A group of farmers today urged the district administration to take stringent action against some industrial units that are allegedly discharging untreated effluents into agricultural land in Sulur area near here.
Members of Tamil Nadu Farmers Association submitted a memorandum to district collector, T N Hariharan, alleging that industries in the region were discharging untreated effluents into agricultural lands affecting the crop and the underground water.
Considering the difficulties faced by the farmers, and the residents, the administration should take immediate action to shift the industries or ordered to be closed, it said.
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