Foreword
Central Pollution Control Board has developed Minimal National Sta!ldards (MINAS) for various in and one of them is for Man- Made Fibre industry. The effluent standards stipulated in MINAS are achievable by adopting pollution control measures which are within the techno-economic feasibility. The Central and State Boards have agreed that MINAS would under no circumstances be relaxed because of its acceptability to the industry on techno-economic criteria. To enforce such standards under the Water Act,1974, the Central Pollution Control Board has initiated countrywide implementation programme in Man Made Fibre industry. The Central Board in coordination with State Boards conducted detailed investigations in the industrial units to assess the environmental pollution in them and to recommend certain remedial measures to be taken to control pollution. The concerned State Boards pursuing the recommendations to be fulfilled by industry within a specific frame work of time to ensure that the MINAS are achieved.