TNPCB tells NGT Sun Pharma did not implement proposed expansion in Chengalpattu

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s unit at Sathammai village in Chengalpattu district is currently operating within its existing permitted production capacity and has not undertaken the proposed expansion.

The submission was made in a recent report filed before the southern bench of the NGT following an appeal filed by K.R. Selvaraj Kumar of Meenavar Nala Sangam, challenging the environmental clearance granted to the company for expansion.

According to the TNPCB report, the unit had originally obtained the Board’s consent to establish in 2005 and consent to operate in 2006 for manufacturing pharmaceutical products with a total production capacity of 25.5 tonnes a month. Subsequent consent orders permitted changes in sewage generation, trade effluent disposal and air pollution control measures, without an increase in the permitted product quantity.