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Public hearing on chemical unit today

Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed chemical factory being set up by Deccan Fine Chemical India Private Limited at Rajavaram near Payakaraopeta on Friday.

The Telugu Desam, the CPI, the CPI (M) and local NGOs are preparing to submit objections over the establishment of the unit at a cost of Rs.115 crores on an area of 35 acres close to the seashore. The public hearing will begin at 10 a.m.

The unit will manufacture 12 types of synthetic organic and biotech-based chemicals. It will have a production capacity of 4,750 tonnes per annum.

The unit will lead to contamination of groundwater in the vicinity, alleges G. Srinivas, an activist of Samata, and cited how similar plant by Nagarjuna Agrochemicals had contaminated groundwater at Baripeta and nearby areas in an extent of 24 square km.

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