The plant produces sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, NPK complexes, diammonium phosphate and single super phosphate.
"This is to inform you that on March 11, the company received a notice from the CPCB under Section 5 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986, to shut down plant operations at Haldia for alleged non-compliance with the prescribed norms for liquid affluent discharge," Tata Chemicals commented in a regulatory filing to BSE.
According to the Times of India, Tata Chemicals has submitted the reports of independent labs (approved by the Ministry of Environment & Forest and West Bengal Pollution Control Board), which has confirmed that the levels are within the norms.
