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Plea to shut down all polluting textile processing and tannery units in Erode
Source: The Hindu, Date: , 2013
People say the units are polluting Cauvery
and Bhavani rivers
Residents of Suriyampalayam have
appealed to the district administration to shut down all the polluting textile
processing and tannery units in Erode town and its surroundings.
A number of textile processing
and tannery units in the district were dumping huge amount of untreated, toxic
effluents in the waterways, Cauvery and Bhavani rivers and vacant lands causing
irreversible damage to the environment.
The growing levels of pollution
in the waterways and groundwater pose serious health threat to the residents.
Suriyampalayam is one of the
worst affected areas as it is home to a number of textile processing and
tannery units, the residents claimed.
The effluents that were dumped in
the waterways ultimately end up in the Cauvery River, which is the life line of
lakhs of farmers in the State and a major drinking water source, they pointed
out.
Residents wanted the district
administration to form a committee comprising senior officials to inspect all
the textile processing and tannery units.
Many units were established
within one kilometre distance from the waterways, violating the norms.
The officials should take steps
to permanently close these units, they demanded.
Welcoming the district
administration's recent move to close a few units that were found violating the
norms, residents stressed that the officials should not permit the managements
of these units to reopen and take steps to shut down all the polluting units.
A group of residents from
Suriyampalayam met the senior officials in the district on Monday and submitted
a petition in this regard, explaining the problem.
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