Louis Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd has moved the Ministry of Environment and Forests for environmental clearance for expansion of its bulk drugs manufacturing unit at
Nawabpet in Andhra Pradesh\'s Medak district.

In its presentation to the Ministry for environmental clearance, the company said that it intends to increase its production from 2.4 MTPA to 45 MTPA.

The total plot area of the unit is 10580.31 sq m, of which 2671.36 sq m is for greenbelt development.The project cost is Rs 11 crore.

There are no historical places, defence installations, archaeological sites, wildlife sanctuaries or national parks and ecologically-sensitive areas near the project site, the company said.

In its presentation, the company said there will not be any major potential for negative impact on the environment due to the proposed project. On the contrary, there will be positive impact on the socio-economic environment since the project will generate some permanent and secondary employment and it will increase direct and indirect employment opportunities,the company said.

The company it will adopt all safety and hazard identification measures besides a strong disastermanagement policy.

There are no fuel consuming utilities installed in the existing plant and the company is not proposing to install any new utilities for the proposed expansion
project.

There are no process gas emissions from the existing plant as well as from the proposed expansion project, the company said.

The draft terms of reference include baseline monitoring within the 10 km radial distance from the plant site, collection of micro meteorology data, ambient air quality monitoring of PM10, SO2, NOx and collection an testing of water sources and soil samples.