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 …

GPCB issues closure notices to eight textile dyeing units

Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has slapped closure notices on eight textile dyeing and printing units in Sachin, Pandesara, Kim and Palsana near here for violating air and water pollution norms on Friday. Official sources said around 37 textile dyeing and printing units have been issued closure notices for violating …

GPCB issues closure notices to eight textile dyeing units

Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has slapped closure notices on eight textile dyeing and printing units in Sachin, Pandesara, Kim and Palsana near here for violating air and water pollution norms on Friday. Official sources said around 37 textile dyeing and printing units have been issued closure notices for violating …

DoE fines Gazipur factory Tk 26 lakh for pollution

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a garment factory in Gazipur Tk 26 lakh for polluting the environment. DoE Director M Alamgir (monitoring and enforcement) fined Ayman Textile and Hosiery Ltd in Chandra area of Kaliakoir upazila for discharging untreated waste into the Turag river. The factory authorities were …

Report of sub-committee for the issue of amendment of definition of “Handloom”under implementation of the handlooms (reservation of article for production) act, 1985

The Handlooms (Reservation of Article for Production) Act dated 29.3.1985 was enacted by the Government of India with a view to protect interest of millions of Handloom Weavers and rich cultural heritage of the country from the encroachment on their livelihood by Powerlooms/Mill Sector. Under the Act, initially 22 textiles …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the setting up of a viscose staple fibre plant near the vicinity of Karnala Birds Sanctuary dated 13/09/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nicholas H. Almeida Vs M/s Lenzing Modi Fibres India Pvt Ltd & Others dated 13/09/2013 regarding the setting up of a viscose staple fibre plant near the vicinity of Karnala Birds Sanctuary by Lenzing Modi Fibres India Private Ltd.

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding groundwater pollution caused by textile and the electroplating industries in the State of Punjab

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court On Its Own Motion Vs. State of Punjab dated 11/09/2013 regarding groundwater pollution caused by textile and the electroplating industries in the State of Punjab.

Untreated effluents from textile unit pollute pond

Untreated effluents that spilled out from a textile unit situated on the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here on Saturday night made its way to a pond in nearby Kudigadu village, contaminating the waterbody. Residents of Kudigadu voiced objection to indiscriminate letting out of effluents by Loyal Super Fabric. The pollution would …

Factory fined for polluting environment in Gazipur

Department of Environment fined a garment factory in Gazipur Tk 2 lakh for violation of environment laws on Monday. After a hearing at the DoE headquarters, its director (monitoring and enforcement) M Alamgir fined Crystal Industries Ltd at Gargaria Master Bari under Sreepur upazila for polluting the water of river …

Reckless pollution leaves Karur’s textile, dyeing sectors tottering

Farmers of Punnam happy over decision to drop dyeing park plan The public of Punnam are ecstatic at the shelving of the plan to establish an integrated dyeing park in their neighbourhood. At the same time, home textile exporters and professional dyers in the town are dejected that their painstaking …

Praj offers green solution for effluent treatment woes in Tirupur

Being a textile belt, Tirupur (Tamil Nadu) faced the crisis of severe pollution of water bodies due to discharged coloured effluent from the bleaching and dyeing units. More than 600 bleaching and dyeing units remained closed for almost two years for want of reliable solution. Though various technologies were implemented, …

West Bengal MSME Policy 2013-18

The MSME Policy of Government of West Bengal aims to increase the ancillarization and vendor linkage of MSME from the present about 2% to 10% over the next five years with government facilitating the process supported by a public procurement policy. This may lead to increase the volume of the …

Industries polluting water in Jhalana forests get notice

The notification to declare Jhalana forests as a sanctuary may still be far away, but in a step towards conservation, the pollution control board has issued notices to industries in Malviya Industrial Area releasing polluted water to the forests. "The forests of Jhalana are merely 200 meters away from the …

Ministry to formulate stringent norms for dumping chemicals

The department of chemicals and petrochemicals is working on stringent quality norms to check dumping of basic chemicals in India. The department under the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers in collaboration with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) proposes to come up with such norms for 8-10 basic chemicals . …

Increase in amount of untreated effluents flowing into waterways in Erode district

Illegal textile processing units pose a threat to farm sector in the region The discharge of untreated effluents into the waterways in the district has increased substantially in the last few weeks as many unauthorised textile processing units have come up in Erode and its suburbs. Though the district administration …

Polluting textile unit sealed

Officials of the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board on Sunday sealed a textile unit at Balanagarmandal in Mahbubnagar district following complaints from farmers that effluents from the factory were polluting agricultural fields in the vicinity. According to APPCB officials, they closed down GTN textiles at Gundlapotlapally village after experts inspected …

DoE realises Tk. 11lakh fine for keeping ETP shut

Directorate of Environment (DoE) on Wednesday realised a fine of Tk. 11 lakh from Jara composite textile mills at Surabari, Kashimpur, Gazipur and Ema Syntax Ltd for operating their factories without clearance certificate from the directorate and going into operation at the stage of setting up of effluent treatment plant …

In a first, Surat to run emission trading scheme

Industrial units of textile city Surat will become the first in India to run an emission trading scheme (ECS) locally. As a part of pilot project by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and union ministry of environment and forests, nearly 500 units located in and around Surat will trade for …

Industry chambers hail Punjab's industrial policy

Textile companies said they were keen to expand in the state The new industrial policy announced by the Punjab government yesterday has not only been hailed by the various industry chambers, but also by some of the textile players who said they were keen to expand in the state. Ludhiana-based …

Tar goes up in smoke with this puff

Ahmedabad: This is the kind of news smokers want to hear on World No Tobacco Day. Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (ATIRA) has developed a nano fibrebased filter disc, which, when attached to the butt of a cigarette, filters almost all deadly particles. Ordinary filters at the end of cigarettes …

Blood garments

The Bangladesh tragedy exposes the callousness of the garment business. (Editorial)

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