Water scarcity shuts down two TNPL units.
Summary: Tamil Nadu Newsprints and Papers Limited says pulp production has been stopped because of severe water shortage.
Drawing water from the Cauvery by the TNPL should not affect the combined drinking water schemes.
Tamil Nadu Newsprints and Papers Limited says pulp production has been stopped because of severe water shortage.
File photo With the Cauvery running dry and the delta region reeling under a severe drought, the Tamil Nadu Newsprints and Papers Limited, one of largest bagasse-based paper mills in Asia, has shut its two units at Pugalur due to acute water scarcity.
To make things worse, the additional borewell sank by TNPL reportedly failed.
Following this, the TNPL closed its two of its three units temporarily.
The third unit is on the verge of suspending its operation.
“We have no other option except to scale down production.
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