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Bleaching factories in Erode closed indefinitely
Source: The Times of India, New Delhi, Date: , 2009
The 300 and odd bleaching factories in Erode closed indefinitely,
demanding the state government not to insist them to erect Reverse
Osmosis Plant (ROP). "We are functioning the bleaching factories as tiny
sector and with small investment the industry is functioning. We are
providing employment to more than 30,000 workers in Erode alone. The
Pollution Control Board sealed number of such bleaching factories in the
district and demanded to erect ROPs," Shanmugasundaram, President of
Erode Bleaching Factory Owners Association said. ROPs are costly and
many could not afford for the same, he said, and he appealed to the
government to exempt them from erection of ROPs. However, he said, they
were ready to erect Treatment Plant and would not discharge effluents
into the drains. He wanted the government to implement the Rs 700 crore
marine discharge scheme, under which the effluents from Tirupur, Erode
and Karur would be taken to Nagapattinam, where the same could be
discharged into the sea after treating.
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