Surat: After greater than 5 a long time, about 55 homeowners of textile dyeing and printing mills positioned inside Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) areas have agreed to shift them out of the town limits to assist scale back the problem of air and water pollution.
A gathering was held beneath the management of South Gujarat Textile Processors’ Association (SGTPA) on Tuesday where the textile mill homeowners said they are willing to shift their devices out of doors the town areas. A SGTPA delegation will likely be assembly leader minister Vijay Rupani and industries minister Saurabh Patel to call for allotment of land on the outskirts of the town for the mills.
About 65 textile mills are working within the town’s residential areas like Khatodara, Udhana, Ashwani Kumar Road, Ved Road, Bombay Market and Puna Kumbharia. Particulate Matter (PM10) level is exceedingly top than the nationwide annual moderate at 184 in keeping with micrograms in keeping with cubic meter of air (UG/M3) in keeping with annum in those areas.
SGTPA president Jitu Vakharia told TOI, “More than 55 textile mill homeowners are willing to shift their devices out of the town. We will likely be assembly the executive minister in following couple of days with the proposal. We want the land to be allotted at govt rate and that we will broaden rest of the infrastructure.”
In the previous, diamond trade leaders and residents in Rustompura had organized protests to call for moving of those polluting textile mills.
Three years ago when the original construction plan of Surat Urban Development Authority (SUDA) was ready, a plot of land in Pinjrat near Olpad was earmarked for relocation of the textile mills within the town. The plan was shelved due to CRZ and opposition from villagers. It is expected that new construction plan of SUDA could have a specified house marked for the textile mills.
A gathering was held beneath the management of South Gujarat Textile Processors’ Association (SGTPA) on Tuesday where the textile mill homeowners said they are willing to shift their devices out of doors the town areas. A SGTPA delegation will likely be assembly leader minister Vijay Rupani and industries minister Saurabh Patel to call for allotment of land on the outskirts of the town for the mills.
About 65 textile mills are working within the town’s residential areas like Khatodara, Udhana, Ashwani Kumar Road, Ved Road, Bombay Market and Puna Kumbharia. Particulate Matter (PM10) level is exceedingly top than the nationwide annual moderate at 184 in keeping with micrograms in keeping with cubic meter of air (UG/M3) in keeping with annum in those areas.
SGTPA president Jitu Vakharia told TOI, “More than 55 textile mill homeowners are willing to shift their devices out of the town. We will likely be assembly the executive minister in following couple of days with the proposal. We want the land to be allotted at govt rate and that we will broaden rest of the infrastructure.”
In the previous, diamond trade leaders and residents in Rustompura had organized protests to call for moving of those polluting textile mills.
Three years ago when the original construction plan of Surat Urban Development Authority (SUDA) was ready, a plot of land in Pinjrat near Olpad was earmarked for relocation of the textile mills within the town. The plan was shelved due to CRZ and opposition from villagers. It is expected that new construction plan of SUDA could have a specified house marked for the textile mills.
Owners willing to shift 55 textile mills out of city
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