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Tanneries across border adding to contamination [1]

Ferozepur: Along with waters, the Satluj is bringing in bad news from Pakistan for those living near its banks in the district. Tanneries situated in and around the border towns of Kasur, Barki and Sehjra are polluting the water making it not only unfit for drinking and irrigational purposes, but also leading to immense loss of aquatic life.

Publication Date: 
16/06/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Water Pollution [3], River Pollution [4], Leather Industry [5], Sutlej [6], Water Quality [7], Industrial Pollution [8], Hazardous Waste [9], Punjab [10], Ferozepur (D) [11]
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