After coming across gross irregularities in the way the firm treats effluents, the Kolhapur branch of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has proposed closure directives against the Metro Hi-tech Cooperative Textile Park at Kagal Hatkanangale Five Star MIDC. MPCB had received a complaint from a local village, Kasaba Sangav, near the park alleging that the industry was releasing untreated effluents into canals connecting the Doodhganga river.
The order states that the park will be given a notice period of 48 to 72 hours, after which its water and electricity supply will be stopped. The notice will be issued to the regional office of Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), which is the facilitating agency of the state for industries. According to the report prepared the sewage treatment plant set up by the park was not working for a long period. All the machinery, along with the STP, was found lying idle. However, the green and blue effluent coming to the STP inlet has pH 6-7.
