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Madras high court refuses to extend deadline for 434 polluting units

The Madras high court declined to extend beyond Tuesday, the deadline for the closure of 434 dyeing and bleaching units at Karur, which are yet to set up Common Effluent Treatment Plants.

The high court's green bench, comprising Chief Justice M S Lieberhan and Justice D V Raju, had allowed the units to function only for three months from January 21 so that they could establish eight CETPs.

The first bench, comprising Justice Lieberhan and Justice E Padmanabhan, in its order, rejected the plea of the units that they needed more time to set up the CETPs and that the closure of the units would bring the economy of Karur to a standstill.

In their memorandum, the units had stated that the state highways and revenue departments had not granted permission to cut the rocky terrain by blasting to lay pipelines. There was also some difficulty in getting power supply for the CETPs, they added.

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