Pollution officials meet dyers

Interestingly,the dyeing associations of Tajpur Road and Bahadurke Road were seeking bank guaranteed from the Government for the go-ahead of the project or even permission to mortgage the land for seeking loans.

However,the government has stepped down on both demands and has stated that they have allotted the land and now it is the association to decide how to seek funds. The project at Tajpur Road is worth Rs 400 crore.

The government has,however,assured that they will be helping the associations in getting subsidies from the state as well as Central government at various levels.

The project at Tajpur road will be of 117 million litres per day (MLD) for treating the effluent of dyeing units while at Bahadurke it will be of 15 MLD. It will be a zero liquid discharge project.

As of now,although the dyeing units are claiming that they treat the effluent at their personal effluent treatment plants (ETPs) set up in different dyeing units,the state government has often found many dyeing units flouting the norms.

Power connection of many units had also been snapped a number of times. The Punjab Pollution Control Board is firm now for the common effluent treatment plants and,hence,a review meeting was held.