SIMA hails NGT order on textile units in Rajasthan

Southern India Mills' Association (SIMA) today said that lifting of ban on the operation of textile units in Rajasthan has come as a sigh of relief and a Diwali bonanza for the ailing textile industry.
The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) Circuit Bench of Jodhpur had ordered closure of 739 textile units in Balotra and its surrounding areas of Jasol, Bithuja in Rajasthan during May last for non-adherence to norms laid down by Pollution Control Board (PCB).
In its November 4 order, the NGT has specified certain conditions like installation of primary treatment plant, connecting all the dyeing units to the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) and disposing the sledge in specified areas and directed Rajasthan PCB to renew the consent immediately after fulfilment of the conditions.

SIMA Chairman M Senthilkumar in a statement expressed hope that the problems would come to an end very soon as majority of the dyeing units were prepared to reopen the units, which would be a Diwali bonanza for the ailing spinning sector and help to improve capacity utilisation.
He said the weaving clusters in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, accounting for over 70 per cent of the power looms in the country and also handloom clusters utilising the dyeing facilities in Rajasthan, were seriously affected consequent to the closure of dyeing units.