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8 buffaloes die after drinking poisonous water [1]

PCB claims ‘zero’ discharge from factories

SAMBA: Eight buffaloes were killed while four others fell ill after they consumed poisonous water from a nallah coming from SIDCO Industrial complex Samba to Basantar river this afternoon. The members of the Gujjar community whose cattle were grazing near river Basantar came to know about the matter and rushed there. They found six animals dead and about half a dozen others writhing in pain on the ground. They lodged their strong protest and alleged that their cattle died after they drank polluted poisonous water coming from about twenty factories located in SIDCO complex Samba.

Publication Date: 
03/08/2012
Daily Excelsior (Jammu) [2]
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Jammu (D) [3], Industrial Waste [4], Water Pollution [5], Buffalo [6], Industrial Waste Treatment [7], State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) [8], River Pollution [9], Pesticide Industry [10], Chemical Industry [11], Compensation [12], Industrial Pollution [13], Zero Waste [14], Hazardous Waste [15], Jammu & Kashmir [16]
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