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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.

Related Keywords: Bamroli, increasing capacity at forty million liters per day, new facility will supply additionally forty MLD water, smart water initiative, SMC, support MMF sector of Surat, Surat Municipal Corporation, textile dyeing and printing mills at Pandesara GIDC, TTP, upgrade existing tertiary treatment plant

The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has decided to upgrade its existing tertiary treatment plant (TTP) at Bamroli by increasing the capacity at 40 million liters per day (MLD). The new facility will supply additionally 40 MLD water to the textile dyeing and printing mills at Pandesara GIDC. A smart water initiative taken by civic body to support the Surat’s man-made fabric (MMF) sector.