Lotus Chocolates Company Ltd. is undertaking an expansion of its existing chocolate and cocoa products manufacturing facility located at Sy.No.31 & 39, Nasthipur village, Hatnoor mandal, Sangareddy district, Telangana, with an additional project cost of about ₹107 crore. The existing unit, spread over 7.73 acres with a built-up area of 11,711 sq. mtrs, currently produces chocolate (744 TPM), cocoa powder (150 TPM), cocoa butter (135 TPM) and cocoa mas (25 TPM), and the expansion will add a new Choco Pie production line with a capacity of 720 TPM. The expansion involves augmentation of utilities including a coal/briquette-fired boiler (2 TPH in place of 1 TPH), additional DG sets (625 KVA, 30 KVA and 1250 KVA), cyclone dust collectors and acoustic enclosures for air pollution control, along with upgrades to the effluent treatment plant (ETP) and sewage treatment plant (STP) with 20% additional buffer capacity, enhanced water supply infrastructure through borewells, and expanded hazardous and solid waste management systems for handling waste oil, ETP sludge, spent carbon, product waste, packaging waste and boiler ash. The State Pollution Control Board has issued Consent to Establish for the expansion under Section 25 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Section 21 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, valid for five years from the date of issue, subject to conditions on buffer zones, greenbelt development, effluent and emission standards, and waste disposal protocols.