An environmental activist has sought details from State Environment Department whether interest-free loans have been given to Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) in Tirupur as reported in the media.

He asked why so many CETPs were running to test zero liquid discharge (ZLD) systems on trial basis. In a ‘personal notice' sent to the Principal Secretary (Environment and Forests) to State Government,

The High Court yesterday directed the managements of five readymade garment factories at Ashulia in Savar not to dump any waste on agricultural lands and water bodies.

Five textile dyeing and printing units in Periyasemur area on the outskirts of the city have been dismantled by the District Environmental Monitoring Committee for allegedly discharging untreated e

For letting out the effluents into the patta lands

Members of Athoor Pattadhar Sangam, a farmers' association in Athoor block demanded action against textile processing units functioning near the bank of Kudaganar River and Athoor Kamarajar dam, and letting out effluents into the patta lands.In a petition submitted to the Athoor Tahsildar here on Tuesday, they also insisted that the district administration must initiate action against these units and seize machineries.

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing factory Tk 21 lakh for running the factory by violating DoE orders.

Six new projects involving a total investment of Rs. 3,411 crore will come up at the Industrial Model Township (IMT) in Rohtak, while two projects, including the second plant of Asian Paints and a blending and bottling plant, will be inaugurated by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on April 23.

Stating this here on Wednesday, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation managing director Rajeev Arora said Mr. Hooda will lay the foundation of the projects of Maruti Suzuki India, Suzuki Motorcycle India Private Limited, Nippon Carbide, Sabarkantha Cooperative — a unit of Amul Dairy, Lakshmi Precision Screws and Aisin Automotive Haryana Private Limited.

To make monitoring of effluent discharge by dyeing units in Tirupur and Erode districts more effective, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will have an online water quality monitoring system this year in the Noyyal river and Kalingarayan canal.

In the policy note tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday, Environment Minister B.V. Ramanaa said the process of procurement of instruments for continuous online monitoring of water quality in Noyyal river and Kalingarayan canal will be completed by May 31.

JODHPUR: Union Textile and Commerce & Industry minister Anand Sharma on Saturday, while expressing concern over the closed textile units, announced to set up a high level committee to look into the damages caused by the textile industry to the local environment and ecology at Jodhpur, Barmer and Pali.

Headed by secretary, textile, the committee will work out economically viable technical solutions to get over the situation

Amid protests from local politicians, an illegal dyeing unit was demolished by a team of revenue officials and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) personnel at Venanthur town – located more

Fifteen unauthorised and unlicensed textile dyeing factories in Bhavani area have been sealed and cases registered against their owners by the Pollution Control Board, Revenue Department and Electr