Surat: There is some good news for the textiles and dyes and chemical industries operating in various GIDCs and eco parks in and around Surat. The Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) has given no-objection certificate (NOC) for the long pending Deep Sea Project, which aims to treat the polluted water of industries and release it into the sea.
With the go-ahead of the GMB, the ‘Surat cluster deep sea’ project is all set to gain a big momentum. The project was stalled till now due to the NOC of the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), which has been received, now the project will move forward quickly.
Industry sources said the project is aimed at benefiting more than 400 textile processing, powerloom weaving, chemicals, pharma, agro and other water polluting industries.
This pilot project will be launched for releasing about 600 MLD treated water from Kadodara GIDC, Eco Textile Park, Palsana GIDC, Pandesara GIDC and Sachin GIDC. This is a project to release this amount of water into the sea through a pipe after treatment, in which 80 percent of the cost will be paid by the government and 20 percent by the industrialists.
The treated water of all the industries will be released into the sea 10 kilometers inside and 1 kilometer deep. This is the most expensive project for the industries of the city. Thousands of processing mills and chemical factories are operating in the city and district areas, from which the polluted water coming out is treated through the Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) and will be released into the sea. In the project, water treated by the CEPTs will be released into the sea through a common pipeline.
An important meeting in this regard was held between the textile industry leaders at Pandesara GIDC with Minister of State for Forest, Environment and Climate Change Pravin Mali. There was a detailed discussion on the industrial revolution, sustainable development and new prospects of the textile industry. In this meeting, as per the Surat Economic Development Plan, the industrial waste water treated by the Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) of the GIDC industrial estates in and around Surat city will be released into the sea to about 10 kilometer away at the depth of 1 kilometer through a common pipeline.
The industrial areas which are not in GIDC will have to join the nearest GIDC. Otherwise, such units will be shut down in the near future as the government is set to act tough on the polluting industries across Gujarat.
Addressing the meeting held in Pandesara, Minister of State Pravin Mali said that significant efforts have been made in the field of environmental protection by local industries in Sachin and Pandesara GIDC areas. He appreciated the activities being done under ‘Mission Life’. While textile industries are progressing by following the rules, they must be prepared to seize new opportunities in the current industrial revolution.
