Hazaribagh: minister says tannery shift is imminent
20/09/2010
The minister said around 6,000 tonnes of toxic liquid waste was flowing into the river every day and insisted that 49% of the total came from the 158 tanneries in Hazaribagh.
The government has been pushing for tanneries to relocate to a new site at Savar since 2003 but a long-running dispute over the funding of a common effluent treatment plant has held progress up.
A deadline for the move to take place by August 28 passed without any movement. Pressure from the government has been building up since then.
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