A detailed project report (DPR) for the proposed Rs.150-crore common effluent treatment plant (CETP) for textile processing units spread across three southern districts is ready.

The CETP, to be set up under the Integrated Processing Development Scheme of the Union government, will have capacity to treat six million litres of water per day, of which around 90 per cent will be recovered and reused. The system will also recover used salts for reuse by the dyeing and bleaching units. The facility will adopt Zero Liquid Discharge Technology, according to KR. Gnanasambandan, consultant for the special purpose vehicle (SPV), Southern Districts Textile Processing Cluster Private Limited, formed for relocating over 200 micro and small textile processing units under the Private Industrial Estate Scheme.

Mr. Gnanasambandan said that the proposed cluster, with the CETP, would come up at Tamaraikulam near Kariapatti in Virudhunagar district. Construction work would start in a few months, soon after getting State government’s approval, and it would take a year for the cluster to take shape.............Read more

Source web page: The Hindu