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SEPA investigates 25 tanneries

27/08/2008

The Sindh Environmental Protection Authority (SEPA), a government division in the Sindh, Pakistan, area, has initiated legal proceedings against 25 tanneries.

Director general, Mohammed Ali Shaikh, decided to take legal action after receiving complaints that the tanneries involved were discharging untreated effluents.

Recent reports from the Pakistan Tanners’ Association, stated that there were approximately 170 working tanneries in the Korangi Industrial Area.

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