Mysuru: In a much required move, the Karnataka Pollution Cntrol Board authorities raided several clothe dying units in the region on Wednesday.
The authorities, led by Board Assistant Director M G Raghuram struck Bannimantap, Rajeevanagar and Kalalavadi areas, following complaints from local residents, sealed three illegal clothe dying units and seized over 10 tonnes of clothes.
Raghuram said that the units had their main branches in Tamil Nadu and they had convinced the locals to give their land for the said purpose.
“However, by the time they complete their operations, the land would have been polluted by the toxic dye and wastes. We request the locals not to fall prey to such offers and give away their lands for these kinds of hazardous units,” he urged adding that the crackdown on such units will continue in future.
The authorities concerned are alert after a teenager lost his life due to fatal burns he sustained after he ventured into an open land to answer nature’s call at Shadanahalli. The boy battled for life for two days and then succumbed to injuries last week. The locals had held the industrial wastes that is being dumped into the land responsible for the boy’s death. However, the geological experts who found that the temperature of the surface of the land at Shadanahalli was 110 degree said that there could also be a geological factor that is playing up.
Meanwhile, it is now said that the temperature at the spot has dropped to 90 degree, but the mystery behind the death of the boys till remains unsolved.
Everyday the pollution control board is collecting the samples from the site to keep check on the temperature. Pollution control board in Bengaluru has formed expert committee to analyse the case and suggest ways to treat the issue.
