R. Vimal Kumar

River Noyyal faces a slow death

Tirupur: Amid severe drinking water shortage experienced in the city and rapid deterioration of River Noyyal taking place owing to indiscriminate discharge of industrial effluents into it, yet another World Water Day was observed here on Monday.

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Vellore

THE Vellore Citizens

THE Madras High Court on Thursday directed the State government to make all ef- forts to remediate the issue involving pollution in the Noyyal river in Karur dis- trict.

Two CETPs yet to get environment clearance

Concern over monitoring procedures

Tirupur: The dyeing units are fasting paying the arrears from the total fine of Rs 67.65 crore imposed on them by the Supreme Court for loss of ecology, towards cleaning of Orathupalayam dam and polluting River Noyyal, as January 5 deadline to remit the fines has neared.

THE Dyers Association of Tirupur (DAT) has postponed its indefinite strike scheduled for Monday to December 1, following an assurance from the State government that the issue of levying a fine ordered by the SC would be looked into in six weeks.

THE Thamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam has demanded the closure of all dyeing units along the Noyyal, Cauvery and Bavani rivers and the Kalingarayan canal to protect farm lands from pollution.

The Supreme Court has come down hard on industries polluting water bodies, applying the

Mushrooming of dyeing units contributes to the high level of pollution

Legal cell demands setting up of an SC Bench in Chennai