Punjab CM Makes U-Turn On Mega Textile Industrial Project

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Punjab CM Makes U-Turn On Mega Textile Industrial Project

Due to the ongoing protest over the proposed site of the textile industrial project, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann after a meeting with the Public Action Committee announced that no industrial unit will be set up at the planned location. “I will categorically like to announce that not only in Mattewara, but the state government will not allow any industry to come up on the river banks of Punjab to ensure that these water bodies are not polluted. Punjab government will preserve these ‘green arteries’ of the state by all means,” Mann said. The state government will now allocate a new piece of land for the textile park with the condition that it doesn’t pollute the waters of the state. The site for the Textile Region and Apparel Park was originally approved by the previous administration. Locals citizens and environmentalists have red-flagged the location on the ground that it will disturb the biodiversity of the protected forest and lead to chemical discharge from factories into the river.