Common Effluent
Treatment Plants

Textile Processing Industry in Tamil Nadu

The processing sector plays a varied and vital role in value addition and quality improvement in finished textile products. Tamil Nadu remains the nodal centre for the Textile Processing Sector.

The Central & State Governments contribution of

Rs.703.29 crore

towards establishment of 18 CETPs

Establishment of CETP

The government is focusing on setting up Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) with "Zero Liquid Discharge" (ZLD) facilities and other advanced technology in Textile clusters to arrest pollution and ensure a green and clean environment.

Accordingly, the Government of India and the Government of Tamil Nadu have sanctioned Rs. 703.29 crore to establish 18 CETPs with ZLD systems in Tiruppur and upgradation existing CETPs. This effort ensures sustainable production and sustained employment opportunities, thus significantly contributing to the district's knitwear and garment industry and overall economic development.

The Union and State Governments had sanctioned a sum of Rs. 300.00 crore as a subsidy to the 18 CETPs, of which the Union Government share was Rs. 187.50 crore and the State Government share was Rs. 112.50 crore.

In order to adopt the ZLD system in the CETPs and to install additional machinery in the existing CETPs, the State Government sanctioned a sum of Rs. 203.29 crore as an interest-free loan.

The Government of India have sanctioned and released a sum of Rs. 200.00 crore, of which Rs. 147.49 crore is for one-time settlement of Bank Loan Outstanding of the CETPs and Rs. 52.51 crore is for upgradation of the CETPs as an interest-free loan.

DETAILS OF CENTRAL AND STATE SUBSIDIES AND INTEREST FREE LOAN TO 18 CETPs IN TIRUPPUR as on 03.10.2023

S.NO Name of the CETPs Project Cost MLD Capacity Details of Central and State Subsidy of Rs.300 Crore Released (2010-2014) Details of IFL of Rs.200 Crore Released by GOI ( will be converted into grant based on performance parameters in succeeding years) Details of IFL Rs.203.29 Crore by GoTN (2011-2018)
Central Subsidy of Rs.187.50 Crore (62.5%) State Subsidy of Rs. 112.50 Crore (37.5%) Rs.147.49 Crore to settle Bank loan outstanding on OTS in 2017 Rs.52.51 Crore for upgradation of CETPs in 2017 Project cost for ZLD as per Agreement GoTN Interest free loan (75% of the Project cost) GoTN Interest free loan So far released Balance GoTN's IFL to be released
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 Veerapandi 74.860 12.000 20.310 12.190 8.490 5.980 30.859 23.144 23.144 0.000
2 Angeripalayam 60.720 10.000 14.600 8.760 10.550 4.680 24.140 18.105 18.105 0.000
3 Park 26.590 2.000 7.110 4.270 3.940 1.230 6.327 4.745 4.745 0.000
4 Mannarai 28.740 4.200 8.400 5.040 3.990 2.150 11.100 8.325 8.325 0.000
5 S.Periyapalayam 14.150 1.500 4.430 2.660 4.870 1.940 10.020 7.515 7.105 0.410
6 Sirupooluvapatti 53.010 5.000 13.280 7.940 20.540 3.080 15.915 11.936 11.936 0.000
7 Karaipudur 33.000 4.500 7.640 4.590 22.460 3.320 17.116 12.837 12.837 0.000
8 Andipalayam 23.000 4.500 4.680 2.810 14.230 1.640 8.470 6.353 6.353 0.000
9 Vettuvapalayam 6.900 1.500 1.460 0.880 1.470 0.860 4.412 3.309 3.309 0.000
10 Arulpuram 46.090 5.500 14.080 8.450| 5.950 2.920 15.100 11.325 11.325 0.000
11 Murugampalayam 89.220 11.000 14.740 8.840 11.910 5.850 30.200 22.650 22.650 0.000
12 Ravapuram 46.460 5.500 14.550 8.740 5.950 2.920 15.100 11.325 11.325 0.000
13 Kallikadu 22.080 3.000 7.490 4.490 3.250 1.260 6.498 4.874 4.874 0.000
14 Mangalam 35.490 4.000 8.960 5.380 5.060 2.300 11.870 8.903 8.903 0.000
15 Eastern 54.820 5.800 13.440 8.060 7.590 2.860 14.786 11.090 11.090 0.000
16 Chinnakkarai 53.640 8.000 14.450 8.670 7.700 4.250 21.960 16.470 16.470 0.000
17 Kasipalayam 33.840 4.400 7.950 4.770 4.240 2.340 12.080 9.060 9.060 0.000
18 kunnangalpalayam 40.230 5.500 9.930 5.960 5.300 2.930 15.100 11.325 11.325 0.000
Total 742.840 97.900 187.500 112.500| 147.490 52.510 271.053 203.291 202.881 0.410

The capacity of the CETPs are as tabulated below

S.NO Name of the Common Effluent Treatment Plants MLD Capacity
1 Veerapandi 12.00
2 Angeripalayam 10.00
3 Park 2.00
4 Mannarai 4.20
5 S.Periyapalayam 1.50
6 Sirupooluvapatti 5.00
7 Karaipudur 4.50
8 Andipalayam 4.50
9 Vettuvapalayam 1.50
10 Arulpuram 5.50
11 Murugampalayam 11.00
12 Rayapuram 5.50
13 Kallikadu 3.00
14 Mangalam 4.00
15 Eastern 5.80
16 Chinnakkari 8.00
17 Kasipalayam 4.40
18 kunnangalpalayam 5.50
Total 97.90

To achieve full Zero Liquid Discharge capacity of the CETPs, they have obtained consent to operate (CTO) permissions from TNPCB so far as detailed below

No.of CETP CTO Permission obtained from TNPCB
13 90%
1 80%
2 75%
1 70%
1 15%

The necessary effective steps have been taken for achieving 100% utilization capacity of all CETPs.

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