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THE SINGARENI COLLIERIES COMPANY LIMITED (A Government Company)

2X600 MW, SingareniThermal Power Project Pegadapally (V), Jaipur (M), PIN-504 216, Mancherial District, Telangana State

Ph.: 08737-200 205, Fax: 08737-200 207, e-mail:env_stpp@scclmines.com Regd.off: Kothagudem Collieries (PO):507 101, Bhadradri Kothagudem Dist.TS.

CIN: U10102TS192SGC000571

HALF YEARLY COMPLIANCE REPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE

FOR THE PERIOD FROM APRIL - 2017 TO SEPTEMBER-2017

1 Name of the Project : 2X600 MW Coal Based Thermal Power Plant

2 Name of the Company : M/s The Singareni Collieries Company Limited

3 Location : Pegadapally (V), Jaipur (M), Mancherial (Dist.), Telangana State.

4 Environnemental Clearance Lr.No.

: J-13012/88/2008-IA-II (T), dt.27.12.2010. Amendement: Dt : 10.08.2016

5 Date of Public Hearing : 08.09.2010

6 Land requirement : 300.972 Ha

7 Coal Linkage Own mines of SCCL, Naini Block in Odisha.

8 Water Linkage : Godavari River near Shettipalli Village

9 Project boundaries : Latitudes: 180 48’ 40” N and 180 50’ 20” N and

Longitudes: 790 34’ 07” E and 790 35’15” E

covered in SOI Topo sheet No. 56 N/9

10 Salient features of the project :

i) Date of commissioning of the Plant

: The project is completed COD for unit-I (1X600 MW) on 25.09.2016 and Unit-II on 02.12.2016 (1X600 MW).

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Plant capacity : 1200 MW

iii) Plant Configuration : 2 X 600 MW

iv) Total Life of the project : 25 years

Present status of the project:

• Unit-1COD completed on 25.09.2016 and Unit-2 COD completed on 02.12.2016.

• Highest ever Monthly station PLF 98.48% in the month of August,2017.

• During very 1st year of commercial operation STPP achieved 17 th position in TOP 25 best performing stations in India as issued by CEA.

• Declared Capacity of the Station for very first year of Commercial Operation is 87.92% during 2016-2017.

• 100% PLF achieved during the month of Apri-2017 for Unit -I

• 100% PLF achieved during the month of February-2017 and May-2017 for Unit-II.

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Status of implementation of Environmental Clearance conditions as on 30.09.2017

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4. (A) Specific Conditions:

(i.) Environmental Clearance shall be

subject to obtaining concurrence of

the Ministry of Coal for utilizing coal

from own mine for running the

power plant. A copy of the Ministry

of Coal concurrence shall be

submitted to the Regional Office of

the Ministry.

SCCL has made a request to MOC for long term linkage to 2X600MW STPP on 07.12.2013, 25.06.2014, 04.07.2014 & 24.02.2015 to Ministry of power and CEA on 30.03. 2015. MOC vide file No.23014/2/2016-CPD, Dt.22.04.2016 has approved the recommendations of Standing Linkage Committee (Long Term). Copy of letter enclosed in Annexure-1&1A.

(ii.) Vision document specifying the

prospective plan for the site shall be

formulated and submitted to the

Ministry within six months

Vision document was submitted to The

Director (IA Division), Thermal and Coal

Mining, MoEF, New Delhi and Director(S),

MoEF Regional office, Bangalore vide lr. No:

CRP/ENV/A/ 577A/ 447, dtd.20.07.11.

(iii.) Mango Orchard in the project area

shall not be removed.

The Mango Orchard in an area of 08.26 Ha

within the project area is not disturbed.

(iv.) DGMS permission shall be obtained

for back filling of mined out area. In

any case, mine back filling shall be

carried out only after detailed likely

impact studies are carried out and

by adopting adequate mitigation

measures such as providing

adequate layer of clay lining before

filling

Bottom ash is being used as stowing material

in the nearby underground coal mines of

SCCL. Necessary permissions were obtained

from the Director General of Mines Safety for

using bottom ash for stowing of UG mines vide

Lr.No.HR2(SCZ)/PERM/2015/890, Dt.23-03-

2016 for SRP 3&3A,Lr.No.HR2

(SCZ)/RK7/10026/PERM-27/2013/287,Dt.04-

02-2013 and Lr.No.HR2 (SCZ)/10026/PERM-

MODI/2013/3194-96,Dt.17-10-2013 for RK7

inclines. The copies of permission letters are

enclosed as Annexure-2 & 2A respectively.

(v.) Sulphur and ash contents in the

coal to be used in the project shall

not exceed 0.5 % and 34 %

respectively at any given time. In

case of variation of coal quality at

any point of time, fresh reference

shall be made to MoEF for suitable

amendments to environmental

clearance condition wherever

The coal linkage is from SRP OC-II project and

RKP OC Phase-I. The coal of these mines

contain Sulphur is less than 0.5% and Ash

Content in the range of 41%-42% respectively.

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necessary.

(vi.) A stack(s) of 275 m height shall be

provided with continuous online

monitoring equipment’s for Sox,

NOx and Particulate Matter (PM2.5

& PM10). Exit velocity of flue gases

shall not be less than 22 m/s.

Mercury emissions from stack shall

also be monitored on periodic basis.

The stack of 275 m height is provided. Continuous online monitoring for SOx, NOx, Particulate Matter, Exit flue gas velocity are erected and commissioned in Chimney at EL+104.50 mtrs. Mercury emissions from stack are being

monitored on monthly basis.

(vii.) No ground water shall be extracted

for use in operation of the power

plant even in lean season.

No ground water is being extracted for use in operation of the power plant even in lean season. .

(viii.) Source sustainability study of water

requirement shall be carried out by

an institute of repute. The study

shall also specify the source of

water for meeting the requirement

during lean season. The report shall

be submitted to the Regional Office

of the Ministry within six months.

Source sustainability study of water

requirement report was submitted to The

Director (S), MoEF, GOI, RO (South Zone),

Bangalore vide Lr. No: CRP/ENV/A/577A/ 448,

dtd.20.07.2011

Water required for the plant is being drawn

from River Godavari near Shetpalli.The

approvals of water allocation are enclosed as

Annexures-3,3A&3B.

(ix.) Hydro-geological study of the area

shall be reviewed annually and

report submitted to the Ministry. No

water bodies including natural

drainage system in the area shall

be disturbed due to activities

associated with the setting up /

operation of the power plant.

Being complied. No water body including natural drainage system in the area is disturbed. The hydrological study of the Area for the year 2017 has been carried out and the report is under preparation. It will be submitted separately in due course. .

(x.) Minimum required environmental

flow suggested by the Competent

Authority of the State Govt. shall be

maintained in the Channel / River

(as applicable) even in lean season.

Is being maintained.

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(xi.) COC of 5 shall be adopted COC of 5 will be maintained.

(xii.) Local employable youth shall be

trained in skills relevant to the

project, for eventual employment in

the project itself. The action taken

report and details thereof to this

effect shall be submitted to the

Regional Office of the Ministry and

the State Govt. Dept. concerned

from time to time.

Local employable youth have been provided outsourcing jobs in unskilled category who are the land oustees and nearby local unemployed youth in STPP and attached to Power Mech Agency. Further, Local employable youth are being trained in various skills/courses to get employment in various sectors and for self-employment. The action taken and the details thereof are enclosed as Annexure-4.

(xiii.) Additional soil for leveling of the

proposed site shall be generated

within the sites (to the extent

possible) so that natural drainage

system of the area is protected and

improved.

No additional soil is used from outside of the project area. Natural drainage system is not disturbed and is well maintained.

(xiv.) Provision of installation of FGD

shall be provided for future use.

High Efficiency Electrostatic

Precipitators (ESPs) shall be

installed to ensure that particulate

emissions does not exceed 50 mg /

Nm3.

Adequate space provision for installation of FGD system is made behind the chimney. The design and layout of the steam generator and its auxiliaries will be such that a wet / dry flue gas desulphurization system will be installed by taking suction from duct after ID fan and feeding the desulphurised flue gases back to the chimney with provision for by pass. Each steam generating unit will be provided with four electrostatic precipitators comprising eight (8) fields in the direction of flow of gas and two bus sections perpendicular to the gas flow for collection of fly ash. The ESP will have collection efficiency with (n-1) field and will not be less than 99.98% when firing worst coal. High efficiency ESPs were installed and the particulate emissions are not exceeding 50 mg/m3 as per CPCB norms.

(xv.) Adequate dust extraction systems

such as cyclones / bag filters and

water spray system in dusty areas

such as in coal handling and ash

handling points, transfer areas and

other vulnerable dusty areas shall

Adequate dust extraction systems such as cyclones / bag filters and water tankers in dusty areas such as in CHP and AHP, transfer areas and other vulnerable dusty areas are provided.

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be provided.

(xvi.) Utilization of 100% Fly Ash

generated shall be made from 4th

year of operation of the plant.

Status of implementation shall be

reported to the Regional Office of

the Ministry from time to time.

About 85% Fly Ash is disposed during the period from April, 2017 to Sept,2017. The details of ash generated, disposal for utilizing in various purposes are Enclosed as Annexure-5.

(xvii.) Fly ash shall be collected in dry

form and storage facility (silos) shall

be provided. Un-utilized fly ash shall

be disposed off in the ash pond in

the form of slurry form. Mercury and

other heavy metals (As, Hg, Cr, Pb.

etc.) will be monitored in the bottom

ash and also in the effluents

emanating from the existing ash

pond. No ash shall be disposed off

in low lying area.

Fly ash is being collected in dry form in silos and is being dispatched through closed tankers and open trucks covered with tarpaulin to cement factories.

(xviii.) Ash pond shall be lined with HDPE /

LDPE lining or any other suitable

impermeable media such that no

leachate takes place at any point of

time. Adequate safety measures

shall also be implemented to protect

the ash dyke from getting breached.

As per approved design ash pond is lined with clay to avoid leaching at any point of time. Adequate safety measures are implemented to protect the ash dyke from getting breached.

(xix.) For disposal of Bottom Ash in

abandoned mines (if proposed to be

undertaken) it shall be ensured that

the bottom and sides of the mined

out areas are adequately lined with

clay before Bottom Ash is filled up.

The project proponent shall inform

the State Pollution Control Board

well in advance before undertaking

the activity.

Bottom ash is being used as stowing material in the nearby underground coal mines of SCCL. Necessary permissions were obtained from the Director General of Mines Safety for using bottom ash for stowing of UG mines vide Lr.No.HR2(SCZ)/PERM/2015/890, Dt.23-03-2016 for SRP 3&3A,Lr.No.HR2 (SCZ)/RK7/10026/PERM-27/2013/287,Dt.04-02-2013 and Lr.No.HR2 (SCZ)/10026/PERM-MODI/2013/3194-96,Dt.17-10-2013 for RK7 inclines.

(xx.) Old abandoned ash dyke (if any)

shall be appropriately capped and

rehabilitated so that no possible

emission of fly ash takes place.

No old or abandoned ash dyke is present, as the proposed power plant is a green field project.

(xxi.) Green belt consisting of three tiers Total 78.00 Ha of Block Plantation with native species at various locations surrounding the

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of plantations of native species

around plant and at least 100 m

width shall be raised. Wherever 100

m width is not feasible a 50 m width

shall be raised and adequate

justification shall be submitted to

the Ministry. Tree density shall not

less than 2500 per ha with survival

rate not less than 75 %.

plant and 10.80 kms length of Avenue plantation along the internal roads has been done within the Plant boundary so far. The details of plantation and expenditure incurred so far is given in the Annexure- 6

(xxii.) For the tribal families (if any)

affected directly or indirectly by the

project, specific schemes for

upliftment of their sustainable

livelihood shall be prepared with

time bound implementation and in-

built monitoring programme. The

status of implementation shall be

submitted to the Regional Office of

the Ministry from time to time.

No tribal families are affected by this project.

(xxiii.) The project proponent shall also

adequately contribute in the

development of the neighboring

villages. Special package with

implementation schedule for free

potable drinking water supply in the

nearby villages and schools shall be

undertaken in a time bound

manner.

The infrastructure development in the surrounding villages were planned with project specific CSR with an amount of Rs. 22.10 Crs. Out of 22.10 Crs Rs.15.50 Crs were allocated for Civil Infrastructure development works under CSR. As on date 11.0 Crs. were spent for infrastructure development in the surrounding villages and further District Collector: Mancherial was requested to get the CSR works done through Govt. Engineering Depts. CSR list is enclosed as Annexure-7&7A

(xxiv.) While identifying CSR programme

the company shall conduct need

based assessment for the nearby

villages to study economic

measures with action plan which

can help in upliftment of poor

section of society. Income

generating projects consistent with

the traditional skills of the people

besides development of fodder

farm, fruit bearing orchards,

The report on CSR programme was Submitted to the Director (IA Division), Thermal and Coal, MoEF, New Delhi and Director, Regional office, MoEF, Bangalore vide Lr. No. CRP/ENV/A/ 577A/68, Dt.03-02-2011.

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vocational training etc. can form a

part of such programme. Company

shall provide separate budget for

community development activities

and income generating

programmes. This will be in

addition to vocational training for

individuals imparted to take up self-

employment and jobs.

(xxv.) It shall be ensured that in-built

monitoring mechanism for the

schemes identified is in place and

annual social audit shall be got

done from the nearest government

institute of repute in the region. The

project proponent shall also submit

the status of implementation of the

scheme from time to time.

Social Audit will be got done by Govt.Institute. The monitoring will be done periodically for implementation and report will be submitted to Regional Office, MoEF&CC.

B. General conditions

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(i.) The treated effluents conforming to

the prescribed standards only shall be

re-circulated and reused within the

plant. There shall be no discharge

outside the plant boundary except

during monsoon. Arrangements shall

be made that effluents and storm

water do not get mixed.

1. ETP is under construction.

2. The treated effluents will be utilized for

plantation purpose.

3. Arrangements will also be made that

Storm water and effluents do not get

mixed.

(ii.) A Sewage Treatment Plant shall be

provided (as applicable) and the

treated sewage shall be used for

raising green belt / plantation.

1. STP is under construction. 2. The treated water is planned to be used for gardening and plantation.

(iii.) Rainwater harvesting should be

adopted. Central Ground water

Authority / Board shall be consulted

for finalization of appropriate rainwater

harvesting technology within a period

of three months from the date of issue

of clearance and details shall be

Five No. of Rain Water Harvesting

Structures (RWHS) are proposed to be

taken up since the STPP premises is of

black cotton soil and since water table is at

shallow depth CGWB authorities were

consulted for design of RWHS.The Deputy

Director,CGWB, South Zone,Hyd.has

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furnished to the Regional Office of the

Ministry.

inspected in and around of STPP and the

design report is awaited. As soon as the

design is receipt R.W.H.S will be

constructed.

(iv.) Adequate safety measures shall be

provided in the plant area to

check/minimize spontaneous fires in

coal yard, especially during summer

season. Copy of these measures with

full details along with location plant

layout shall be submitted to the

Ministry as well as to the Regional

Office of the Ministry.

The provisions of 118 (A) of CMR, 1957

and 139 of Draft CMR, 2006 for precautions

against spontaneous heating in coal yard

are being maintained.

Necessary water spraying arrangements

are made and restriction of stock of coal is

being done.

(v.) Storage facilities for auxiliary liquid

fuel such as LDO and / HFO/LSHS

shall be made in the plant area in

consultation with Department of

Explosives, Nagpur. Sulphur content

in the liquid fuel will not exceed 0.5%.

Disaster Management Plan shall be

prepared to meet any eventuality in

case of an accident taking place due

to storage of oil.

License no. P/TG/15/4063 (P352322) dated 25.06.2015 Valid upto 31.12.2024.

(vi.) Regular monitoring of the ground

water level shall be carried out by

establishing a network of existing

wells and constructing new

piezometers. Monitoring around the

ash pond area shall be carried out

particularly for heavy metals (Hg, Cr,

As, Pb) and records maintained and

submitted to the Regional Office of

this Ministry. The data so obtained

should be compared with the baseline

data so as to ensure that the ground

water quality is not adversely affected

due to the project.

Regular monitoring of ground water levels

around the project will be carried out

through a network of existing wells and

piezometers constructed in the project.

10 No. of Piezometers (7 Nos of within the

project area and 3 nos of outside the

project area) have been constructed.

The monitoring of Analysis of heavy metals

is commenced from October,2017 and data

will be submitted in the next half yearly

Monitoring report.

However, Monitoring of ground water levels

around the project are being carried out.

The details are given in Annexure-12.

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(vii.) Monitoring surface water quantity and

quality shall also be regularly

conducted and records maintained.

The monitored data shall be submitted

to the Ministry regularly. Further,

monitoring points shall be located

between plant and drainage in the

direction of flow of ground water and

records maintained. Monitoring for

heavy metals in ground water shall be

undertaken.

Quality of surface water and ground water

is being monitored regularly. The water

quality analysis monitored at 4 various

locations for surface water and at 5

locations for ground water are enclosed as

Annexure-8.

(viii.) First Aid and sanitation arrangements

shall be made for the drivers and

other contract workers during the

construction phase.

First aid center is established at Service

Building.Toilets are provided in all the

buildings in plant area.

(ix.) Regular monitoring of ground level

concentration of SO2, NOx, PM2.5,

PM10 and Hg shall be carried out in

the impact zone and records

maintained. If at any stage these

levels are found to exceed the

prescribed limits, necessary control

measures shall be provided

immediately. The location of the

monitoring stations and frequency of

monitoring shall be decided in

consultation with SPCB. Periodic

reports shall be submitted to the

Regional Office of this Ministry. The

data shall also be put on the website

of the company.

The post project Air Quality Monitoring is

being done in 6 stations for monitoring of

ground level concentration of SO2, NOx,

PM2.5, and PM10 around the project in

consultation with Regional Office, TSPCB,

and Nizamabad through MOEF authorized

external agency (Environment Protection

Training and Research Institute, EPTRI) on

Fortnightly basis.

The Air quality monitoring data is enclosed

in Annexure-9. And noise quality data is

enclosed as Annexure-10

(x.) Provision shall be made for the

housing of construction Labour (as

applicable) within the site with all

necessary infrastructure and facilities

such as fuel for cooking, mobile

toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking

water, medical health care, crèche,

etc. The housing may be in any form

of temporary structures to be removed

Temporary accommodation is provided

inside STPP premises for construction

Labour. The necessary infrastructure

facilities like toilets, drinking water etc., are

provided.

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after the completion of the project.

(xi.) The project proponent shall advertise

in at least two local newspapers

widely circulated in the region around

the project, one of which shall be in

the vernacular language of the locality

concerned within seven days from the

date of this clearance letter, informing

that the project has been accorded

environmental clearance and copies

of clearance letter are available with

the State Pollution Control Board /

Committee and may also be seen at

website of the Ministry of Environment

and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in.

Advertisement was given in the following

Daily Newspapers informing that the

2X600MW Coal Based Thermal Power

Plant of SCCL has been accorded with the

Environmental Clearance from Ministry of

Environment and Forests, GOI, New Delhi.

i) Deccan Chronicle (English), dtd.05.01.2011 and

ii) Sakshi (Telugu), dt. 05.01.2011.

(xii.) A copy of the clearance letter shall be

sent by the proponent to concerned

Panchayat, Zilla Parishad / Municipal

Corporation, urban local Body and the

Local NGO, if any, from whom

suggestions / representations, if any,

received while processing the

proposal. The clearance letter shall

also be put on the website of the

Company by the proponent.

Copies of clearance letter were submitted

to all the concerned Gram Panchayat, Zilla

Parishad and also made available in the

company’s official website scclmines.com.

(Environment Department web page)

(xiii.) An Environmental Cell shall be

created at the project site itself and

shall be headed by an officer of

appropriate seniority and qualification.

It shall be ensured that the head of the

Cell shall directly report to the head of

the organization.

A separate Environment cell is formulated with one Dy.GM (Civil) at present and is looking after the environmental issues of the power plant at the project site itself.

(xiv.) The environment statement for each

financial year ending 31st March in

Form-V as is mandated to be

submitted by the project proponent to

the concerned State Pollution Control

Board as prescribed under the

Environment (Protection) Rules,

1986, as amended subsequently, shall

also be put on the website of the

company along with the status of

The environmental statements in Form-V

for the period ending 31st March 2017 was

submitted vide Lr. No

STPP/ENV/637/2017/2505, Dt: 27-09-2017

to TSPCB, MoEF&CC and copy to

Regional office, TSPCB, Nizamabad.

The environmental statement in Form-V

for the period ending 31st March 2017 was

also posted on the company’s website

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compliance of environmental

clearance conditions and shall also be

sent to the respective Regional

Offices of the Ministry by e-mail.

“www.scclmines.com”

(xv.) The project proponent shall submit six

monthly reports on the status of the

implementation of the stipulated

environmental safeguards to the

Ministry of Environment and Forests,

its Regional Office, Central Pollution

Control Board and State Pollution

Control Board. The PP shall upload

the status of compliance of the

environment of the environmental

clearance conditions on their website

and update the same periodically and

simultaneously send the same by e-

mail to the Regional Office, Ministry of

Environment and Forests.

The status of the implementation of the

environmental safeguards is being

submitted to Regional Office, MoEF,

Chennai and Regional Office, TSPCB,

Nizamabad and CPCB, Delhi on Half yearly

basis.

The status of compliance of the stipulated

EC conditions, including results of

monitored data is being posted on SCCL

website “www.scclmines.com”.

(xvi.) Regional Office of the Ministry of

Environment & Forests will monitor

the implementation of the stipulated

conditions. A complete set of

documents including Environmental

Impact Assessment Report and

Environment Management Plan along

with the additional information

submitted from time to time shall be

forwarded to the Regional Office for

their use during monitoring.

Project proponent will up-load the

compliance status in their website and

updates the same from time to time at

least six monthly bases. Criteria

pollutants levels including NOx (from

stack and ambient air) shall be

displayed at the main gate of the

power plant.

Complete set of documents were submitted

to Regional Office, MoEF, Bangalore vide

Lr. No: CRP/ ENV/ A /577A/63,

dtd.29.01.11.

The status of compliance of the stipulated

Environmental Clearance (EC) conditions,

including results of monitored data is being

posted on SCCL website

“www.scclmines.com”.

However, the pollutant levels will be

displayed near the main gate of the

company shortly.

(xvii.) Separate funds shall be allocated for

implementation of environmental

protection measures along with item-

wise break-up. These cost shall be

Separate funds (Rs. 455.60 Crores) were

allocated for implementation of

environmental protection measures. The

item-wise break up is enclosed as

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included as part of the project cost.

The funds earmarked for the

environment protection measures

shall not be diverted for other

purposes and year-wise expenditure

should be reported to the ministry.

Annexure -11.

The funds earmarked for the environment

protection measures will not be diverted for

other purposes and year-wise expenditure

will be reported to the MoEF.

(xviii.) The project authorities shall inform the

Regional Office as well as the Ministry

regarding the date of financial closure

and final approval of the project by the

concerned authorities and the dates of

start of land development work and

commissioning of plant.

Financial closure:11.10.2011

Final approval of the project :25.06.2011

Start of land development work :01.12.2011

Commissioning of plant: COD 1) Unit-1 COD completed on 25.09.2016. 2) Unit-2 COD completed on 02.12.2016.

(xix.) Full co-operation shall be extended to

the Scientists / Officers from the

Ministry / Regional Office of the

Ministry at Bangalore / CPCB / SPCB

who would be monitoring the

compliance of environmental status.

Full Co-operation will be extended to all the

Scientists / Officers from the Ministry /

Regional Office / CPCB / SPCB who are

monitoring the compliance status.