IN the deepening shadows of climate change-led water scarcity and drought, the residents of Kasur have another water-related peril to suffer — groundwater contamination. There are more than 300 ...

JALANDHAR: Coming a major relief for thousands of villagers residing on the banks of Kala Sanghian and the connecting water bodies the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR and Central ...

Leather tanning traditionally relies on chromium(III) salts but faces mounting environmental concerns due to effluent toxicity and heavy metal accumulation. Sustainable tanning processes seek to ...

For a hundred years, leather tanneries have been polluting water bodies and soil by discharging billions of litres of highly toxic chromium contaminated water. This is because removing chromium from ...

The pollution control board officials have gathered information about a new technology to stop River Ganga pollution. It is called Waterless Chrome Technology. According to a Dainik Jagran report, The ...

CHENNAI: Chennai-based Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) has finalised a $1 million deal with the Ethiopian government as licencing fee to transfer home-grown Waterless Chrome Tanning ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

An important and revealing front-page article on the subject was published in a local English daily on 18 April, which should be of interest to the environment protectors and owners of tanneries. It ...

In the early 1900s, farmers were concerned about the poor quality of kavalais (buckets) used for drawing water from wells to irrigate farmland. These kavalais were made of country leather. This had ...