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Tirupur dyeing units to resume today

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Decision at emergency meeting

TIRUPUR: The 600-odd dyeing and bleaching units in Tirupur on Thursday dropped their plan to stop production indefinitely. This decision followed an emergency meeting of all party leaders, trade associations and unions convened here by the South India Hosiery Manufacturers Association (SIHMA).

In order to stop discharge of effluents into the Noyyal, respecting the sentiments of the Madras High Court, the dyers had stopped production from Thursday morning.

Leaders assure support

At the four-hour meeting, the SIHMA president, Mohan P. Kandaswamy; the Tirupur MLA, C. Sivasamy; the Tirupur Exporters' Association (TEA), secretary, G. Karthikeyan and various leaders asked the dyers to call off their programme and assured them full support. Following the plea and in the interest of the knitwear industry, the Dyers Association of Tirupur (DAT) called off its plans, said N. Kandaswamy, its president. All dyeing and bleaching units will start functioning at 6 a.m. on Friday.

However, 19 big processing houses, which have complied with pollution control norms, installing reverse osmosis plants did not participate in the programme.

The TEA expressed shock at the sudden decision of the DAT. On an average a unit handles 40 cases (a case is 100 kg of cloth) and charges Rs. 3,500 a case for dyeing and processing.

Stopping production the 600 units faced around a production loss of Rs. 8.5 crores, sources said.

Of the 729 units, except the 19 that ensured zero discharge, 34 units were ordered closed recently by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and 20-30 units are sick. Around 30,000 workers are employed in the 600-odd dyeing units.

Speaking to The Hindu , Mr. Kandaswamy said it was not a demand-oriented strike and was not directed against anybody. ``The High Court feels that we are not obeying its orders.

The stoppage is to comply with the court direction and now we are not discharging effluents."

On the next hearing on Tuesday, the DAT would seek more time and it would be the ``final and last chance'' to install machinery and to undertake civil works to install reverse osmosis plants to ensure zero discharge.

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