RAJASTHAN PRINTING AND DYING UNITS FACE CLOSURE OVER ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS

More than 600 dying and printing units in a small Indian town of Pali, in Rajasthan state, face closure over water pollution concerns associated with 34 million litres per day of industrial emissions being discharged from four water treatment plants into the nearby Bandi River.On March 5, India’s National Green Tribunal ordered a suspension of work in units that did not have a ‘consent to operate’ document issued by the state authorities; 90% of the units did not have the approval and according to Mangi Lal Gandhi, ex-president of the Rajasthan Textile Hand ...


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