Closure notices sent; power connections still operational

Sources say PSEB authorities are buying time for the industrialists to get the orders cancelled or postponed for the time being.

However, TR Mishra, chairman of federation of dyeing association said, 8220;We will resort to dharnas and traffic jams if even a single connection will be snapped. Apart from dyeing industry, the other industrial sectors are also with us. All of us will come to the streets.8221;

Sources revealed that dyeing associations are trying to contact the Chief Minister as even in July, thanks to Badal8217;s intervention, 28 dyeing units, whose water samples had failed tests and they were found not using their

effluent treatment plants ETPs, were spared.

Mishra said the 35 units have been operating for the past 25 years and expressed surprise that the PPCB has issued their closure orders now. 8220;Their authorisation certificates too have been renewed from time to time,8221; he claimed.

The PPCB has asked other dyeing units to follow zero liquid discharge policy. But Mishra said, 8220;There is no law in place for zero liquid discharge and units cannot follow this all of a sudden. It will take at least 2-3 years for it to happen and it had been conveyed to PPCB too, in a meeting held 3 months back.8221;

Meanwhile, industries located on Tajpur Road remained closed today, in a move to express solidarity with the 35 units.

On the other hand, the Universal Human Rights Organisation has hailed the decision of the PPCB and has demanded action against more such units