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Post lockdown, the Uttar Pradesh green panel has pared the operational capacity of Kanpur leather tanneries by 50 per cent to prevent the potential discharge of industrial effluents in river Ganga.
The UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has issued a roster for 262 functional tanneries in Kanpur, under which half of the units would operate during the first fortnight of the month, while the remaining would operate in the second fortnight.
The pollution watchdog took this step in wake of the sudden “overflow” situation of the effluent treatment plant and the pumping stations in Kanpur after the tanneries were allowed
