Related Keywords: acute shortage of water, fifty percent managed through private tankers, huge additional cost for unit owners, require around 60 MLD of water per day, Sachin GIDC, sixtey odd textile units, SMC, STPIWA, Textile dyeing and printing mills, verge of closure
The textile dyeing and printing mills at Sachin GIDC which require around 60 million litre per day (MLD) of water, against which around 50% is managed through private tankers, a huge additional cost for unit owners, which is getting unbearable now.
Following acute shortage of water for the last two months, about 60-odd textile units are on the verge of closure. Forget about running the mills, thousands of workers employed in the mills are not even getting water to drink.
