Flow meter Reading (s) Bore well 1- Total flow - 48011 m 3 (Totalizer reading) Bore well 2 - Total Flow - 5030 m3 (Totalizer reading)
7. Status of NOC from CGWA for NOC granted from UPGWD. Borewell-1 (2 HP) up to ground water extraction 10.11.2023 and Borewell-2 (7.5HP) up to 31.11.2026 for 1,32,000 m3/year abstraction of ground water. Annexure -VI
8. Consented wastewater Industrial - 200 KLD discharge (KLD) Domestic - 4 KLD As per industry representative and record submitted by the industry treated effluent is not being discharged in any drain. The treated effluent generated by the industry is being used in gardening, washing, cooling towers, sprinkling on Road and used for irrigation as per CPCB guidelines.
9. Consen t S tatu s u nder The Un it h as consen t wi th val idi ty up to the Water Act, 1974 31.12.2024. Annexure VII
10. Status of OCEMS The unit has installed OCEMS for all the requisite parameters i.e. pH, TSS, BOD, COD and Flow and connected to CPCB and UPPCB server. On the day of inspection the OCEMS was found in operation and parameters were found within the prescribed norms.
11. ETP details The Unit has installed ETP with hydraulic treatment capacity of 1000 KLD based on two stages Activated Sludge Process.
ETP is comprised of primary treatment and secondary treatment followed by tertiary treatment. The unit comprises Receiving Tank, Rotary Fiber Screen, Equalization Tank-1, DAF system, Equalization Tank-2, Flash Mixing Tank, Primary Clarifier, Aeration Tank-1, Secondary Clarifier-1, Aeration Tank-2, Secondary Clarifier-II, Polishing Tank, MGF, Activated Carbon Filter, Digital Flow meter, OCEMS, Treated water storage tank(900k1), Karnal techonolgy supply pump, Filter Press & Sludge drying beds, Volute Sludge Dewatering System etc., etc. The unit has installed Blood Meal Plant with blood pump, screw pump and agitator (Blood coagulator).
12. Quantification of As per record of ETP logbook provided by the unit, the effluent generation average quantity of treated wastewater in the month of January & February is 169 KLD. Annexure-VII
13. Mode of Effluent disposal Treated effluent is conveyed through underground pipeline to irrigate their own developed plantation (Eucalyptus) using karnal technology over an area of 8840 sq meter. Treated effluent is also being used in washing, cooling towers and water sprinkling on roads. The effluent is not being discharged in to the drain.
14. Odour Control The Unit has provided bio-filters to suppress the odour from rendering plant, additional high presser misting system with 5 fan.
Information pertaining to Air Pollution
15. Source of Air Pollution, details The Unit has Two boiler of capacity 6 T/hr, One Boiler of fuel and status of APCDs standby.
Bio Mass are used as fuels in the boiler. Multi-cyclone dust collector and wet scrubber system is installed with boiler as Air Pollution Control Devices (APCDs). Flue gases are discharged into the ambient air through a common stack of 30 meters height. OCEMS has been 6 installed on the stack for monitoring of emissions which was found operational during inspection and showed the parameters within the prescribed norms The Unit has provided 03 DG Sets with following details:
DG sets Capacity Acoustic Enclosures
(KVA) xY/N)
1000 (KVA) X 2 Yes
500 (KVA) X 1 Yes
16. Consent status under the Air The Unit has consent with validity up to 31.12.2024.
Act, 1981
Information pertaining to ETP sludge and other solid waste
17. Quantity of ETP sludge As per records provided by the unit, average sludge generation was 0.08 MTD.
18. Nature of waste Organic
19. Facility for storage/ disposal Storage area has been provided for ETP sludge and other /treatment wastes. The Unit informed that the ETP sludge is sold as manure Observation:
i. During inspection, the Unit was found in operation. Slaughtering of about 200 buffaloes were in process as against the consented slaughtering of 200 big animals (buffalos) and Goats -100per day. The requirement of fresh water was met through Bore wells. ii. The Unit has provided one treated effluent storage tank and sludge drying beds (6 nos.) for drying the sludge generated from primary and secondary treatment. iii. The Unit has provided OCEMS for the parameters, namely, pH, TSS, BOD & COD at final outlet of ETP and it was found operational during the visit and parameters were found within the prescribed limit (values of OCEMS pH (7.30), TSS(24.3mg/1), BOD(16.4mg/1), COD(154.4mg/1).
iv. The Unit has provided septic tank followed by soak-pit for treating domestic effluent.
Adequate space (room) for storage & preservation of hides has been provided. v. The Unit has provided underground piping network for conveyance / discharge of treated effluents for utilization of their own premises (approx. 8840 sq meter) for plant-irrigation. During inspection, no effluent was observed being discharged from the unit. vi. The unit is having a valid consent under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution), Act, 1981 till 31.12.2024. vii. Both the equalization tanks, are equipped with mixing arrangement through diffused aeration system.
vii. The Unit uses food grade coagulant and poly electrolyte for treatment of effluent before subjecting the effluent to biological treatment through activated sludge process. viii. Aeration tanks used for biological treatment are provided with diffused aeration system.
Air is supplied with help of two blowers (01 blowers of 40 HP and 01 blowers of 25 HP). Copy of adequacy report of treatment plant is annexed as Annexure IX. ix. The unit has submitted irrigation management plan for utilization of treated effluent from Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur. Annexure X x. The unit has installed Rendering Plant of capacity 16 Ton/batch (dry process) which is operated for 3 - 4 batches every day.
xi. Unit has installed bio filter for treatment of fumes generated from cookers used in rendering plant. Arrangements are made for collection of fumes generated from cookers and their channelization through bio-filter.
viii. Dedicated hides storage area is provided.
xiv. DG sets were provided with stacks as well acoustic enclosure. Stack height of each DG set has been found to be 5 meter above Roof Level.
xv. Ammonia Plant is equipped with water sprinkling and alarm system to control the leakage for safety purpose.
Water Pollution:7
During inspection, all ETP units were found in operation. In order to monitor the compliance status of treated waste water, grab samples were collected from inlet, Equalization Tank, Aeration Tanks and outlet of ETP. The analysis results are presented below:
Sampling Locations Parameters
pH TSS BOD COD (mg/1) O&G MLSS
(mg/1) (mg/1) (mg/1) (mg/1)
ETP inlet 7.0 3382 2346 3144 - -
Aeration Tank-1 - - - w - 2300
Aeration Tank-2 - - - - - 2200
ETP Final outlet 7.4 42.0 24.0 80.0 6.8
Notified Standard 6.5-8.5 50 30 250 10 -
The monitored values at the ETP outlet are complying with the notified/prescribed standards.
To investigate the ground water quality around the unit, samples of ground water from the industry and around the industrial unit were collected for analysis. The analysis results are presented below:
S Name of Date of Colour Odour pH Con T.D.S Hard Ca. Mg. Chlor Alkali
. the collecti dµm mg/I mg,/1 Har Hard i de ni ty
No source on hos d mg/ mg/I mg/I
& /cm mg/1 1
1 address
Borewell- 16.02.2 Colorles Odour 7.4 861.0 516. 374. 153.2 221. - -
-7.5 HP , 3 s less 0 0 4 2
within
premises
of the
unit
2 Hand 16.02.2 Colorles Odour 7.5 1022. 613. 361. 197.0 164. - -
Pump 3 s less 0 0 2 6 6
labour
colony
Standard --- Colorles Odou 6.5- - 500- -200- 75- 30- - -
s s r 8.5 2000 600 200 100
BIS- less
10500
The monitored values of groundwater are complying with the notified/prescribed standards.
Air Pollution:
Two boiler of 6 TPH is installed (One Boiler Standby). During inspection the boiler was in operation and emissions are channelized through stacks of height 30 mts. Portholes and sampling platforms are provided.
During the inspection, samples of up-stream and down-stream of Bhurgarhi drain located near the said industries were collected. Bhoorghari drain analysis results are presented below:-
S. Collection Date of Colour pH BOD COD TSS No. Point collection (mg/l) (mg/1) (mg/1)
1. Up Stream 16.02.2023 Greyish 7.2 70.0 132.0 116.0 bhoorghari drain
2. Down 16.02.2023 Brownish 7.1 52.0 140.0 123.0 Stream bhoorghari drain 8 Conclusion:
a. The Unit should ensure that the treated waste water is discharged as per prescribed standards on continuous basis.
b. The monitored values of groundwater are complying with the notified/prescribed standards c. Unit should install mechanical screens at inlet.
d. The unit shall carry out the calibration of OCEMS on regular basis. e. The unit shall follow the Guidelines for Utilization of Treated Effluent in Irrigation, which are available on the website of CPCB at the web-link https:/ /cpcb.nic.in/NGT/Guidelines- UTE-Irrigation.pdf
4. In view of above, further remedial action may be taken by the statutory regulators, following due process of law.
The application is disposed of.
A copy of this order be forwarded to UPPCB by e-mail for compliance.
Adarsh Kumar Goel, CP Sudhir Agarwal, JM Dr. A. Senthil Vel, EM April 18, 2023 Original Application No. 814/2022 SN 9