Nine saree units served notice

VARANASI: The UP State Pollution Control Board (UPSPCB) has issued closure notice on nine saree printing units that have been discharging untreated effluents into the Ganga.

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According to regional officer (UPSPCB) SB Singh, the closure orders were issued on June 18 to nine units including Shilpi Printer, Shakeel Print, Sai Print, all in Shivpur area, Jain Saree Printing in Maheshpur industrial area, Aishwarya Creation, Unique Creation, both in Chandpur area, Hanuman Creation in Patia area, Khushbu Print in Shivratanpur area and Majid Print in Nawabganj. He said the district administration had been intimated and the closure of those units would be ensured soon. Besides, show cause notices had also been served on 16 other such units, he said.

It might be recalled that three such units were also closed in February last as they did not have adequate arrangements to treat the effluent. These Replica Maurice Lacroix Watches units were closed under section 33A of the Water Pollution Act, 1974. There is a directive of the high court that UPSPCB would be constantly vigilant and make surprise inspections so that no saree printing unit in Varanasi at any point of time discharged untreated coloured water.

According to Prof BD Tripathi, a member of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) and coordinator of the Centre for wholesale lingerie Environmental Science and Technology, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), the discharge of coloured effluents into the Ganga contained hazardous heavy metals. The untreated effluents of dyeing and printing units constituted hazardous metals like chromium, lead and zinc that adversely affected human health. The colour present in the effluent also affected water species by disturbing the process of photosynthesis. For Reprint Rights: timescontent.com

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