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After the current ruling party under Dr. J. Jayalalithaa came to power their first step was to improve the infrastructure and help the Dyeing units. It was stated that the units must clean the water up to 2500TDS (15% of the impurity) and they can join it to the river. The Dr. J. Jayalalithaa government had announced total sum of Rs 200 crore for CETPs as a non interest borrowing. Even though it will help to solve only partial problems in dyeing unit.

Although Tirupur is a small city compared to Coimbatore, it is the centre of Tamil Nadu’s cotton knitwear industry and successfully markets its products in India and overseas. It is one of the fastest growing city in India in terms of Industry. It is called the Knits Capital of India as it caters to famous brands and retailers from all over the world. Nearly every international knitwear brand in the world has a strong production share from Tirupur.

Tirupur (Tiruppur, Tirupur.ogg (help·info)) is a Textile city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, 47 km (29 mi) from Coimbatore located on the banks of Noyyal River. It is also called Dollar city. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tiruppur district. Tirupur is well-connected by road and rail. Coimbatore International Airport is the nearest domestic and international airport to the city.

The Apparel Park has the design of production facilities as in the European Union courtiers, USA with the basic objective of creating a world class knitwear manufacturing facility. The work was completed in January 2005 and inaugurated by Shri. P.Chidambaram, Hon’ble Finance Minister, Government of India. The total cost infrastructure facilities, the Captive Power Plant and the factory buildings worked out to 92 crores.

The monsoon months are the months of June, July and August. These months are mainly characterized by mild showers and a reduced temperature. The post monsoon or winter months are September, October, November, December and January. These months generally have a cool climate and temperatures rarely rise beyond a maximum of around 29 °C (84 °F). The minimum temperature during this season will be around 24 °C (75 °F).

The city’s population is predominantly Hindu (majority being Gounders), along with sizeable Muslim and Christian populations. Sikhs and Jains are also present in small numbers. The city also has many Keralites mainly from Palakkad (once part of Kongu Nadu). Nowadays people even from the North-Eastern states of India, like Assam, Bengal, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland have also moved in for jobs in Tirupur.

Tirupur city is administered by City Municipal Corporation, headed by a Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Tirupur Municipality was established in 1917 and was upgrades as the Tirupur Corporation in 2008. Presently the corporation limit is 27 km2 (10 sq mi), which will be increased into more than 150 km2 (58 sq mi) in 2011 as per the governments plan to include the suburbans areas Tirupur in the Tirupur Corporation.

Tirupur suffered a lot from dyeing problems. Since dyeing is an important industry for the city, dyeing strikes lead to the decrease in production of the garment items. In pursuance of the orders of Madras High Court, water and power supply to 18 CETPs with 754 dyeing and bleaching units and 68 IETPs was disconnected as they did not fulfil zero liquid discharge conditions for effluent treatment.

TEAMA also called for 2 days Closure of all shops and establishments across Textile towns of Tamil Nadu. Major Associations in Textile towns of Erode, Kumarapalayam, Karur, Salem, Palladam and Rajapalayam participated in this 2 day closure and insisted the Govt. to immediately intervene and curb the export of Cotton and Cotton yarn.

Even though the city is very prosperous, the infrastructure is minimal. The city grew very quickly due to the high demand for manufacturing for the leading clothing brands mostly in the United States and Europe. But the modern machinery used and the availability of skilled labour enabled this city to prosper and be competitive internationally.