Environment Minister warns polluting industries during inspection in Erode

Minister for Environment and Climate Change V. Rajeev connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026) inspected dyeing and bleaching units, a tannery, an edible lipid refinery and waterbodies successful antithetic parts of the territory and warned of stringent enactment against industries recovered violating pollution-control norms.

The Minister visited dyeing and bleaching units successful Karungalpalayam, Vairapalayam and Sunnambu Odai, a tannery successful R.N. Pudur and an edible lipid refinery successful Moolakarai. During the inspection, helium reviewed the functioning of effluent attraction plants (ETPs) and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) systems successful the concern units. He directed industries to guarantee the continuous and businesslike cognition of the attraction facilities and to reuse each treated h2o wrong their premises.

The Minister said enactment would beryllium taken nether the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board regulations and done the district-level coordination mechanics if industries failed to comply with biology norms. He warned that contiguous enactment would beryllium initiated against units recovered discharging untreated effluents.

Later, helium inspected the communal effluent attraction works (CETP) for dyeing units astatine the SIPCOT Industrial Estate successful Perundurai. He instructed officials and works absorption to guarantee the effectual cognition of the attraction installation and afloat reuse of treated water. He besides inspected seepage h2o flowing done Nalla Odai successful the property and reviewed preliminary works for a communal attraction installation projected to extract, dainty and reuse groundwater successful the concern area. Acting connected representations from the public, helium directed SIPCOT officials to expedite the project.

Erode West MLA K.K. Ananth Moghan, Modakkurichi MLA D. Shanmugan, District Environmental Engineer (Erode) and in-charge District Environmental Engineer (Perundurai) Rajkumar, Environmental Engineer (Flying Squad) Vinoth Kumar, Assistant Environmental Engineer Deenadayalan, Assistant Engineers Vishnu Bala, Santhana Krishnan, Sivakeerthi, Kayalvizhi and Sathya, were present.