The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
KANPUR: Central Leather Research Institute's (CLRI) detailed project report (DPR) about zero liquid discharge technique for tannery waste treatment plant came in for critical scrutiny at a meeting in Lucknow on Tuesday at which secretary, urban development, was also present. CLRI had prepared this project for Jajmau tanneries and its …
KANPUR: Tannery owners of Kanpur Nagar have demanded to extend the monitoring date fixed by the Central and state pollution control boards. A delegation of tannery owners association met advocate general Veer Bahadur Singh on Saturday and lamented that due to closure of their units between February to June, machines …
In India, nothing encapsulates the failure of governance more than the unforgivable abuse of the Ganga, its largest and most vital source of freshwater. It is no coincidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose the great river to showcase his ability to turn an irretrievable situation around. His foray into …
NEW DELHI: The Green Chemistry Network Centre (GCNC) of Delhi University has claimed to have developed a solution for chromium pollution from tanneries. In a recently concluded workshop on sustainability and water quality, the DU team presented a polymer (chemical compound made of many interlinked molecules) that can absorb chromium, …
LUCKNOW: Several teams constituted by the UP Pollution Control Board inspected 44 tanneries in Kanpur district on Wednesday. The teams were constituted by the UPPCB as a follow-up to an order passed by the Allahabad High Court early in November. The bench comprising justice Ashok Bhushan and justice Arun Tandon …
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