Raymond temporarily suspends operations at Gujarat plant

Raymond Ltd has temporarily suspended operations at its textile manufacturing plant in Valsad district of Gujarat, following closure notice from Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB).

The notice was served on the company last week for alleged violation of environmental norms."Raymond has been served a closure notice after one of its waste (water) discharge pipelines got ruptured, and discharge was coming out in open," GPCB Incharge Member Secretary K C Mistry told PTI."Power has been disconnected (earlier this week) at the plant," he said.

Separately in a BSE filing, Raymond today said: "The company has temporarily suspended operations at the plant in compliance with the notice and has filed a revocation application with the concerned authorities."

"The textile manufacturing plant at NH No.8, Khadki-Udwada, taluka Pardi, district Valsad, Gujarat has received a notice of closure from the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), for alleged violation of norms," it added in the filing.

Similar notices have been issued to a few other manufacturing units operating in the vicinity of the company's premises, Raymond said.