Minister warns industries in Erode against discharging effluents into water channels
The HinduMinister for Housing and Urban Development S. Muthusamy on Thursday asked textile processing industries to not discharge effluents into water channels in Erode Corporation limits and warned of action against violators as per law. The Minister inaugurated works at Sunnambu Odai near Bhavani Main Road, commissioned by Olirum Erodu Foundation, an organisation that works for environment protection and restoration of water bodies, to desilt 29.38 km of the water channel in the city that enters River Cauvery, bearing the entire cost. Later, the Minister told mediapersons that the Foundation desilting and cleaning the channels would ensure that water did not stagnate and enter residences in low-lying areas during heavy rain. To a question that textile processing units were discharging untreated effluents into channels during night hours and during rainy season, the Minister said action was being taken against the violating units, including sealing and disconnection of power connections.
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