Tanneries
168 Photos
Where the canal water is visible and not choked by solid waste, …
Leather shavings and trimmings- end products of finished leather- …
Illegal units operating outside burn and boil the leather …
There is no solid waste treatment facility inside the leather …
Inside the walled units, workers use a host of chemical processes …
Tanneries often do not pre-treat waste before sending it to the …
Constant nausea and burning in the eyes are common among workers. …
Storm water canals inside the leather complex choked with solid waste.
In its first ever environment audit the Comptroller and Auditor …
A drain brings toxic water from tanneries in Jajmau area of …
Toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries goes to the …
A drain brings toxic water from tanneries in Jajmau area of …
Toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries goes to the …
A drain brings toxic water from tanneries in Jajmau area of …
Toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries is diverted to …
A new drain is being constructed to divert toxic chemical laden …
Toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries is diverted to …
A new drain is being constructed to divert toxic chemical laden …
Tanneries have ruined our village, complains a resident of Jana …
Tanneries have ruined our village, complains a resident of Jana …
Tanneries have ruined our village, complains a resident of Jana …
Tanneries have ruined our village, complains a resident of Jana …
Fingers and toes of 82-year-old widow, Ishwaridevi, in Jana …
Shiv Charan Nishad, another resident of the Jana village, who …
A drain brings toxic water from tanneries in Jajmau area of …
Shiv Charan Nishad, another resident of the Jana village, who …
Fingers and toes of 82-year-old widow, Ishwaridevi, in Jana …
Shiv Charan Nishad, another resident of the Jana village, who …
Outfall of the drain that passes through Jana village and dumps …
Outfall of the drain that passes through Jana village and dumps …
Tanneries
168 Photos
Where the canal water is visible and not choked by solid waste, it is either dull red with blood, dyes or chromium or shines in grimy bubbles.
DVD NO. Mdvddp036
Tanneries
168 Photos
Leather shavings and trimmings- end products of finished leather- are dumped on the roadside next to the ecologically sensitive Ramsar site of East Kolkata Wetlands.
DVD NO. Mdvddp036
Tanneries
168 Photos
Illegal units operating outside burn and boil the leather trimmings to make fertilizer and fish feed. The chromium used in processing leather can leach into the ground water polluting the East Kolkata Wetlands, a 2009 inspection report from the union mini
DVD NO. Mdvddp036
Tanneries
168 Photos
There is no solid waste treatment facility inside the leather complex. Hence the crude burning and boiling outside. After repeated complaints from the IT firm Cognizant, some of the solid waste is now being sent to Haldia, 130 kms away.
DVD NO. Mdvddp036
Tanneries
168 Photos
Inside the walled units, workers use a host of chemical processes to treat leather, but without even the bare minimum protection of gloves. There are 308 tanneries operating at the leather complex.
DVD NO. Mdvddp036
Tanneries
168 Photos
Tanneries often do not pre-treat waste before sending it to the common effluent treatment plant. Last year the state pollution control board issued closure notices to 18 tanneries. These were violating standards for Ph level, total suspended solids and ch
DVD NO. Mdvddp036
Tanneries
168 Photos
Constant nausea and burning in the eyes are common among workers. Very few units supply them with protective gloves, boots or masks. Despite the Supreme Court order there is no hospital yet for the 12,000 workers.
DVD NO. Mdvddp036
Tanneries
168 Photos
Storm water canals inside the leather complex choked with solid waste.
DVD NO. Mdvddp036
Tanneries
168 Photos
In its first ever environment audit the Comptroller and Auditor General rapped the state and central authorities for failing to relocate the leather complex properly. 'The project failed to achieve its stated objective of ensuring safe disposal of industr
DVD NO. Mdvddp036
Tanneries
168 Photos
A drain brings toxic water from tanneries in Jajmau area of Kanpur to the village of Jana where people are suffering from various physical disabilities and diseases.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries goes to the agricultural fields in Jajmau.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
A drain brings toxic water from tanneries in Jajmau area of Kanpur to the village of Jana where people are suffering from various physical disabilities and diseases.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries goes to the agricultural fields in Jajmau.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
A drain brings toxic water from tanneries in Jajmau area of Kanpur to the village of Jana where people are suffering from various physical disabilities and diseases.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries is diverted to the fields for irrigational purpose. The plants that grow here are all laced with toxics. Catlle graze on this grass and are losing their capacity to give birth.
Agriculture ,
Cattle ,
Cattle ,
Health Effects ,
Health Effects ,
Health Effects ,
Irrigation ,
Irrigation ,
Jajmau ,
Kanpur ,
Land Pollution ,
Leather Industry ,
Leather Industry ,
Leather Industry ,
River Pollution ,
Rivers ,
rivers ,
Tanneries ,
Uttar Pradesh ,
VIKAS CHOUDHARY ,
Water Pollution ,
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
A new drain is being constructed to divert toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries to the fields.
DRAIN ,
Health Effects ,
Health Effects ,
Health Effects ,
Jajmau ,
Kanpur ,
Land Pollution ,
Leather Industry ,
Leather Industry ,
Leather Industry ,
River Pollution ,
Rivers ,
rivers ,
Tanneries ,
Uttar Pradesh ,
VIKAS CHOUDHARY ,
Water Pollution ,
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries is diverted to the fields for irrigational purpose. The plants that grow here are all laced with toxics.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
A new drain is being constructed to divert toxic chemical laden water from Kanpur tanneries to the fields.
DRAIN ,
Health Effects ,
Health Effects ,
Health Effects ,
Jajmau ,
Kanpur ,
Land Pollution ,
Leather Industry ,
Leather Industry ,
Leather Industry ,
River Pollution ,
Rivers ,
rivers ,
Tanneries ,
Uttar Pradesh ,
VIKAS CHOUDHARY ,
Water Pollution ,
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Tanneries have ruined our village, complains a resident of Jana village in Kanpur Dehat.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Tanneries have ruined our village, complains a resident of Jana village in Kanpur Dehat.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Tanneries have ruined our village, complains a resident of Jana village in Kanpur Dehat.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Tanneries have ruined our village, complains a resident of Jana village in Kanpur Dehat.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Fingers and toes of 82-year-old widow, Ishwaridevi, in Jana village melted because of working in the fields irrigated by chemical laden toxic water from tanneriesin Jajmau area of Kanpur.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Shiv Charan Nishad, another resident of the Jana village, who cannot hear properly, shows his deformed fingers and toes. Even he thought it was initial signs of leprosy but the doctor he was consulting told him that it happened because of the chemicals re
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
A drain brings toxic water from tanneries in Jajmau area of Kanpur to the village of Jana where people are suffering from various physical disabilities and diseases.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Shiv Charan Nishad, another resident of the Jana village, who cannot hear properly, shows his deformed fingers and toes. Even he thought it was initial signs of leprosy but the doctor he was consulting told him that it happened because of the chemicals re
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Fingers and toes of 82-year-old widow, Ishwaridevi, in Jana village melted because of working in the fields irrigated by chemical laden toxic water from tanneriesin Jajmau area of Kanpur.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Shiv Charan Nishad, another resident of the Jana village, who cannot hear properly, shows his deformed fingers and toes. Even he thought it was initial signs of leprosy but the doctor he was consulting told him that it happened because of the chemicals re
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Outfall of the drain that passes through Jana village and dumps water from tanneries in Ganga.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042
Tanneries
168 Photos
Outfall of the drain that passes through Jana village and dumps water from tanneries in Ganga.
DVD NO. MDVDDP042