A Tale of Two Rivers

Extraordinary court rulings on two rivers in south India set the stage for a showdown between environmental agencies and the industry

Coimbatore attempts to save waterbodies

Foul waters

Discharge of untreated industrial effluents and domestic sewage has severely polluted 34 river basins in Tamil Nadu

Tirupur dyeing units told to close

Madras High Court orders shut down till zero discharge

Dyeing cities

Textile mills of Pali district in Rajasthan and Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu have an annual turnover of over Rs 20,000 crore. But the rivers passing …

Letters

Towards zero discharge

Two textile cities, Tirupur and Ludhiana, explore ways to stop effluent discharge into streams