Water scarcity in Mangaluru is affecting the major industries in the region.
After Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) initiating shutdown of its phase-III units on Thursday, now it is the turn of Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF) Ltd to follow suit.
Sources in MCF told
Following the water scarcity in the region, the district administration has completely suspended water supply to industries, including MCF, on April 26.
The district administration had reduced the amount of water being supplied to the industries even before that, they said.
MCF is a subsidiary of Zuari Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd.