TNPCB Shuts Textile Unit

Mumbai: Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has ordered closure of Madura Coats textile unit at Aladiyoor in Ambasamudram. Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) stopped electricity supply to the textile unit based on instruction from TNPCB District. When the workers of the unit turned up for duty, they were informed that the mill was being closed temporarily following orders from the TNPCB and they left the spot around noon. The closure has come as a rude shock for the 700-odd families having their breadwinners as permanent employees of the mill and 3,300 others as contract workers.Mumbai: Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has ordered closure of Madura Coats textile unit at Aladiyoor in Ambasamudram. Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) stopped electricity supply to the textile unit based on instruction from TNPCB District. When the workers of the unit turned up for duty, they were informed that the mill was being closed temporarily following orders from the TNPCB and they left the spot around noon. The closure has come as a rude shock for the 700-odd families having their breadwinners as permanent employees of the mill and 3,300 others as contract workers.