Untreated effluents discharged into water channels
Units in BP Agraharam,and Kaniravurtharkulam found guilty
Revenue officials conducting raid in a tannery unit at Mamarathupalayam in Erode on Wednesday.
ERODE: A team of officials from the revenue department and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) conducted surprise checks at the tannery units in few parts of the district on Wednes
Effluent resulting due to various processes from tanning industries may lead to groundwater pollution when they are disposed off without proper treatment.
The efficacy of Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) based on activated sludge process employed for treatment of tannery effluent was analyzed for the efficiency to reduce chromium and other contaminants. Physico-chemical parameters of treated effluent were found within permissible levels of statutory limits.
T E Narasimhan / Chennai September 21, 2010, 0:23 IST
A sizeable number of small and medium units in the leather industry in Tamil Nadu have closed shop.
Regulatory issues such as environmental standards and a lack of tax incentives has hit the tanning industry in the major districts of Dindigual and Tiruchy and other tanning hubs in Tamil Nadu.
Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan on Saturday said that the government has decided to remove tanneries immediately from the city as part of the initiatives to save the river pollutioin from Burigang
Even as the minorities and Dalit fora took out a torchlight protest to condemn the State Government's move to effect Anti-Cow Slaughter Act, the Institute of Leather Industries Lidkar Suppliers has also criticised the move saying it would render people in leather business, jobless.
Dependent
In a press meet on Wednesday, Vijaykumar, secretary of the Institute said that lakhs of families are
People of Erode district depend on groundwater as local bodies not able to meet demand
Government should look into the issue and initiate action
PHOTO: M. GOVARTHAN
Health hazard:The groundwater at Cauvery Nagar in Erode is polluted heavily following unmindful discharge of effluents into the vacant lands by the textile processing units.
