CHENNAI: Seven Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) projects in Tirupur have got the green signal by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, according to Minister for Handlooms and Textiles Dr S Sundararaj.

According to the policy note of handlooms and textiles tabled in the assembly, the government has to set up 18 CETPs at a cost of Rs 742.93 crore following the directions from the Supreme Court and High Court.