Monitoring Reports September 2008
The second round of community water pollution monitoring was organizing in Bandi and Luni basins during September 16-18, 2008.
The second round of community water pollution monitoring was organizing in Bandi and Luni basins during September 16-18, 2008.
The first monitoring was undertaken on August 22, 2008. When the farmers group visited the CETP for sampling, they observed bypass of untreated effluents and the district administration and the pollution control board was informed of the same.
This bunch of writ petitions involves common is suesfor decision, thus, at the request of all the learned counsel appearing for the parties, the matter was heard finally andis being decided by this Judgment.
Almost one and a half years have passed since the New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released its first study in May 2006 on heavy metal contamination in the Bandi basin due to textile dyeing and printing industries in Pali city.
This paper is the result of a study conducted at the request of Sri Kisan Paryavaran Sangarsh Samiti, which is spear heading the cause of the farmers against the pollution ofthe Bandi river and groundwater in and around the town of Pali, by textile dyeing and printing industries.