India, Feb. 21 -- The Haryana state pollution control board has asked the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) to construct a common effluent treatment plant (CETP) in Gadoli village to prevent discharge of effluents from washing plants into the Badshahpur drain, said officials on Friday.

Officials said that the pollution board proposed that the plant could be established adjacent to the final discharge point in Gadoli.

According to the notification by the board on January 23, a large number of illegal washing units have been operating in and around Gadoli which have been found to be discharging untreated effluent into nearby drains.

The letter said that these activities are causing serious water pollution and are ultimat...