16-02-23 Daily-Gujarat-GPSC Current Affairs

Around 1,100 chemicals and textiles units in key industrial areas like Naroda,Odhav, and Vatva will remain shut for around 10 days from March 5 as the Ahmedabad Mega Clean Association (AMCA) will carry out desilting work of the mega pipeline.

To do this work, AMCA will also put meters at key locations to measure effluent water flow.

AMCA, the operating body of the mega line of industrial effluent ofcommoneffluent treatment Plants (CETPs), has told its members that the desilting activity starts from March 5 and no discharge would be allowed in the mega line till the desilting work is completed.

The mega line was set up in 2001 to carry treated effluent water from Odhav, Naroda and Vatva CETPs. It is a 27km line with a capacity of 75 MLD.