Textile Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding an illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …

Effluent discharge: Chemical unit Panoli Intermediates gets closure notice from Gujarat Pollution Control Board

Vadodara: The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued a closure notice to a chemical manufacturing firm based in Nandesari on the outskirts of the city for discharging effluent in Mini river last month. The environment watchdog of the state issued a closure notice to Unit-II and Unit-III of Panoli …

Textured Jersey bags ‘Green Report’ award

Textured Jersey PLC, Sri Lanka’s largest manufacturer of knitted fabric, has made history by receiving the award for the best ‘Green Report’ in the country at the inaugural awards of the National Green Reporting System of Sri Lanka. More than 60 entries from various industries were evaluated for these awards, …

Untreated effluents in canal adding to farmers’ woes

Many industrial units functioning near Kalingarayan Canal Farmers in the Kalingarayan ayacut areas in the district are now forced to use water from Kalingarayan Canal that is mixed with untreated effluents and waste water discharged by textile processing and tannery units. The Public Works Department stopped on December 20 the …

11 illegal textile processing units demolished in Erode

They were found to be discharging effluents into waterways The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board demolished 11 unauthorised textile processing units, here, on Monday. The units, located in Surampatti dam, Kasipalayam, Kollampalayam and Choolai areas, were found pumping huge amount of untreated, toxic effluents into the waterways, causing irreversible damage …

11 textile units dismantled for flouting pollution norms

Eleven textile dyeing factories have been dismantled for reportedly flouting pollution control norms and letting out untreated effluents onto drains. Officials of Pollution Control Board, revenue and Electricity board carried out surprise inspection of units at Kasipalayam, Kollampalayam, Surampatty anicut area and some other places and found 11 textile dyeing …

All textile units in Pali ordered shut for 2 days

Jaipur: With TOI repeatedly highlighting the continued discharge of effluents into the Bandi river, the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) on Sunday ordered closure of all textile units in Pali for the next two days. “About 400 textile units have been told to remain shut for two days as …

Studies on the photodegradation of commercial dye colour by nanoparticles

Photodegradation is one of the advanced oxidation processes rather than other treatments and it is most effective for the removal of organic pollutants. ZnO is an excellent photocatalytic oxidation material. In the present study nanosized ZnO has prepared by coprecipitation technique under different experimental conditions and employed in the removal …

Toxic threads: Putting pollution on parade

A investigation by Greenpeace International has found a wide range of hazardous substances in the effluent of communal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) from two industrial zones in China, as well as in a nearby river after a pollution accident. Following on from previous research in China, Greenpeace has investigated the …

Two industries fined Tk 31 lakh for polluting river

The Department of Environment in a drive on Sunday fined two industries Tk 31 lakh for polluting the River Shitalaksha. The two industries were — Udayan Board and Paper Mill Limited of Araihazar and Barnali Textile and Printing Industries Limited of Godnael in Narayangaj. An enforcement team of the DoE …

MNRE targets 45,000 sq m of solar collectors, identifies five user industries

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has said it would facilitate the installation of 45,000 square metres of solar collectors — panels that generate heat from the sun’s rays — by March 2017. (Only last month the Ministry had indicated a target of 15,000 sq m by 2016. …

Pollution blind spot in the textile industry

The textile industry continues to pose environmental challenges for China despite the total number of factories operating in the country shrinking, according to a report released on Monday by five NGOs. Adidas announced plans to close its last factory in China in July and many other international brands have gone …

New Gujarat textile policy is out

Gandhinagar The state government on Wednesday announced its new Textile Industry Promotion Policy, 2012, which offers a slew of incentives for cotton growers as well as textile mills in the state. “The objective of the new policy is to safeguard the interests of cotton farmers, better price realisation in national …

Centre announces Rs 250-cr package for Uttarakhand

With an aim to boost growth, the Centre has announced a series of new sops with an estimated cost Rs 250 crore for Uttarakhand. These include a textile park, two spice parks, two convention centres and horticulture cold- storage chains. “We have brought new schems to boost growth in Uttarakhand …

Cotton Mkt Booms Due to Lack of ‘Policy Measures’

The Indian cotton market is at peace. Three months of respite from government meddling has allowed the business to stagger back on its feet. And everyone is making money – farmers, ginners, traders and millers. Between March and April, the market was rocked by a series of export bans, partial …

Wind energy bails out Jodhpur

BIKANER: Wind power came to the rescue of Jodhpur Discom during the Northern and Eastern power grid failure, whereas the other Discoms had to wait until the power units at Kota, NTPC and power plants at Rana Pratap Sagar and Jawahar Sagar resumed supply. "The power generated through wind energy …

Wonders of waste disposal in Kanpur

We Indians have got so used to seeing garbage spilling over from municipal dustbins at street corners and often even strewn around in open public spaces, that we accept this phenomenon as inevitable. We look the other way with what seems like futile hope that some day, someone will find …

Punjab plans to introduce two-part power tariff for retail supply

The Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) is contemplating the introduction of a two-part tariff in electricity for retail supply consumers except agricultural pumpset consumers, temporary supply consumers and public lighting. The proposed move would not only help the state power utility to raise additional revenue, which has already invested …

Hazardous wastes accumulate along roadsides at Choolai

A threat to health, environment The indiscriminate act of dumping hazardous solid waste on the roadsides has commenced once again in Erode town and its suburbs. More than 50 bags of sludge from the textile processing and tannery units have been dumped in Choolai, a thickly populated residential colony in …

Punjab increases power tariffs by 12%

Chandigarh The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) on Monday announced an average tariff hike of 12.08%, which would be levied on consumers retrospectively from April 1, 2012. PSERC chairperson Romila Dubey said the hike for domestic consumers who consume less than 100 units would be 53 paise a unit, …

One arrested for operating illegal processing unit

The police on Friday arrested a person who was reportedly found operating an unauthorised textile processing unit and dumping untreated effluents into water sources, based on a complaint from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). A team of officials from the TNPCB found a person running illegal textile processing …

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