The knitwear cluster Tirupur in southern India has today emerged as a completely transformed global apparel manufacturing hub in the country.
\From hosting one of the most polluting textile value chain till a few years back (which had evoked massive protests by local farmers and other communities; followed by Madras High Court order directing closure of 750-odd dyeing and bleaching units in this cluster for not complying with the State Pollution Control Board’s zero-liquid discharge (ZLD norms), Tirupur is currently a completely ‘Zero Liquid Discharge’ garment cluster where water used by its dyeing and processing units are treated at common affluent treatment plants and reused.
