Exporters welcome proposal to set up CETPs

Tirupur Exporters Association today welcomed the proposal for preparing Detailed Project Reports to set up Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) with Zero Liquid Discharge at four places in Tamil Nadu, in the interim budget.

Installation of CETPs in Namakkal, Erode, Salem and Karur, was need of the hour for boosting growth of textile industry, including exports from Tamil Nadu, TEA president A Shaktivel said in a statement.

He also welcomed the allocation of Rs.150 crore for Skill Development Mission in the interim budget presented today in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

The association appreciated Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for registering an average annual Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) growth rate of 8.