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Daunting water challenges across industries

Source: The Hindu, Date: , 2017

Source: The Hindu, Chennai, May, 2017 :-  Standing on the banks of the dry Cauvery river channel, P. Elango, a textile processing unit owner in Komarapalayam, a textile town in Namakkal district, recalls how the units were asked to stop drawing water from the river, the only source they depended on, over a decade ago.Nearly 15 years after the textile processing units were issued that notice, the textile town is facing a grave situation this summer. “We then received notice from the government asking us not to draw water for industrial use for a month. We are facing a similar situation now and the water cut may last longer this time,” said Mr. Elango of SSM Processing Mill.

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