Boards warning that water is unfit for drinking put up at contaminated sources in Erode
Samples from Mukasi Pidariyur, Vaipadi, Varapalayam, and Ingur panchayats, all located within a 12-km radius of SIPCOT, Perundurai, showed excessive levels of total dissolved solids, nitrate, calcium, and magnesium. Acting on the findings, the board directed the block development officer, Chennimalai Panchayat Union, to install red-marked boards at all affected sites.
A senior official from the Office of the Assistant Director of Village Panchayats told The Hindu that warning notices had been placed at all the 37 sources. Groundwater here was earlier used only for domestic purposes, with residents receiving Cauvery water under the Combined Water Supply Scheme. Following the Collector's instructions, supply from the scheme has been increased from six to 12 hours a day in the affected panchayats, the official added.
Perundurai SIPCOT Affected People's Welfare Association coordinator S. Chinnasamy said the groundwater contamination was due to the discharge of effluents from industries in SIPCOT and stressed the need for more tests in villages across the region. He also said that the process to establish the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the Perundurai SIPCOT Industrial Park be expedited and the facility made operational at the earliest.
It may be recalled that during a government function held near the Vijayamangalam toll gate in Perundurai on June 11, 2025, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced that a CETP would be established at SIPCOT, Perundurai, at an estimated cost of ₹136.76 crore. The project, being executed by the Department of Industries, Investment Promotion, and Commerce, will use Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) technology and has a capacity to treat 2,000 kilolitres of effluents per day.
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