Archive · 28 Sep 2026
APPCB Orders Production Halt After Violations at Paritala Tyre Unit
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board inspected a tyre-processing factory in Paritala without warning.
Inspectors found used tyres, sludge and other waste spread around the site.
The factory’s system for treating dirty water was not working properly.
Extra gas was being burned in a room at ground level.
The rules say this gas should be burned through a 30-metre-high stack.
Because of these problems, the board ordered the factory to stop production.
Officials will also check whether the factory followed the conditions of its approvals.
Similar factories across Andhra Pradesh must be inspected and report their findings by October 7.
The board also began the process of seeking environmental compensation.
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board ordered production halted at a tyre pyrolysis unit in Paritala, NTR district.
Chairman Dr. P. Krishnaiah found serious pollution-control violations during a surprise inspection on Sunday.
Used tyres, waste, sludge and other refuse were scattered across the unhygienic premises.
The unit’s Effluent Treatment Plant was functioning improperly, and flare gas was burned inside a ground-level room instead of a 30-metre stack.
The board ordered inspections of all state tyre pyrolysis units, with reports due by October 7, and initiated action toward environmental compensation for the Paritala unit.
- Who
- The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, led during the inspection by chairman Dr. P. Krishnaiah.
- What
- Production was ordered stopped at a tyre pyrolysis unit, and officials were directed to begin environmental-compensation proceedings.
- When
- The surprise inspection took place on Sunday; the Paritala unit report was due within three days, and statewide inspection reports are due by October 7.
- Where
- At a tyre pyrolysis unit in Paritala village, NTR district, Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- The board found unhygienic conditions, an improperly functioning Effluent Treatment Plant, and ground-level burning of flare gas contrary to prescribed norms.
- Regulator
- Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board
- Inspected unit
- Tyre pyrolysis unit in Paritala village
- Main action
- Stop Production Order
- Pollution-control findings
- Scattered waste, used tyres and sludge; improperly functioning Effluent Treatment Plant
- Flare-gas requirement
- Burning through a 30-metre-high stack
- Additional proceedings
- Process initiated for environmental compensation
- Statewide deadline
- October 7 for inspection reports, photographs, videos and Effluent Treatment Plant discharge test reports
