Kochi Irrigation Department serves notices to Kitex Garments
The Hindu
The company has allegedly tapped water from the irrigation canal
The Kizhakkambalam-based Kitex Garments has been served notices by the assistant executive engineer of the Irrigation Department on the illegal drawing of water from and laying of waste carrying pipes across the Periyar Valley Canal.
One of the notices, dated January 21, asked the garments company to remove the wastewater pipes across the canal. The other notice said a departmental inspection showed the company illegally tapped water from the irrigation canal. Water from the canal is used for agricultural irrigation and permission should be taken from the department for using water for other purposes, the notice said.
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