Carry on polluters
JAMAL KIDWAI
there is a notice in bold, red lettering on the gate of Super Leathers Industry, a tannery in the Nangloi area of Outer Delhi. It says that the factory has been closed following the July 8 , 1996, order by the Supreme Court ( sc ), which directed the closure and relocation of 168 polluting industrial units in Delhi by November 30, 1996. Take a walk around the boundary wall and there is another notice at the back of the premises which announces business as usual: A K Leathers. The name has changed. What has not changed is the dark grey sludge
Related Content
- Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of fly ash in river Muri Ganga, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, 29/04/2025
- Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining of soapstone in village Papon, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, 22/04/2025
- Affidavit filed by the Kumaon Commissioner, Nainital regarding pollution of Naini lake, Uttarakhand, 16/04/2025
- Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental violations by factories and workshops located at village Purbannapara, district Howrah, 16/04/2025
- Affidavit filed by the Central Pollution Control Board regarding implementation of Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016, 15/04/2025
- Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding sewage entering the rivers Senki, Pachin and Dikrong in Arunachal Pradesh, 08/04/2025