Congress leaders along with residents of Parab village in Surat complained to district collector and Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) officials about untreated waste being discharged from textile mills into Kadodara creek in Kamrej. "The industrial units have violated pollution norms," Darshan Naik, former LoP in Surat district panchayat said. Parab village has a population of 2,000 people.