Some Textile units in Pali, Rajasthan, India have been found violating a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order which had put stay on the operation of about 800 textile units October last year after environmentalists moved to the tribunal over pollution of the Bandi river, a tributary of the Luni river.
Some of textile units were caught operating and releasing polluted water in the river, this has been revealed by Water Resources Department. Regional officer of the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board has been informed about this in mid-March.
Chemicals were found in the river water stored in Nehda dam, about 40 km from Pali. Water stored in rainy season in the dam is released for irrigation. After checking the quality, Water Resources Department has declared that water stored in dam is of no use for consumption and irrigation.
The quality test reports are stunning, said Mahaveer Singh Sukarlai, an environmentalist who went to the NGT over Bandi river pollution.
“The TDS (total dissolved solids) of the water stored in the dam after the rain was recorded at 560 PPM (parts per million); it has now risen to 2950. The electrical conductivity of the water has increased to 6.3 from 1.7,” Sukarlai said.
A team has now been formed to keep an eye on the operations of textile units, informed Rajeev Pareek, Regional Officer of Rajasthan Pollution Control Board.
