NOC by Pollution Control Board Haryana

November 22- Haryana Minister of State for Environment,MrsKiran Choudhry today said that Haryana State Pollution Control Boardwill issue no-objection-certificate on pollution angle to units havingan investment of over Rs 5 crore at the Head office of Board. Theseunits included hot mix plant, stone crushers, construction projectswhich had a discharge of 10 KLD or more, units covered underEnvironment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification. Units which had aninvestment of less than Rs 5 crore would be issued NOC on pollutionangle by the District Level Clearance Committee (DLCC) headed by therespective Deputy Commissioners as per the Haryana IndustrialPromotion Rules 2007. The Units included brick kilns and other plantsand machineries. Mrs Kiran Choudhry elaborately reviewed the different issuespertaining to pollution control in the State at the sixth meeting heldat at Panchkula today with the Haryana State Pollution Control Boardofficers and officials. She directed the Regional officers present inthe meeting to strictly deal with the pollution violators in the Stateand to carry on their work vigilantly and diligently. It was informed in the meeting that the Board had issued show causenotices to about 867 violators of Aravali notification at Gurgoan andissued closure orders of 241 units under the Water and Air Acts in theState in the current financial year. Around 4728 consent applicationswere received by the Board under the Water Act and 7986 applicationsunder the Air act this year. The Minister directed the Board to prosecute the environmentviolators under the law, failing to which the concerned official wouldbe suspended or penalized for negligence. She stressed thatEnvironment was an important issue today and no relaxation would begiven to anyone violating the norms. She asked the Regional Officersto provide the list of plastic bags and plastic products manufacturingunits functional in the State and directed them to slap notice on themanufacturing units which were not adhering to the norms. She directed all the regional officers to appoint environmentwardens in each ward in order to keep a check on the use of plasticbags and products. She asked them to spread awareness through ralliesand to conduct various wakeful activities pertaining to environment inthe State. She also asked the officers to submit a detailed report ofthe various activities which included awareness campaigns, functioningof the Eco Clubs in accordance to the calendar of events issued by theBoard. The Minister directed the Board to formulate a proper NOC procedureand make it available online; she said that each stage should beproperly explained in order to maintain transparency. She also askedthe board to amend the notification on priority basis which clearlylists the norms and criteria for closure and functioning of the StoneCrushers operational in the State. She urged the Regional officers to prepare an environmentalmovie and screen it in each school of the State through EDUSAT system.She asked them to expedite the awareness campaigns in their districtsthrough the members of the ECO clubs and young children. She said thatit was very important to sensitize the children on the various environmental issues as they were the future guardians of theEnvironment.

rooftop grid interactive solar PV system

November 12 The Union Government is contemplating to formulate and launch a scheme regarding rooftop grid interactive solar PV system for generation of electricity for commercial establishments, housing complexes and industries.
This was stated by the Secretary , Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Mr. Deepak Gupta today while presiding over a consultation meet on Rooftop grid interactive solar PV System for electricity generation held today at Gurgaon. The meet was organized by Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency ( HAREDA). The meet was attended by various stake holders like nursing homes, hospitals, IT parks, hotels, Malls, housing complexes, industries and Schools.
Mr. Gupta was in Gurgaon to know the response of the stake holders about launching of such scheme and after interacting with them he was happy with the overwhelming response. " In my opinion the government should go ahead with the scheme", remarked Mr Gupta.
Mr. Gupta today called upon Gurgaon residents to make it a solar city by adopting solar equipments in place of Diesel Genset Captive power.
He said that the power generated through gensets was not dependable for a longer period of time as the diesel prices were soaring high and petroleum reservoirs were constantly exhausting. Moreover, the emission of harmful gases like CO2 cause environmental hazards. It was high time that person in every field should think of adopting solar energy system as part of his life, Mr Gupta observed and added that the maintenance of this system was like dusting ones house. He asked the people present to start using solar energy system in some limited area of their premises or with some minimum load. At the same time, he observed that the glass used in buildings in Gurgaon was not energy efficient because in addition to the conventional electricity supply hundreds of gensets were used to keep these buildings cool. In the interest of future generations and for saving the environment from pollution, one should think of solar energy system.
Mrs Sumita Mishra Director HAREDA told that they have chosen Gurgaon for this project because here people with different line of thinking reside and they believe in bringing change. Moreover, the building sector in Gurgaon has a rapid growth rate of more than 20 per cent as against national average of 11 per cent. She told about the various schemes being run by HAREDA for promotion of solar energy system. Mrs Mishra told that a capital subsidy on domestic solar water heating system upto Rs. 10000 for all Haryana residents was being given and Haryana was the only state in India to provide 90 per cent financial assistance on installation of solar water heating system (SWHS) in social sector institutions like old age home, working women hostel and the like. During the last financial year, 1,30000 liters capacity of SWHS was installed in the state leading to a peak load saving of 1.3 MW and reduction of emission of 1950 tonnes of CO2. She told that the incentives have resulted in a phenomenal increase in installation of SWHS in domestic sector and during 2007-08, 125 domestic solar water heating systems of 30 thousand liter capacity were installed in the state. Gurgaon tops the list where 27 systems with approximate 5000 liter capacity were installed. Naming some institutions where this system has been installed, she told that Brahmkumari Ashram of village Bhorakalan has the largest steam cooking system in the country where food for 2000 persons was being prepared daily besides the solar water heating system. Financial assistance by way of soft loans through 30 banks was being provided for installing this eco-friendly system, Mrs Mishra added.

energy efficiency in agriculture

Nov.9 - With a view to promote energy conservation inagriculture sector and to ensure reliable power supply to tubewellconsumers, the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam plans to introduce anovel scheme for farmers under which an independent distribution transformer of the appropriate capacity/ rating will be provided tothe tubewell consumers who make an energy efficient water pumping installation. At present the State is supplying almost 50% of thetotal available electricity daily to the rural sector. There is 25%potential of saving electricity in the sector by making the existingtubewell systems energy efficient. Giving details of this ambitious scheme, a spokesman said here todaythat the Nigam has started the process of appointing energy auditorsto conduct an investment grade energy efficiency analysis of all thetubewell installations. Each tubewell installation would be analysed for energy efficiency. The recommendations of the energy auditorsshall be provided to the farmer. Any farmer who opts for making thenecessary changes to his pumping installation to make it more energyefficient shall be encouraged by the Nigam by providing him adedicated transformer. Upon complete implementation of the energyefficiency recommendations of the energy auditors, the farmer wouldget the installation checked again by the energy auditor and if theinstallation passes the requirements, a clearance certificate shall beissued to the farmer by the energy auditor. Upon submission of thecertificate to the Nigam, the Nigam would provide the farmer with anindependent transformer for his exclusive use. Under the scheme, the Nigam will provide the independenttransformer, convert the existing low tension lines into 11 KV linesi.e. High Voltage Distribution System (HVDS) at its own cost. Afterhaving the independent transformer and new distribution system, thewilling consumers will be benefited by way of better voltage, reliableand uninterrupted power supply. It will also help improve efficiencyof motors, avoid their burnout due to less current as well as damageto distribution transformers and the system due to overloading. The Nigam would install distribution transformers of 6.3, 10, 16, 20,25 and 40 KVA capacity depending upon the load disclosed by theapplicant. The applicant will be the sole owner of the distributiontransformer and nobody else will be fed from that transformer. For availing benefit of the scheme, the willing consumer is requiredto make the installation 100% energy efficient. It will be in theinterest of the farmer (s) as well as the Nigam. It will be mandatory for the willing farmer to use HDPE / R –PVCpiping. He will ensure that the motor installed at the site is withminimum ISI mark and three star rating and as per the Bureau of EnergyEfficiency standards. The control cable and equipment like starters,capacitors etc. should be of good quality from ISO 9000 firms.Installation of capacitors by the farmer will be essential to improvethe power factor in the system. In addition, the applicants would also use Compact Fluorescent Lamps(CFLs) in place of conventional bulbs. The benefit of the scheme willnot be given to the defaulting consumers.