The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) and Perundurai SIPCOT Textile Processors Association recently arranged a meeting of industrialists of textile processing units.
SIPCO stand for State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited.
The meeting discussed about the various proactive measures that need to be undertaken to ensure compliance at Perudurai SIPCOT and protect the environment.
As per the resolutions passed at the meeting, each textile processing unit should comply with the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board norms by adopting specified methods including zero liquid discharge technology apart from conserving water and recording the effluent treatment performance data with TNPCB Water Quality Watch Centre. It was also unanimously decided to enforce self-discipline and monitor the same by engaging a competent and credible external body.
Additionally, each textile processing unit has invested Rs.10 to Rs.30 crores for zero liquid discharge effluent treatment plant and is also spending huge recurring expenditure to comply with the environmental norms and protect the environment.
