Off the Ukkadam – Sundakkamuthur Road, about a km away, in the midst of banana farms lie three or four thatched roofed temporary structures.
At first sight they appear to be houses or sheds for watchmen. But they are not. They are not even mushroom cultivation farms, as a board outside one of the sheds claims. They are yarn dyeing units.
Chennai The Tamil Nadu government announced on Friday a R127.40-crore interest-free loan to 15 common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) situated at Tirupur to enable 700-odd dyeing units to attain
As many as 22 dyeing units, which had illegally mushroomed near Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border, were seized and closed by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) recently.
The owners of these units, mainly migrants from Tamil Nadu had crossed the border and set up the units without obtaining any licence from the Board.
TNPCB snaps power supply as they fail to comply with zero discharge norms
Ever since the implementation of zero discharge norms failed leading to closure over the past month, dying unit owners in the district have put all their efforts at stake to tide over the crisis. Now, they are engaged in talks with the textile manufacturers and exporters.
The district administration has again drawn flak from farmers for its inordinate delay in sealing dyeing units found illegally operating in the district.
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) sources told The Hindu that 33 erring dyeing units were yet to be sealed even though TNPCB head office had given a directive to the District Collector to do so more than a month ago.
Bleaching unit owners here have come up with a demand that the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board should not insist upon them to implement the zero liquid discharge (ZLD) norms as no salts or hazardous chemicals were used in the bleaching process.
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has caught 14 small scale dyeing/bleaching units for unauthorised operations during surprise raids conducted in Tirupur knitwear cluster over the last few days ending on Wednesday.
The Union Textiles Ministry has constituted a high-level committee to study the functioning of Arulpuram Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) and to advise the government on technical solutions for ensuring zero liquid discharge in the dyeing process, among other issues.
