Ban on dyeing mills revoked
Chandigarh/ Ludhiana, August 25 :- With the water level having receded, district Ludhiana is heading back to normalcy. The ban on the operation of dyeing industries falling in five clusters in the city has been lifted, informed an official spokesman of Government of Punjab.
It is pertinent to mention that Deputy Commissioner-cum-Chairman District Disaster Management Authority, Ludhiana on the recommendation of the Municipal Corporation Commissioner had issued orders for closure of these industries. The Water discharging from these dyeings mills was reversing the flow of Buddah nullah. Due to which, water was logged in the streets in the entire old city. Besides, the municipal corporation has noticed a drastic change in water level in the Sutlej river and subsequently, the STP was closed.
But now the plant has been restarted and Industries from Bahadurke cluster, between Samrala chowk to Jalandhar byepass, Tajpur Road Dyeing Industry, Industrial Area-A and Moti Nagar and all dyeing plants in the focal point area are now free to operate.