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Balkrishna Industries is planning a 11,500 TPM carbon black manufacturing facility at Village Paddhar, dist. Kutch, Gujarat. The project will come up in the existing tyre& tubes manufacturing plant premises. The project is waiting for environmental clearance. Work on the project is expected to commence in H2 2018. According to MoEF sources, existing land area is 1,212,560 sq. mtrs, out of which 873,508 sq. mtrs is already utilised for existing plant (i.e. tubes, tyre and captive power plant) and 133,488 sq. mtrs will be developed for proposed expansion (i.e carbon black plant). The estimated project cost is Rs. 28,795.6 million (Rs. 27,595.6 million for existing tire & CPP as on September 2016 + Rs. 1,200 million for carbon plant). Kadam Environmental Consultants is the environmental consultant. The capacity of proposed ETP will be 300 KLD and STP will be 25 KLD. The likely date of completion of project is March 2019. [Info as of: Jul. `17]

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