A two-MLD sewage treatment plant was commissioned at Ambattur Industrial Estate by Chennai Auto Ancillary Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Company (CAAIIUC) on Saturday.
Addressing a gathering of entrepreneurs at the function, Chairman and Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation Mohan Pyare said the CAAIIUC's request for land for setting up a common effluent treatment plant would be considered after consultation with the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board.
The company, a special purpose vehicle for infrastructure development at three industrial estates – Thirumazhisai and Thirumudivakkam being the other two – plans to set up the CETP near the sewage treatment plant.
Unit holders in the Ambattur industrial estate stressed the need for curbing the misuse of stormwater drain for discharge of effluents and sewage.
The effluents generated by over 600 industrial units in Ambattur can be treated if the CETP is commissioned, said V.Raju, Director of CAAIIUC.
The new facility, on Aavin Dairy Road, commissioned on Saturday would be used for treating sewage discharged from nearly 750 units located in the north phase of the industrial estate, said Dilip Kumbhat, Chairman of CAAIIUC.
A model road near Patravakkam Railway Station, modern street lighting and public convenience, set up as part of the phased development of infrastructure at three industrial estates by CAAIIUC, were also inaugurated.
The road is being used by over 50,000 employees of the industrial estate. CAAIIUC has developed this as a model road for future projects in other parts of Ambattur, Thirumazhisai and Thirumudivakkam.
The industrial estates house a number of large, medium and small enterprises that manufacture automobile components, garments and heavy engineering products and provide IT export services.
