Coimbatore: Following the loss of life of four migrant workers at a textile washing unit in Tirupur, the district administration sealed the unit and disconnected the electrical energy on Monday.
While cleansing the effluent tank at the unit in Karuppagoundenpalayam, 4 workers from Assam — Dilwar Hossain, 22, Farooq Ahmed, 21, Anwar Hossain, 23 and Abu, 20 — died of asphyxiation on Sunday.
The unit, owned via Jayakumar of Coimbatore, has a 20-foot-deep tank to store effluent. The tank was now not wiped clean for no less than 5 years and the 4 men have been requested to clean the tank.
The fire and rescue services staff retrieved the our bodies and sent them to the government clinic at Tirupur for postmortem. The Veerapandi police registered a case towards the unit proprietor.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) issued a realize to close the unit right away. The district administration on Monday ordered to seal the unit. Tirupur south tahsildar Mahendran and officers from TNPCB went to the unit and sealed it. The officers additionally disconnected the electrical energy.
While cleansing the effluent tank at the unit in Karuppagoundenpalayam, 4 workers from Assam — Dilwar Hossain, 22, Farooq Ahmed, 21, Anwar Hossain, 23 and Abu, 20 — died of asphyxiation on Sunday.
The unit, owned via Jayakumar of Coimbatore, has a 20-foot-deep tank to store effluent. The tank was now not wiped clean for no less than 5 years and the 4 men have been requested to clean the tank.
The fire and rescue services staff retrieved the our bodies and sent them to the government clinic at Tirupur for postmortem. The Veerapandi police registered a case towards the unit proprietor.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) issued a realize to close the unit right away. The district administration on Monday ordered to seal the unit. Tirupur south tahsildar Mahendran and officers from TNPCB went to the unit and sealed it. The officers additionally disconnected the electrical energy.
District admin seals textile unit after death of 4 workers
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