South African tannery to relocate closer to major OEM hub
The tannery expects to relocate its entire operations in February 2021 and said the new facilities will be better designed to suit its production requirements.
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Budget to develop Calcutta Leather Complex
Amit Mitra, Commerce and Industry Minister for the Indian state of Bengal, said the government has released a budget to develop the Calcutta Leather Complex.
Read More...UP government considering relocation of Kanpur tanneries
Led by the Yogi Adityanath political party, India’s Uttar Pradesh state continues to shake up the local leather industry by announcing its plans to relocate around 400 tanneries accused of releasing toxic waste in the Ganges river.
Read More...New deadline for Hazaribagh’s tannery relocation
Bangladesh’s Ministry of Industry has given tannery owners a last ultimatum to relocate from Hazaribagh to the new Savar Tannery Zone.
Read More...NGOs pressure tanners to relocate to Savar
Representatives from five different organisations visited the Savar Tannery Zone and renewed their demand to cancel the plots allocated to the tanneries which fail to relocate from Hazaribagh.
Read More...Construction of CETP in Savar yet to be completed
Despite the increasing pressure on tanneries to relocate from Hazaribagh, the construction of the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) is still underway, and poor road conditions to access the Savar industrial state further complicate the situation.
Read More...Tannery relocation becomes a farce as deadline passes
Local media reports from the beleaguered Hazaribagh tanning district in Dhaka say that raw hides are piling up at Posta in the capital's Lalbagh district following a government move to prevent raw materials from reaching the tanneries in Hazaribagh after they failed to meet the latest deadline to relocate.
Read More...Several tannery owners ordered to appear in court
The owners of ten tanneries based in Hazaribagh have been ordered to appear before magistrates for failing to relocate to Savar according to local media reports.
Read More...CETP not ready for tannery relocation
Despite a series of Government relocation ultimatums, Hazaribagh’s leather sector representatives claim the Central Effluent Plant (CETP) is not ready for operation and other essential services are lacking in Savar.
Read More...Green activists put pressure on Savar relocation
Following the new extension of relocation deadline, environmental pressure groups have demanded the cancellation of allocated plots in the Savar Leather Industrial Park.
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