The Hindu Business Line : Tirupur dyeing units set to resume operations

Dyeing units in Tirupur are to restart work from Monday following discussions between the State Government and industry representatives today on options to handle the effluent issues.

Over 730 dyeing and bleaching units in Tirupur and surrounding areas stopped production from January 1 after the Madras High Court imposed a fine for effluents discharged into the Noyyal River.

The industry representatives had demanded that the State Government intervene on their behalf.

According to official sources, at the meeting today, the State Government had advised the dyers to go for a review petition. It would examine the options for a long-term solution to the effluent treatment and take up the issue with the Centre for financial assistance.

Pending a final decision of the High Court, the State Government advised the industry representatives to recommence operations.

As a long-term solution to the pollution problem it would examine options for marine discharge of effluent from the dyeing units in Tirupur, Perundurai, Erode, Namakkal and Karur. Tamil Nadu would approach the Centre for funds and float a Special Purpose Vehicle to set up the effluent treatment facilities.

The dyers had agreed to restart operations from tomorrow, officials said.

Representatives from the Tirupur Exporters Association, Erode Dyers Association, Karur Dyers Association and the PWD Minister, Mr Durai Murugan, and officials of the Departments of Handloom and Textiles, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Industries participated in the meeting.

According to representatives of the Dyers Association of Tirupur, they had agreed to file a review petition in the Madras High Court.

The dyers associations had represented to the State Government that a zero discharge facility was not viable. The State Government has agreed to consider discharging effluents into the sea after a study and recommendation by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, they said.

Dyeing units traditionally do not work through the weekend and would restart from Monday, they said.

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