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Riverwaterpollution;
Fully80 percentof urbanwastein India
endsup in the country,s
r!vu.rs,
and
uncheckedurbangroMh acrossthe country
combinedwith poor government
oversight
meansthe problemis onlygellingworse.A growing
numberof bodies
of waterin lndia are unfitfor humanuse, and in the RiverGanga,holy to the
countrt's82 percentHindumajority,is dyingslowlydue to uncheckedpolluiion.
NewDelhi'sbodyof wateris littlemorethana flowinggarbagedump,withfully
57 percentof the city'swastefindingits way to tlre Yarnuna.lt is that threebillion
litersof wasteare pumpedinto Delhi'sYamuna(RiverYamuna)each day. Only
55 percentof the 15 millionDelhiresidentsare connectedto the city'ssewage
system.The remainderflush their bath water, waste water and just about
everythingelse down pipes and into drains, rnost of them empty into the
Yamuna.Accordingto the Centrefor Scienceand Environment, between75 and
B0 percentof the river'spollutionis the resultof raw sewage.Combinedwith
industrialrunoff,the garbagethrowninto the riverand it totalsover 3 billionliters
of wasteper day. Nearly20 billionrupees,or almostl.JS$1500 lnillion,has been
spenton variouscleanup efforts.
The frothy brew is so glaring that it can be viewed on Google Earth.
Much of the river pollutionproblemin India comes from untreatedsewage.
Samplestaken recentlyfromthe GangesRivernearVaranasishowthat levelsof
fecalcoliform,a dangerousbacteriumthat comesfrom untreatedsewage,were
some3,000percenthigherthanwhatis considered safefor bathing.
Groundwaterexploitation:
Groundwater exploitationis a seriousmatterof concei'ntoda.yand legislations
and policymeasurestakentill date, by the stategovernments(urateris a state
subject)havenot had the desiredeffecton the situation.
PlasticPollution:
Plasticbags, plasticthin sheets and plasticwaste is also a major source of
pollution.
solidwaste:
Municipal
India'surbanpopulation fromthecurrent330milli,rnto about
slatedto increase
600millionby 2030,the challenge of managing solidwaste(MSW)in
municipal
an environmentally
and economically sustainablemanneris b'und to assume
giganticproportions'The country
has over s,000 cities a'cJ towns,
generateabout40 milliontonnesof Msw peryear which
The EnergyResearch today. Going by estimatesof
Instittrte
(TERI),thiscouldwellttucn
per year by 2a47. ieo milliontonnes
rvuv'|, 4
Pollutiondue to Mining:
New Delhi-based centrefor scienceand Environment (csE) on Decemberzg,
2007 said min':n causingdisplacement,
:l-- poilution,forest degradationand
socialunrest'The csE releasedits 356-pagesixth state of India,s
repofi''RichLandsPoor People,is sustainable Environment
miningpossible?,Accordingto
the centre for science and Environment
( csE) report the top 50 mineral
producingdistricts,as many as
34 fall under the 150 most backward
identifiedin the country. districts
Pollutiondueto biomedical
waste:
Pollutiondue to biomedicalwa.steis likelyto spreaddiseasedangerous
and makingatmospherenoxiousto healtlr. to life
on February27, zoagMoclasa,s in
Gujaratdeadlyhepatitis-B trail has led investigators
to a lnajornleclicalwaste
recyclingracketin Ahmedabad'sown bactyalo
where u *nopprng50 tonne
biologicalwaste,includingsyringes, needles,lV setsandvials,was impouncled.
This ilfegallyprocuredwastestoredin godowns
couldexposethe city and the
wholestateto the threatof notjust hepatitis-B
but otherdeadr5r
infectionsspreacl
throughintravenaltreatments.usuallysuch
waste has to be segregatedancl
IntroductFosT
poltutionin tndia:
Environmental
Polfutiondue to e_Waste:
Accordingto the latestreport
releasedby MAlr (Manufacturers,
lnformationTechnorogy), Association for
fndiaproducesabout3,80,000
annum'whichincludesonly the tonnes of e-waste per
wastegeneratedout of terevision
phonesand PCs' a major sets,
chunkof wtricrrcomesfrom organizations. mobir
the e-wasteotherElectrical Incluc,in
and Electronic*qrip**nts (EEE)
be a much largervolume"The in India,it wou!d
un-organized recyclingsector which fails to
practiceeco-friendly e-waste recyclingmethodsrerease
chemicals'The toxic gases and rargeamountclf toxic
the large volunreof Electronic
environmental Pollutionin India.Tilldate,th*ru waste Adrjs
Indiato regulatethe management wereno definitee-wasterulesin
of e-waste But in septernber200g,
GTZ (GermanTechnicalcooperation MAlr ,
Agency),Greenpeace aird Toxicsl-ink,in
consultationwitli all stakeholders,
submitteda set of cjraftrules fcr
management to Govtof tndia. e-w,rr;st
Greenhouse
GasEmissions: :
Indiaemitsthe fifth most carbon
of any countryin the worrd.At
metrictons, onry the u.s., china, 2s3 mirio'
Russia,ancfJapan surpassedits
carbonemissionsin 1998'carbon reverr:f
emissionshavegrownnine-ford
fotly years' In this Industrial overthe past
Age, with the ever-expancJing
hydrocarbon fuels and the resultantincrease consurnptionof
greenhousegas concentrations in carbon cJioxiJe
emission*s, that
have reachedrevers
Goingforward,carbonemissions changer.
are forecastto grow"ur*ing-crinrate
g.z% per annum ,.rntil
202CI'To put this in perspective,
carbon emissionslevels are estir.nated
increaseby 3'9% for china and tc
by 1-g%for the unitedstates.
Annex I countryunder the United IncJiais a non-
NationsFrameworkconvention
housegases and climatechange, on Greerr
and as such, is not requirerJto recJuce its
carbonemissions' An historical
summaryof carL*rndioxicje (co:) enrission*s
lrcnr
fossilfuelusein Indiais increasingrapidry
andcausesgrobar warming.
All inhabitants of our planethave an equalrightto
industrialized the atmosphere, but the
countrieshavegreatlyexceededtheir
planet'satmosphericresources fair, per-capitashareof the
and have inducedclima.te change.Tlre most
developedcountriespossessthe capital,
technological and hunranresorrrces
requiredfor successfuladaptation,while
in the developingcountries,a large
proportion of the populationis engagedin traditionalfarmin[,ihat is pai-ticularly
vulnerable to the changesin temporature, rainfailanclextremeweatherevenis
associated withclimatechange.
According to the uN Framework conventionon crimatechangeancftire Kyoio
Protocol, the most industrialized
countriesare ;;;ry'r".'"r.'ole
climatechange.Thus equity requires for causing
that they shourdur,urp[r*r;;;ffi"i,
emissionsin order to arrestfurtherclimate
changeand allow other countries
accessto theirfairshareof atmosphericresources in orderto deverop.
Pollutionof IndianSeas:
The ship Platinum-ll arrivedin Indianwaterson g october,200grhe
environmentand forests said it inspectedplatinum-ll ministryof
and found the ship
containedtoxicmaterial. The Platinum-tl formerry
- knownas ss oceanicoi.the
ss Independence - was destinedfor the Alangship-breakingyard.
MaritimeBoardleasesout the yard to ship-breakers. The Gujarat
tt is Asia,slargestship-
breakingyard arrdknownas the "graveyard
of ships,,.
Thousandsof shipsfrom
around the world come to this section
of Gujaratstate,scoasline to be
dismantled' workersmanuallytake aparthugeliners,past
theiyprime,with very
basictools'A reportcommissioned by the tnoiungovernment
showedthat one in six workersat the Alang three years ago
shipyarcr
showeclsignsof ashestos
poisoning'lt said manyof the workers
tested.r,o**J;;il;; of asbestosis-
an incurable diseaseof the lungs..
GHAPTER-II
3
ectiv of the L
To create awarenesson the environmentalpolir"ltiorr
caused becauseoj
wasremanagement on Jahaanleatherinclustry.
BesearchMethodolgq\G i
This empiricalanalysis is based primary and secondarydata of
unpublished
sourcesof kovursugarindustries.
Limitationslr
Thisprojectcoverthe periodfromA00S-2010.
CHAPTER.III
CHAPTER.IV
J a h a a nL e a th e rIn d ust ry:
Ch e n n aiTami
, lN adu,l ndi a
Leatherproducts
Manufacturer,
Export,
Import
JahaanleatherExportsis one of
the fastestgrowingreathermanufacturing
factoriesin chennaia busyhub
of a leatlre'manr:facturing in :;cuifiernpari
o f l n d i a 'w e are manufac ture rasn d
s u p p lie r so f f in is h e dle a t h e rv. e g e t a b le
ta n n e dleather& A ni l i nel eathe r .
Manager
Executives
Workers
Processin JalraanLeather
lndr*stny:
Leatheris made,from animal
skinsor hideswhichhave
to preserve
qualityand naturui'o"autv been chernicarytreated
rawanimalhidesfor useis ir".,L'.r,"*i.urprocedure usedto readv
caltec lA'piece ,it r..'io-
beentannedproduces;:i;"il; 1a-nning"' skinwhichhai
spoilage. flexibre
l*itl-'*r'whichis abreto"rresrstdecavand
Themajority
of leathermadetodayis produc"d
iff;,1*:mf.::jf'Xm:?,;
[ilJ':iffi;:"?: "fiXl",,
,l tannedcatuehides,though
piss,s;;r.]
il:T
f
STAGESOF TANNING:
Raw animar .kl:
.oo.lh.rguohseveral steps during the tanning process.
ffiflll,il and
T"?YnU,$;iseothed*!i,"0
*n6lp.Jurr
,n*Jt"pu
t"1ln
CURING:
Animalskins or hidesare first
a processwhichinvorvessarting
dryingthe hideonceit'sbeenstripped'troritiltanimar,
."cured.," ancJ/or
to be performedalmostitm"oLt"ly Becausethisstepneeds
uponremivatfromthe animal,
it oftental<es
or
ata riearoy
fJXr""'||',1"J[:ffat-pac[ing-in,Juit,"f factory.
Hides
canbecr,recl
wet-saltingis d:1" by salting
the hideand thenpiringmany
skinstogetheruntil
U",,,'J#,:,:il Jt",l';
tl'#'*r:f i,:t $:iljJr,:. i#";;, "iiil,*otha*hesa,t
Brine-curing
is morecommonthanwet-safting,
as it,sconsidereda faster,easier
method'Duringbrinecuring,hides
arepositioned
carefulfyin vatsanclsmotherec!
yJk #f H:."J,'""il|H'[tff:"*jl."j#- 16hours,*reskinsareco
:f mpIereIy
SOAKING:
Once the hides.have been cured,
hoursto severaldays.Th; they are then soakedin rryater
;;;r herpst" |.ic'ines*in of for severa
andexcessanimalfats. sart,criit,debris,brocc
FLESHREMOVAL:
fltr;:TJl?":"f,?,*ff:. aremoved
through
a niachine
whicii
strips
therres
I-IAIRREIUOVAL:
The hides are then transported
to a large vat, where they are
glliiili'lll", Jil:n:
#, j du"J'o,t
u,frerar.rbJu
i
imrnersedi,.,a
""fi: i,*n::T## il :;
SCUDDING;
stray hairsand fat which were
missedby machine,
are removecjfrorn the hide
yitl"iiiffffi.too'ordullloniiJ
ina proc""u
r,iro*n
as,,scuddins",,scuc is
DELITTflING:
Afterthe hairand debrishas
beencteanedfromthe skin,
' vat of acid' Afterthe lime rras lrirjeb^
ar-fri
defirrrerr
in ;r
ueen;;ffi fromthe skin,hides
arc trerateri
viiith
enzymes,whichsmooththe grainof the leather
product ancJh elpto maketire resultino
softandflexible.
TANNING:
Hidesand skinsare oftentreatedseveral
timesduringthe processof tanning.
Whichtype of tanningprocedureis used,depends
the resulting largelyon the hide itseftan"J
productfniended.
VEGETABI-E
TANNING:
Hides which have been tanned with a vegetable
tannirigagent sr:luticrrp;-i:cjuce
flexible'but stiff leathers,such as those uJed
in luggage,furiritur.e,
leashes,belts,
hats, and harnesses.
vegetabletanningconsistsof stringinghides
on largeframes,locatedinside
largevats,and exposingthemto tannin,a natural
piocluctfoundin.theba"rk,
wood'leavesandfruitsof chestnut,oak and hemlocktrees.Hidesai.etransferred
to many different.bins.
duringthis step, each containinga strongei.sop:tion
tannin.vegetabretanningpreventsthe'skinfrom of
crecayandshrinkage.
MINERAL
TANNITTG:
Minerator chrometanningis performedon
skinsurhich
stretchierleathers,such as those found in purses, will be used for softer,
gloves,boots,jackets, pants,andsanc1als. bags, briefcases,shoes,
RO LL IN G:
Rollingleatherrunningthe skinsthrougha machine,which worlqsto firm the
leatherto makeit stronger.
FINISHING
COMPOT,!
I{E :
the skin."l-hisis doneby
The finalstepin the tanningprocessinvolvesfinishing
coveringthe grainsurfacewitha chemicalcomporlncl and thenLlrushing it" l-.igt
leathersare buffedand sandpapered to coverimperfections.
L"eathers whichare
buffedfor longperiodsof timebecomesuede.
EnvironmentalPolluticnand ehronlcdiseasies:
\
ln an Indo-US jointworkshop,on September 05, 2008at Cirandigarh,
ProfS K
Jindal said it has beengloballyrecognisedthat environi'nental factors,have
importantlinkswith infectiousas well as non-infectiousdiseasesof bcth acute
and chronicnature."The WHO estinratesthat ?-4per cent of globaldisea.se
burdenand 23 per cent of all deathscan be attributedto environmentalfactors.
The burdenis moreon the developing than the developedcounirie$."Flesa!d:
"fn developingcountries,an estimated42 per cent of acute lowerrespiratory
infections
arecausedby environmental factors."
The majorburdenof thesehazardsis borneby the lungs.Bronchial asthmaand
otherallergies;chronicobstructive lung disease,respiratory
infectionsincluding
tuberculosisand occupational lungdiseasesare someof the comnnon problems
with a strongenvironmental risk which,accountfor a largecliseaseburdenall
overthe world,includingin India."Thereis a needfor extensir"re to gauge
studies.
the effectsof environmentalfactorson tlre hunranhealth""
According to New EnglandJournalof Medicine,
2007,evena shortexposureto
trafficfumescan increaseyourchancesof heartdisea.se,
includirrg
heartattacl<"
Peoplewho exercisein areaswherethereis heavytrafficmay be especiallya!
risk,researcherssay.
Graph.g
Leather:
tf uu a"
500
a Leather A s pet. S rr,.tarr:
Feet
:r00
J0 0
B t:1*% --._::W:; __: %. ___W" ; ;'
2000 t0a7 I,UUO 2009
ln 2008reatherproduction
is rowbecauseof powershortage.
In 2006the leatherproduction is 650sq. f
750s q'f in 2 0 0 8 t h e l e a t h e rp r o d u ctio n , in Zoartheleatherproduction is
production is' s7 ssq .f,
a n d in 2 0 0 9 th e leathe
is 900sq.f.
Sleg:
SlegAs penUnit
300
250
200
15 0
100
50
350
300
250
200
-*-Split Boar:dl5,spei-Square
15 0 Feet
10 0
50
o Leatherboard
r Spilt board
o Designboard
BY-PRODUET
2008
250 units '150units
Leatherboard
?90sq.f I ssoscr"f 1 5 0 sq .f
Spiitboard 300so.f 2Cl0sq.f
Designboard 150sq.f 100sq.f