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Brackish Water Research Committee (BWRC) president MHS Sheikh said, “The ongoing environmental monitoring under CEPI in Surat is just an eyewash. Diamond City mainly houses dyeing printing houses, textile- related industry of weaving, yarn spinning and engineering units. It is not right to say that 60 per cent units are closed to hoodwink the environmental survey. We are abiding by all the pollution norms and have the country’s best common effluent treatment plants.” Unlike industrial areas of Vapi and Ankleshwar, Surat industrial areas of Sachin, Palsana or even Pandesara do not house more than seven per cent of chemical or pharma-related industries.South Gujarat Processors Association (SGTPA) president Jitu Vakharia told TOI, “Textile processing units have been keeping the units shut for three days a week since last many months post-GST in view of dwindling demand for polyester fabric..