Public Consultation As per Environmental Impact Assessment Notification dated 14 th September, 2006 and 01.12.2009, the proposed project falls under category ‘A’, Schedule- 5(f). GIL proposes to set up captive resin manufacturing plant at Routhusuramala village, Thottambedu mandal, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh to cater upcoming medium density fiberboards (MDF) manufacturing unit. The press notification indicating date and venue of the public hearing was issued by Environment Engineer, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, Regional office, Tirupati on 16 th July, 2017 in prominent newspapers viz. ‘Hans India’ and ‘Sakshi’ with project details inviting suggestions, views, comments and objections from the public regarding establishment of proposed captive resin plant. The draft EIA report along with executive summary in english and telugu languages were made available at the following places: Office of the Collector & District Magistrate, Chittoor, Chittoor district; Office of the Chief Executive Officer, Chittoor, Chittoor district; Office of the General Manager, District Industies Centre, Chittoor, Chittoor district; Office of the Sub-Collector, Tirupati, Chittoor district; The Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (c), Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change; Regional office (SZ), 1 st and 2 nd Floor, Handloom Export Promotion Council, 34, Cathedral Garden road, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600034; Office of the A.P. Pollution Control Board, Office, Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad; Office of the A.P. Pollution Control Board Zonal office, Near Krishna Nagar Railway Gate, Kurnool; Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, Regional Office, N. T. Road, Tirupati; Office of Tahsildar, Thottembedu mandal, Chittoor district; Office of the MPDO, Thottembedu mandal, Chittoor district; and Office of the Routhu suramala Gram Panchayat, Thotembedu mandal, Chitoor district. The newspaper advertisements for the public hearing in English & local newspaper (Telugu) are provided in Figure-1 (A) & Figure1(B) respectively.
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Public Consultation
As per Environmental Impact Assessment Notification dated 14th September,2006 and 01.12.2009, the proposed project falls under category ‘A’, Schedule-5(f). GIL proposes to set up captive resin manufacturing plant at Routhusuramalavillage, Thottambedu mandal, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh to cater upcomingmedium density fiberboards (MDF) manufacturing unit.
The press notification indicating date and venue of the public hearing was issuedby Environment Engineer, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, Regionaloffice, Tirupati on 16th July, 2017 in prominent newspapers viz. ‘Hans India’ and‘Sakshi’ with project details inviting suggestions, views, comments and objectionsfrom the public regarding establishment of proposed captive resin plant.
The draft EIA report along with executive summary in english and telugulanguages were made available at the following places:
Office of the Collector & District Magistrate, Chittoor, Chittoor district; Office of the Chief Executive Officer, Chittoor, Chittoor district; Office of the General Manager, District Industies Centre, Chittoor, Chittoor
district; Office of the Sub-Collector, Tirupati, Chittoor district; The Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (c), Ministry of
Environment, Forests and Climate Change; Regional office (SZ), 1st and 2nd
Office of the A.P. Pollution Control Board, Office, Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad; Office of the A.P. Pollution Control Board Zonal office, Near Krishna Nagar
Railway Gate, Kurnool; Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, Regional Office, N. T. Road, Tirupati; Office of Tahsildar, Thottembedu mandal, Chittoor district; Office of the MPDO, Thottembedu mandal, Chittoor district; and Office of the Routhu suramala Gram Panchayat, Thotembedu mandal, Chitoor
district.
The newspaper advertisements for the public hearing in English & localnewspaper (Telugu) are provided in Figure-1 (A) & Figure1(B) respectively.
FIGURE-1(A)NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING – HANS INDIA (ENGLISH NEWS PAPER)
FIGURE-1(B)NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING – SAKSHI (TELUGU NEWS PAPER)
The public hearing was held on 17th August, 2017 in respect of EnvironmentImpact Assessment for obtaining Environmental Clearance (EC) for proposedcaptive resin manufacturing plant at Routhusuramala village, Thottambedumandal, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh of M/s. Greenply Industries Ltd held atSurvey No: 97/1, 98 & 99, Routhusuramala village, Thottambedu mandal,Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh with reference to EIA notification S.O. 1533 (E)at 14.09.06.
The following officials attended the environmental public hearing:
1) Smt. S. Razia Begum, District Revenue Officer, Chittoor district and Chairmanof the environmental public hearing panel.
2) Sri. A. Narendra Babu, Member Convener & Environmental Engineer APPCB,Regional Office, Tirupati.
The following departmental officials attended the hearing:
1) Sri. T. Yugandhar, Tahsildar, Thottembedu (M), Chittoor district.2) Smt. M. Sasi Kala, AEE, APPCB, RO, Tirupati.
Representatives of the Industry:
1. Mr. Mahesh, Executive, M/s. Greenply Industries Limited;2. Mr. Suresh, Project Manager, M/s. Greenply Industries Limited;3. Mr. Jinendra Kumar Jain, Vice President, M/s. Greenply Industries Limited;4. Sri. G.V. Raghava Rao, Environmental Consultant of the project, M/s VimtaLabs Ltd, Hyderabad; and5. Kum. Svega, Environmental Engineer, M/s Vimta Labs Ltd, Hyderabad.
The environmental engineer, A.P.Pollution Control Board, Tirupati welcomed theDistrict Revenue Officer, Chittoor district & Chairman of the public hearing paneland public gathered at the public hearing venue. He explained the need toconduct public hearing for the proposed project as per the Ministry ofEnvironment Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India, New Delhi notification2006. Then he requested the District Revenue Officer, Chittoor district to takeover the proceedings of the environmental public hearing.
The District Revenue Officer, Chittoor district & Chairman of the environmentalpublic consultation while speaking on the occasion, informed the importance ofthe environmental public hearing to the public. She requested the public to utilizethis opportunity for detailed discussion on the proposed project to know thedetails of benefits getting by the surrounding people due to the establishment ofthis industry. She also informed that she will make her comments aftercompleting the discussions and assurances made by the project proponent on theissues raised by the public during public hearing. Then she requested the projectproponent to explain salient features of the proposed project for information ofthe public. Then the District Revenue Officer, Chittoor district & Chairman of theenvironmental public consultation requested the general public to express theiropinions/ suggestions, objections. Subsequently District Revenue Officer, ChittoorDistrict requested the management of the proposed project to summarize andanswer the concerns raised by the public during the environmental publichearing.
About 300 people attended the public hearing. The list of people attended thepublic hearing and the minutes of the public hearing are enclosed as Annexure-XX.
The photographs of the public hearing are shown in Figure-2. The response forissues raised by participants during public hearing with action plan is given inTable-1.
FIGURE-2 (A)PHOTOGRAPHS OF PUBLIC HEARING
FIGURE-2 (B)PHOTOGRAPHS OF PUBLIC HEARING
FIGURE-2(C)PHOTOGRAPHS OF PUBLIC HEARING
TABLE-1ACTION PLAN FOR ISSUES RAISED BY PARTICIPANTS
DURING PUBLIC HEARING
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Name of the Participant Issues Response & Action Plan Timeline & Budget
1 Sri S. Rajendranath Reddy, R/oRouthusuramala village
He welcomed the establishment of the industry and brought thefollowing to the notice of public hearing panel for kind consideration
1. As per the information furnished in the executive summary theemployment generation is only 50 members during constructionand 20 members after completion of the project. As it seems toa very less number of job opportunities available to the localpublic and requested to provide good number of jobs at theirsister concern industries.
2. Providing of health infrastructure facilities shall be developed atthe surrounding villages especially to arrest seasonal diseasesi.e malaria etc.,
3. Establishment of well-equipped schools at surrounding villages.
4. Providing of protected drinking water supply systems atsurrounding villages.
Sri. Suresh, Project Manager, M/s.Greenply Industries Limited:The management has alreadyrecruited fresh graduate engineersand giving training for the duration of6 months and they will be suitablyemployed on the upcoming industryon permanent basis. Themanagement will deploy qualifiedskilled / unskilled people mostly fromsurrounding villages on the upcomingproject. The management has alreadyprovided an RO plant atRouthusurumala village with acapacity of 1000 litres/day. Regularhealth camps will be conducted atsurrounding villages. Developmentactivities under CSR on surroundingvillages in co-ordination with DRDAwill be taken up.
An amount of Rs. 45lakhs will be spentfor promotingeducation, 30 lakhsfor providing safedrinking water and45 lakhs for ensuringenvironmentalsustainability fornext 3 years
2 Sri Yagani Benny,R/o Poonabaka village, Nelloredistrict
He informed during public hearing that there are so many weakersection colonies located nearby the proposed establishment and theyare very much co-operative with the management even they havegiven their land for laying of approach road to reach the proposedindustrial premises.
In this regard, he requested the management to provide propereducation facilities at the said colonies and also requested to providegood number of jobs to the surrounding people either the way ofdirect or in-direct employment. He also stressed the importance ofcompensatory greenbelt development at the area for maintainingecological balance.
GIL Response: The allocated CSRbudget will be spent for developmentof surrounding villages in co-ordination with District RuralDevelopment Authority (DRDA),Chittoor district. Skill developmentprograms will be conducted to trainthe youth of surrounding area forgetting suitable jobs.Sri. Suresh suggested, growing ofgreenbelt as per the Govt. norms themanagement will prefer to developfruit bearing and medicinal plant.Awareness programs to the localfarmers on harvesting of alternativecrops (Eucalyptus & Subabul)will be
Mentioned in point 1
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Name of the Participant Issues Response & Action Plan Timeline & Budget
conducted and expressed faith thatwithin 3 to 4 years the change maybe occurred.
3 Sri. Veera Raghavulu,R/o Pallemala village
He informed that they are not having any apprehensions on theproposed establishment with regard to environment. He alsoinformed the importance of the creating awareness on thesurrounding agricultural farmers on growing of eucalyptus, subabulin place of traditional crops as the raw materials of the proposedproject is eucalyptus and subabul. He also requested to conduct skilldevelopment programs to train the youth of surrounding area forgetting suitable jobs.
GIL Response: Awareness programsto the local farmers on harvesting ofalternative crops (Eucalyptus &Subabul) will be conducted.
Skill development programs to theyouth will be conducted.
Mentioned in point 1
4 Sri. K. Subramanyam,Sarpanch, Punabaka village,Nellore district
He informed that if at all any pollution issues occurred during theoperation of the plant same shall be rectified immediately by themanagement to maintain environmental quality at the surroundingarea. There are so many graduates and under graduates from theirvillage who are jobless and requested the management to providesuitable job opportunities to the people to earn their livelihood.
GIL Response: The environmentalmanagement cell will monitor allpollution related issues.
The management will give preferenceto deploy qualified skilled / unskilledpeople from surrounding villages onthe upcoming project.
Mentioned in point 1
5 Sri. D. Sreenivasulu,R/o Routhusuramala
He informed that this area is a drought area and unable to growagricultural crops regularly by the local farmers and hence there is aneed for alternate arrangement to earn their livelihood. In thisregard, he requested the management to provide job opportunitiesimpartially to their villagers based on their qualification and merit.
GIL Response: Awareness programsto the local farmers on harvesting ofalternative crops (Eucalyptus &Subabul will be conducted.
Local villagers/ labour will be taken asskilled /unskilled as per theirqualification / eligibility
Mentioned in point 1
6 Sri. Sunanda Reddy, NGO He welcomed the industrial establishment and made the followingsuggestions to the management.
1. As the raw material of the proposed project is agri based andthe local farmers may trained to grow the same and it mayhelp them in the form of indirect employment.
2. Skill development programs shall be taken-up under CSRactivities to train the local people for getting suitable jobs.
3. Water harvesting structures shall be constructed by themanagement to avoid ground water depletion.
4. To adopt any one of the village for providing corporateeducation.
GIL Response: Awareness programsto the local farmers on harvesting ofalternative crops will be given.
We will participate in variouscommunity development projectssuch as promoting education,employment.
Rain water harvesting structures areprovided in the factory premises toavoid water depletion on
Mentioned in point 1
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Name of the Participant Issues Response & Action Plan Timeline & Budget
5. The management shall prefer for developing fruit bearing treesand medicinal plants as a part of developing 33% of greenbeltas per the government norms.
surroundings. Greenbelt as per theGovt. norms, the management willprefer to develop fruit bearing andmedicinal plant.
7 Sri. Vijaya Reddy, NGO,Hyderabad
He stressed the importance of maintaining environmental qualitybefore and after establishment of the industry apart from jobopportunities and CSR activities. He stressed the responsibility of themanagement to safe guard the surrounding environment, wild lifeprotection. He also expressed his happiness on the amountssanctioned towards CSR activities. He also informed the importanceof the industrialization as the agriculture sector is in crises in Indiadue to various reasons. He suggested the management to constructwater harvesting structures to increase the ground water table atsurrounding area.
GIL Response: Environmentalmonitoring will be conducted toassess the pollution level in thesurrounding area. Greenbelt aroundthe plant boundary will be developed.Rain water harvesting structures inthe factory premises is already toprovide to avoid water depletion onsurroundings.
Mentioned in point 1
8 Sri. Janardhan Reddy, NGO He welcomed the industrial establishment and also opined that thistype of proposed line of activity may not cause any pollutionproblems on the surroundings.
GIL Response: The proposed resinplant will not cause any pollutionproblems. The environmentalmanagement cell will monitor allpollution related issues.
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9 Sri. N. Ravi Kumar,Environmental activist,
He explained the importance of industrialization after bifurcation ofcombined state. He stressed the importance of growing alternatecrops viz eucalyptus and subabul in place of traditional crops byeducating the local farmers. He also requested the management toprovide good number of the jobs to the local people.
GIL: Awareness programs to the localfarmers on harvesting of alternativecrops (Eucalyptus & Subabul) will beconducted.Local people will be given preferenceof employment according to the skillrequirement and their qualification /competence.
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10 Sri. Ramesh Naidu,R/o Anantapur
He requested the management to provide good number of jobs tothe local people, conducting of health camps monthly at surroundingvillages and also to provide ambulance facility.
GIL Response: We will provide theemployment and health camps insurrounding villages
11 Sri. Ramesh, NGO He requested the management to spend the CSR allocated budgetfor the development activities at surrounding villages.
GIL Response: We had proposed tospend ~Rs. 120 lakhs under corporatesocial responsibility
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12 Sri. P.Polaiah,R/o Punabaka,
He expressed his happiness on the establishment of industry andalso expressed his happiness on the attitude of the management andDistrict Administration for positive consideration of the concerns ofthe surrounding people.
GIL Response: Thanked forwelcoming the project
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13 Sri. M. Murali, He requested the management to provide jobs to the all un- GIL Response: A major part of all -
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R/o Punabaka employed youth belonging to Routhusuramala and Punabaka andalso informed that they are eagerly waiting for quick completion ofthe project.
un-employed youth belonging of localvillages will be provided with jobopportunities
Written Communications14 Chenna Keshava Redy, N.G.O We kindly support this project for grant of environmental clearance
from MOEF&CC because it will provide job opportunities as well asAndhra Pradesh will be developed.My suggestions:
1. Local people /villagers should be provided jobopportunities;
2. CSR funds should be allocated to the people who residedwithin 10 km-radius;
3. Trees should be planted along the roads;4. Instead of using ground water, reuse the treated water;
and5. Greenbelt should be developed 33% as per CPCB
guidelines.We support this project.
GIL response is mentioned in point 1&2.
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15 Ravi Kumar Nandipati,Spoorthy Rural Developmentand Social Service Society
After the state bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh is in a backwardposition both in economically and employment sectors.Government has taken initiatives in promoting industrial sectorrather than agriculture. In this regard we welcome M/s. GreenplyIndustries limited at Routhusuramala village, Thottambedumandal, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh.
Chittoor district and Thotambedu mandal will be developed inindustrial sector by promoting this project. We congratulate theenvironmental consultancy Vimta Labs which has prepareddetailed EIA report. We request you to follow the rules andregulations provided by APPCB.
Suggestions for implementation of C.S.R
1. Greenbelt should be developed 33% as per CPCBguidelines;
2. Providing health campaigns in local villages; and3. Providing skill development programs to train the youth
for employment.
We support for this project for grant of Environment Clearance
GIL response is mentioned in point 1,2 & 3.
Mentioned in point 1
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Name of the Participant Issues Response & Action Plan Timeline & Budget
from Central Government and MOEF&CC.16 V.Sunanda Reddy, President
ofDharithri ParyavaranaParirakshana Samstha
I am the first environmentalist in India to support Industries. Mybest wishes and supporting the management of M/s. GreenplyIndustries Limited, proposed captive resin plant of 100000 TPAproduction capacity. Generally environmentalists opposesindustrial activity. But I am whole heartedly supporting theindustrial production. Because in India approximately 40 croresyouth between the age group 18 to 35 years are waiting foremployment opportunities and urgent need of industrialdevelopment of Andhra Pradesh State. At the same time here is agreat necessity to protect the ecological balance. I am giving youfew suggestions to maintain the Ecological balance anddevelopment of your Industry.
1. Your consultant have already conducted baseline survey ofair, water, land it is very good. My request is please collectthe data of the health status of the people, crop, productionstatus and ground water availability status within 10 kmsradius. It is very useful in future and utilize as a parameter totake precautionary affective measures to maintain ecologicalmaintenance. If there is any possibility to add this report infinal EIA report it is great welcoming. 2. My request andsuggestions to you to take up proposed industry 1 acre ofland, what-ever you draw water approximately 10 cubicmeter per day. But the water is not sufficiently availablethroughout the year it is a limited source. The excess water isavailable in rain season only. My suggestion is please makespecial efforts to collect rain water to store construct storagetanks for storage rainy water. It is very useful to use therainy water in non-rainy days to your industry. 3. You haveplanned take up plantation is very good. My suggestion is totake up plantation 40-50% is very essential to controlpressure on ecological balance because Indian population isincreasing 10 crores for every 10 years. It is very preserisedon natural resources. 4. Please take up village plantation innearby villages and also avenue plantation in nearby villageson which internal roads you vehicles transporting thematerials to control dust pollution. My request is you shouldgive priority to plant fruit bearing plants and medicinal valueplants instead of normal plants. It is very beneficial to controldust pollution and also available fruits in nearby villages. 5.
GIL response is mentioned in point1,2, 3 & 6.
Mentioned in point 1
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Please give top priority to the local educate unemployedyouth to give employment in your industry. 6. My humblerequest is to promote skill development training tounemployed youth to get better skills and to get employmentchances in your industry remaining youth to get other placesjobs. Countries like Japan and Korea youth 96 percent gotskill development trainings. But in India 5 to 6 percent youthhave skilled persons. 7. My request is to form a Co-ordinationcommittees with villagers and youth company officials, Govt.Officials and PCB officials to take up plan of action of CSRbudget. It is very effectively helping and meaningful to takeup demand oriented works. Please discourage target orientedworks with this activity a great crediability comes to you.Once again my best wishes and supporting to your miningdevelopment at the same time please maintain the Ecologicalbalance and environmental safety.
I am congratulating environment consultancy which hasprepared detailed EIA report to your project is very good andsatisfactory. Finally I am requesting the public hearing panelcommittee to recommend to MOEF to give unconditionalpermission to M/s. Greenply Industries Limited, proposedcaptive resin plant of 100000 TPA production capacity atRouthusuramala (V), Thottambedu (M), Chittoor District,Andhra Pradesh State.
