Tanneries from Kolkata and surrounding areas look likely to miss the deadline of February 2002 to move to the new purpose-built leather complex at Bantala, according to local newspaper reports. The 1,100 acre complex was built to contain tanneries from the city and outlying districts such as Tangra, Topsia and Tiljala and includes an effluent treatment plant intended to improve problems connected with pollution.

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