which is found to be practiced at the sample plants. Chlorine is toxic while hydrogen peroxide or ammonium salts are good substitutes from an environmental point of view. In the mercerization process, under the ‘improving maintenance procedure’ approach, hot mercerization is recognized as the better option over that of conventional cold mercerization, but it is not found to be practiced by the sample plants. In the dyeing process, the pad-batch dyeing process could be followed, instead of the conventional dying process, to reduce pollution under the ‘improving maintenance procedure’ approach. However, pad-batch dyeing is not practiced