New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) Jubilant Life Sciences hasreceived a green nod for setting up a greenfield pesticidemanufacturing unit at Bharuch, Gujarat at a cost of around Rs250 crore, as per the official document.
The proposal is to set up a technical grade pesticide andpesticide-specific intermediate manufacturing facilitieshaving a total production capacity of 32,350 tonnes per annumat a SEZ in Bharuch, Gujarat.
In the letter issued to Jubilant Life Sciences, the Unionenvironment ministry has said it has given the environmentclearance to the company's greenfield project with someconditions after taking into account experts' views.
Among conditions specified, the company has been asked toensure that total pesticides production for domestic salesshould include manufacturing of 10 per cent bio-pesticides andthat to be achieved in five years from the date ofcommissioning of the project.
The estimated cost is Rs 250 crore for setting up thisgreenfield pesticide manufacturing unit in Bharuch.
The company has been asked to get 'consent toestablish/operate' from the state pollution control board andconform to standards the effluent discharge to deep sea.
According to the proposal, the proposed greenbeltpesticide manufacturing unit will be set up on 16,000 squaremeter of area in the the Bharuch Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
The company has total 20 hectares of area within theBharuch SEZ, which is operated by Jubilant Infrastructure Ltd(JIL).
The power requirement is estimated to be 4MW, which willbe met either through captive generation by the SEZ operatorJIL or sourced from grid of Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Ltd,the letter added.
Jubilant Life Sciences is engaged in research andmanufacturing of synthetic organic chemicals, advancedpharmaceutical ingredients, agri intermediates among others.
The company has five state-of-the-art manufacturingplants located at Gajraula in Uttar Pradesh, Nira andAmbernath in Maharashtra, while Samlaya and Bharuch inGujarat. PTI LUXMKJ.
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