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3 Labourers Die While Cleaning "Pollution" Tank In Kanpur Tannery
Three labourers died after allegedly inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a 'pollution' tank at a tannery in Kanpur, police said on Friday.
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Video: Massive Fire Breaks Out In Kolkata Tannery
A major fire broke out at a tannery in Tangra area of the city on Saturday evening and 16 fire tenders were pressed to douse the towering flames, a senior official of the fire department said.
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UP Pollution Control Board Orders Kanpur Tanneries's Shutdown Again
The Regional Pollution Control Board of Uttar Pradesh has ordered 248 tanneries in Jajmau area of Kanpur to stop their operations from February 19 till further orders, without assigning any reason.
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Women Hold Protest Against Citizenship Act, NRC In Bengaluru
Chanting slogans of ''Azaadi'' (freedom), women on Sunday hold the protest at Tannery Road against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR).
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Green Court Fines UP Government, 22 Tanneries For Polluting Ganga
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped the Uttar Pradesh government for failing to check sewage discharge containing toxic chromium into Ganga at Rania and Rakhi Mandi in Kanpur and imposed a penalty of 280 crore on 22 tanneries for causing pollution.
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Move Tanneries, Set Guidelines For Ganga's Ghats, Uttar Pradesh Is Told
In its latest move to protect the Ganga river, the country's top green court has banned the dumping of any kind of waste within 500 metres of the river's edge; anyone caught littering the river will be charged Rs 50,000. It has also instructed the government of Uttar Pradesh to move polluting tanneries and to set up guidelines - along with the hill...
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Centre's Cattle Law Death Certificate For Us, Say Kolkata Leather Traders
Marks and Spencer, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Nine West - top global brands are suddenly calling Kolkata in a panic: Will Kolkata's tanneries be able to supply their high-quality leather anymore after the ban on sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets?
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Green Body Slams UP Government For Behaving 'like A King' On Tannery Shifting Order
The National Green Tribunal today slammed the UP government over the issue of shifting of tanneries located on the banks of Ganga in Kanpur to some other place to stop discharge of effluents, saying, "it can't behave like a king."
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Gujarat Dalits Unite In Mega Rally Sending Stern Message To BJP Government
On a day a Dalit man, who had attempted suicide to protest the thrashing of four Dalit tannery workers by self-styled cow vigilantes in Gujarat earlier this month, died, members of the community organised a large congregation in Ahmedabad to send a message to the state government.
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Kanpur's Leather Industry Shrinks As Controversy Over Cow Slaughter Grows
The controversy over cow slaughter had had an unexpected spin-off. One that's not pleasant for Kanpur - one of the biggest leather manufacturing centres of Uttar Pradesh, where assembly elections are due next year. Over the last few years, nearly half the units have shut, others have been making losses. And the Dalits, who form a chunk of the work...
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New Gujarat Video Shows Tannery Workers Attacked In May; Arrests 3 Days Ago
As opposition parties united to express outrage in Parliament over the flogging and shaming of four Dalit men in Gujarat by self-styled cow protectors earlier this month, a video has emerged of another attack two months ago.
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Ahead Of Tamil Nadu Elections, AIADMK, DMK Face Challenges In Leather Hub
In this leather hub of Tamil Nadu, the electoral battle is proving hard for ruling AIADMK due to several local issues, including those related to tanneries and drinking water, while opposition DMK too is bogged down by intra-party affairs in some constituencies.
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Government Shuts 150 Industrial Units Along Ganga To Curb Pollution
Sending out a strong message, the Environment Ministry has ordered the closure of 150 industrial units, including sugar mills and tanneries, along the Ganga river after these failed to install 24X7 effluent monitoring systems.
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Kanpur's 700 Tanneries Major Source of Pollution in Ganga: National Green Tribunal
The National Green Tribunal today warned of complete closure of 700 tanneries located on the banks of river Ganga at Kanpur, terming them as one of the "highest sources of pollution".
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Poisonous gas kills five at Tamil Nadu tannery
Five people died on Friday in Tamil Nadu's Vaniyambadi district, after inhaling poisonous gas at a local tannery.The victims were cleaning a tank used for chemical treatment of leather, when they were exposed to the gas.More details are awaited.
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3 Labourers Die While Cleaning "Pollution" Tank In Kanpur Tannery
Three labourers died after allegedly inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a 'pollution' tank at a tannery in Kanpur, police said on Friday.
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Video: Massive Fire Breaks Out In Kolkata Tannery
A major fire broke out at a tannery in Tangra area of the city on Saturday evening and 16 fire tenders were pressed to douse the towering flames, a senior official of the fire department said.
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UP Pollution Control Board Orders Kanpur Tanneries's Shutdown Again
The Regional Pollution Control Board of Uttar Pradesh has ordered 248 tanneries in Jajmau area of Kanpur to stop their operations from February 19 till further orders, without assigning any reason.
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Women Hold Protest Against Citizenship Act, NRC In Bengaluru
Chanting slogans of ''Azaadi'' (freedom), women on Sunday hold the protest at Tannery Road against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR).
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Green Court Fines UP Government, 22 Tanneries For Polluting Ganga
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped the Uttar Pradesh government for failing to check sewage discharge containing toxic chromium into Ganga at Rania and Rakhi Mandi in Kanpur and imposed a penalty of 280 crore on 22 tanneries for causing pollution.
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Move Tanneries, Set Guidelines For Ganga's Ghats, Uttar Pradesh Is Told
In its latest move to protect the Ganga river, the country's top green court has banned the dumping of any kind of waste within 500 metres of the river's edge; anyone caught littering the river will be charged Rs 50,000. It has also instructed the government of Uttar Pradesh to move polluting tanneries and to set up guidelines - along with the hill...
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Centre's Cattle Law Death Certificate For Us, Say Kolkata Leather Traders
Marks and Spencer, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Nine West - top global brands are suddenly calling Kolkata in a panic: Will Kolkata's tanneries be able to supply their high-quality leather anymore after the ban on sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets?
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Green Body Slams UP Government For Behaving 'like A King' On Tannery Shifting Order
The National Green Tribunal today slammed the UP government over the issue of shifting of tanneries located on the banks of Ganga in Kanpur to some other place to stop discharge of effluents, saying, "it can't behave like a king."
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Gujarat Dalits Unite In Mega Rally Sending Stern Message To BJP Government
On a day a Dalit man, who had attempted suicide to protest the thrashing of four Dalit tannery workers by self-styled cow vigilantes in Gujarat earlier this month, died, members of the community organised a large congregation in Ahmedabad to send a message to the state government.
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Kanpur's Leather Industry Shrinks As Controversy Over Cow Slaughter Grows
The controversy over cow slaughter had had an unexpected spin-off. One that's not pleasant for Kanpur - one of the biggest leather manufacturing centres of Uttar Pradesh, where assembly elections are due next year. Over the last few years, nearly half the units have shut, others have been making losses. And the Dalits, who form a chunk of the work...
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New Gujarat Video Shows Tannery Workers Attacked In May; Arrests 3 Days Ago
As opposition parties united to express outrage in Parliament over the flogging and shaming of four Dalit men in Gujarat by self-styled cow protectors earlier this month, a video has emerged of another attack two months ago.
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Ahead Of Tamil Nadu Elections, AIADMK, DMK Face Challenges In Leather Hub
In this leather hub of Tamil Nadu, the electoral battle is proving hard for ruling AIADMK due to several local issues, including those related to tanneries and drinking water, while opposition DMK too is bogged down by intra-party affairs in some constituencies.
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Government Shuts 150 Industrial Units Along Ganga To Curb Pollution
Sending out a strong message, the Environment Ministry has ordered the closure of 150 industrial units, including sugar mills and tanneries, along the Ganga river after these failed to install 24X7 effluent monitoring systems.
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Kanpur's 700 Tanneries Major Source of Pollution in Ganga: National Green Tribunal
The National Green Tribunal today warned of complete closure of 700 tanneries located on the banks of river Ganga at Kanpur, terming them as one of the "highest sources of pollution".
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Poisonous gas kills five at Tamil Nadu tannery
Five people died on Friday in Tamil Nadu's Vaniyambadi district, after inhaling poisonous gas at a local tannery.The victims were cleaning a tank used for chemical treatment of leather, when they were exposed to the gas.More details are awaited.
