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SC Orders Strict Action Against All Tanneries Polluting Palar River
Hindustan Times Pune
|January 31, 2025
The Top Court Highlighted The Catastrophic Impact Of The Tanneries On Water Bodies, Groundwater, Agricultural Lands
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a series of stringent directives to address the severe environmental degradation caused by tannery industries in Tamil Nadu's Vellore district, ordering that the state must recover from industries responsible for discharging untreated effluents into the Palar River the cost of ecological restoration and compensation for affected communities.
This story is from the January 31, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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