The discovery of over 100 bags of toxic solid waste buried in an agricultural land near Chennimalai has shocked the farming community and environmental activists.
A team of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board officials conducted a surprise check in a textile processing unit near Chennimalai following complaints from the public and found huge amount of solid waste generated in the unit had been buried deep in a nearby agricultural land. Officials found several bags of toxic, untreated solid waste buried in the land and excavated over 100 bags from the land.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/100-bags-toxic-waste-found-buried-farmland
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-ramesh
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-chennai
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxic-wastes
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/textile-industry
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-disposal
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-waste
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
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