AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti, a voluntary organisation working for environmental protection, has come out with startling facts on how the badly treated industrial effluents are being dumped in the major rivers in the State and in the sea.
The rivers include the Narmada, Mahisagar, Sabamarti and Damanganga and the sea outlet is in the Gulf of Cambay.
Ahmedabad: In the latest survey by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) it has come to light that just five of the 26 central effluent treatment plants (CETPs) in 35 industrial clusters spread across 400 kilometres of Gujarat
Asserting that the UPA government was committed to cleaning up the Ganga, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said no untreated waste and industrial effluents would flow into the river by 2020.
Tirupur: Continued effluent discharge into water bodies by dyeing units even after the allocation of Rs. 320 crore government grant to help them offset the cost incurred for setting up Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP), is causing serious threat to the environment and denting the image of Tirupur knitwear cluster.
ERODE: State Planning Commission member G. Kumaravelu has appealed to farmers to cultivate crops such as bamboo in the lands which were polluted due to the discharge of effluents in the water carrying channels.
The mass cultivation of crops such as bamboo would help for the bio-remediation of polluted soil, he said while participating at a meeting held here on Tuesday.
Kanpur: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided that no new leather tannery be allowed to come up in Jajmau suburb and warned the existing 418 tanneries against disposing of effluents into the river Ganges, secretary of a leading industries' association in the town said here on Monday.
Effluents Being Dumped Are 15 Times More Polluted Than The Accepted Norms
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Gandhiangar: The latest Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report, which says that industries in and around Vadodara are dumping huge quantities of toxic chemicals into river Mahi and Gulf of Khambhat, has sent shockwaves among top officials planning for a smaller Kalpasar.
