TNPCB's drive against polluting industrial units on

Five textile processing units, found functioning illegally in Erode, were demolished on Tuesday.Continuing the drive against polluting industrial units for the second day on Tuesday, officials from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board identified four unauthorised textile processing units operating in Muthalithottam area and one in Kongampalayam.

But discharge of hazardous waste continues in it

An individual from Valayapalayam in Aravakurichi Taluk of Karur district has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court Bench here to quash a Government Order passed on December 31 sanctioning

A year after the Madras High Court directed the closure of over 720 dyeing units in Tirupur, the dyers have submitted fresh proposals with promise of improved technology to achieve zero liquid discharge to be functional again.

“The closed dyeing units have submitted proposals for achieving zero discharge with new and proven techniques. Once all the proposals are in, the papers will be verified with assistance from professors of the Indian Institute of Technology,

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) raided on Monday two illegal dyeing units in Tirupur knitwear cluster.

The units were located at Pitchampalayam Pudur and Thottiamannarai and found discharging effluents into the open despite the Madras High Court directive last year asking dyeing/bleaching units to strictly follow zero liquid discharge in the dyeing process.

China has ordered relocation of all smelting plants in a southwestern city in five years after a spill of toxic cadmium in a river threatened drinking water supplies for millions of people.

Owners of zip, button and accessories dyeing/bleaching units observed fast here on Wednesday to condemn the sealing of many such units by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) over the past few months on the charges of creating pollution.

The agitators were of the view that closure/sealing of about 150 zip, button and accessories dyeing units by TNPCB could not be justified as sludge generation was very minimal when compared to the normal dyeing operations carried out by the fabric dyers.

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday realised Tk 24 lakh as fine from an industrial unit for polluting the Shitalakhya river by discharging untreated wastes into it.

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) in the last few days raided three dyeing units and two bleaching units in the Tirupur knitwear cluster engaged in unauthorised operations and discharging

TIRUPUR: Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials on Wednesday sealed 26 illegal dyeing units functioning in residential areas here.

According to official sources, the TNPCB’s flying squad detected these units in October and November. Since the closure of 734 dyeing units in January 2010 following a court order, such illegal dyeing units started functioning and were taking orders in small quantities.