National Green Tribunal calls for action over tannery pollution
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has called for action from the Uttar Pradesh government in response to river pollution from local tanneries in Kanpur.
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Based on the directives of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), an official delegation visited a tannery in the Erode district, Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and inspected its solid waste management.
Read More...22 Kanpur tanneries fined for dumping chromium
India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) has fined 22 tanneries operating in Kanpur for contaminating groundwater with chromium.
Read More...Two tanneries in Kanpur defy order to shut down
Upon pollution inspection on October 7, two tanneries located in the tanning cluster of Jajmau were found to be in full operation despite orders to temporarily close down until the end of the month.
Read More...Kanpur tanneries ordered to close again
After having authorised the tanneries to resume operations in late August, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has ordered a temporary closure once again amid pollution claims.
Read More...More Kanpur tanneries reopen
In what is considered a vital lifeline to Kanpur’s leather industry, 73 more tanneries have been allowed to resume operations by the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB). Last week, the board had given permission for 28 tanneries to reopen. Following the order, 101 out of 267 tanneries which faced indefinite closure will now be operational.
Read More...Kanpur tanners question reopening of tanneries
Some tannery owners remain sceptical about the decision of the Uttar Pradesh’s administration to reopen the tanneries and claim this could be another of the many unfulfilled promises made since their closures in December 2018.
Read More...Kanpur tanneries to reopen with restrictions
Kanpur’s tanning sector has praised the Government’s decision to allow the units to reopen but have highlighted the urgent need for the new Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), planned for the Jajmau cluster, to be constructed.
Read More...India’s NGT orders the closure of another 78 tanneries
Of the 106 tanneries operating in the clusters of Banthar and Unnao, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, 78 units have been ordered to close.
Read More...Tannery owners and workers hold protests in Kanpur
Thousands of tannery owners and workers staged a protest in Kanpur, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, following an official order to disconnect the power supply of 225 tanneries for an indefinite period of time.
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