Tirupur, the textile hub of southern India, 
has crossed Rs.110 billion in earnings from textile exports, according to Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA). But there’s a price for this too! And in this case, the price is something too much to bear. Here it is – the death of river Noyyal, a tributary of the Cauvery. The city which is located upstream, had used water from Noyyal for years for its dyeing industries. It is a known fact that bleaching and dyeing processes are water consuming and highly polluting. It has been calculated that Tirupur has more than 700 dyeing units. All the effluents with salinity and heavy metals from these units find its way into the river Noyyal, shockingly untreated! The water with effluents gets stagnated in a irrigation dam downstream at a place called Orathapalayam.
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has crossed Rs.110 billion in earnings from textile exports, according to Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA). But there’s a price for this too! And in this case, the price is something too much to bear. Here it is – the death of river Noyyal, a tributary of the Cauvery. The city which is located upstream, had used water from Noyyal for years for its dyeing industries. It is a known fact that bleaching and dyeing processes are water consuming and highly polluting. It has been calculated that Tirupur has more than 700 dyeing units. All the effluents with salinity and heavy metals from these units find its way into the river Noyyal, shockingly untreated! The water with effluents gets stagnated in a irrigation dam downstream at a place called Orathapalayam.For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007
An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative
An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative
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