By Bisola Adeyemo
The textile company, Southern Range Nyanza Limited in Uganda has finally clear air on polluting River Nile with harmful chemicals.
The textile company which is also known as Nytil admitted to polluting the river after National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) intervention, saying there was an “accidental overflow” into River Nile leading to pollution into the river.
In a statement released on Wednesday, to Nile Post News, Nytil General Manager, Viny Kumar admitted the overflow but said efforts are on to rectify the problem.
One Eng.Ivan Karuru, a social media user on Tuesday accused the company of discharging hazardous waste into Lake Victoria before asking NEMA to intervene.
The statement reads “It has since been established that the effluent treatment infrastructure suffered a breakdown resulting in the accidental overflow of effluent into the river. Fortunately, the engineering team is already on ground to fix the problem and resolve it with finality.
“We apologize for the inconvenience that could have been caused, the company is committed to avoiding a repeat of the same.
“Nytil remains committed to sustainable development and will continue working with partners and people of goodwill to protect mother nature. The inconvenience caused by this isolated and unprecedented incident is regretted.”
