LIST OF HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAMINATED DUMP SITES IN THE COUNTRY (as per the information received from

SPCBs

S. Location of Name of the Polluter Number Product Type of Waste Generated Quantity/Area of the Primary
No the Site of Sites Waste/Contamination Contaminant

GUJARAT
1. Vadodara Hema Chemicals Unit - II 1 Basic Chromium Chromium residue Approx. 77000 tonnes of Chromium
Sulphate waste.
2. Valad, Dist. Not Known 1 - Waste from dyes and dyes 500 MT/200 m2 Not Available
Gandhinagar intermediate industries.
KERALA
3. Eloor – Hindustan Insecticides 4 DDT, Endosulfan, Jarosite, POPs 200000 (Kuzhikandom POPs, heavy
Edayar, Ltd., Fertilizers and Dicofol, thiozoles, thodu), 206200 metals
Cochin Chemicals Travancore sulphamides, Zinc (Ammenthuruth-Karipadam),
Ltd., Merchem Ltd., Indian ingots 30000 (Edayattuchal) &
2
Rare Earths Ltd., Binani 15500 (Chakkarchal) m
Zinc Ltd. area of contamination.
MADHYA PRADESH
4. Ratlam Jayant Vitamins 1 Vitamin C & Sorbitol ETP sludge/Nickle Oxide 30 MT of waste. -

5. Ratlam Sajjan Chemicals & 3 H-Acid & G-Acid Iron Sludge/ Gypsum 20906 MT/1166 MT/1410 MT Inorganic salts
Investments Pvt. Ltd. sludge/Sodium Sulphate/ of waste at 3 locations
Incinerated ash
ORISSA
6. Ganjam Jayashree Chemicals 3 Alkali, Brine Sludge, Mercury 5000 MT/33000 MT/18000 Mercury
Chlorine waste MT at three locations
7. Hirakud, HINDALCO 3 Aluminum Ingots Spent Pot Line 33750 MT/31500 MT/300 MT Fluoride,
Sambalpur at three locations Cyanide
8. Angul NALCO 3 Aluminum Ingots Spent Pot Line 33600 MT/4000 MT/555 MT Fluoride,
at three locations Cyanide
9. Talcher Orichem Ltd. (Closed) 1 Sodium Dichromate Leached Residue 60000 tonnes of waste Chromium
S. Location of Name of the Polluter Number Product Type of Waste Generated Quantity/Area of the Primary
No the Site of Sites Waste/Contamination Contaminant

10. Sundargarh Konark Crome Chemicals 4 Sodium Dichromate Leached Residue - Chromium
& Lotus Chemicals
(Closed)
11. Mayurbhanj Kerbs & Cie (Closed) 5 Sodium Dichromate Leached Residue 15000 MT/3300 MT/45 Chromium
MT/22500 MT/1275 MT of
waste at 5 locations
12. Mayurbhanj East Coast Fertilizers & 2 Sulphuric Acid, SSP Leached Residue 2250 MT/600 MT Fluoride &
chemicals Vanadium
PUNJAB

13. Humbran road, Municipal Dump 1 - Electroplating/dyeing waste. 35 acres Heavy metals,
Ludhiana organics
14. Tajpur road, Municipal Dump 1 - - 20 acres Heavy metals,
Ludhiana organics
15. Basti Sheikj, Municipal Dump 1 - Garbage, construction & 15.47 acres Heavy metals,
Jalandhar demolition debris organics
RAJASTHAN

16. Bichhadi Hindustan Agro 1 H-Acid, Sulphuric Gypsum sludge, iron sludge - Inorganic salts,
Chemicals Ltd, Silver Acid, Oleum, Chloro organics
Chemicals, Jyoti sulphonic Acid,
Chemicals, Phosphate Phosphatic
India and Rajasthan Multi Fertilizers and other
Fertilizers chemicals

TAMILNADU
17. Kodaikanal Hindustan Uniliver Ltd. 1 Thermometers Mercury bearing scrap 3 acres of mercury Mercury
contaminated soil to a depth
of 1 m. Apprx. 5000 MT of
18. Ranipet Tamilnadu Chromates & 1 Sodium Dichromate, Chromium residue 7.41 acres of contaminated Chromium
Chemicals Ltd. Basic chrome site, 2-4 m height. Chrome
sulphate bearing waste. Apprx. 2.2
lakh tones of waste.
S. Location of Name of the Polluter Number Product Type of Waste Generated Quantity/Area of the Primary
No the Site of Sites Waste/Contamination Contaminant

UTTAR PRADESH
19. Lucknow India Pesticides Ltd. 2 Lindane HCH (Hexa chloro cyclo Apprx. 36432 tonnes of HCH
hexane) muck waste waste.
containing pesticides.
20. Kanpur, Ashoka Chemicals Pvt. 1 - Mostly BCS (Basic Chrome Area of 6000 sq. ft. Apprx. Chromium
Nauraiya Ltd. (Factory dismantled Sulphate) waste containing Size could not be exactly
Kheda long back). heavy metals. ascertained as many pucca
houses have been
constructed on it. Apprx.
15000 tonnes of waste.
21. Kanpur, Juhi Kanpur Chemicals 1 - Mostly BCS (Basic Chrome Area of 5-6 acres apprx. Chromium
Baburaiya, (Factory dismantled long Sulphate) waste containing Owners not known. At
(Rakhi Mandi) back). chromium. present the area is densely
populated with settlement
and households. Apprx.
10000 tonnes of waste.
22. Kanpur, Panki Not Known 1 - Waste of complex nature Area 10 acres. Mostly Heavy metals
Industrial Area containing heavy metals. railway land. Some
temporary mud houses are
constructed. Apprx. 35000
23. Khanpur Cerulean Chemicals, 1 - Mostly BCS (Basic Chrome t
Area 2 sq.
f km. t Private land. Chromium
Village, Warsi Chemicals, Sulphate) waste containing Apprx. 45000 tonnes of
Kanpur Dehat Chandani Chemicals, chromium (VI). waste.
Amoliya Textiles, Hilger
Chemicals (All units
closed and dismantled
long back).

24. Lohia Nagar Chrome Plating Industries 1 Metal surface Bath material containing To be estimated Hexavalent
in Ghaziabad Area finishing chrome Chromium
S. Location of Name of the Polluter Number Product Type of Waste Generated Quantity/Area of the Primary
No the Site of Sites Waste/Contamination Contaminant

WEST BENGAL
1
25. Village Nibra, Not Known 1 - Chrome sludge generated 4440 tonnes of waste Chromium
Dist. Howrah from Dichromate
manufacturing industry
waste
26. Old Delhi Not Known 18 - Bichromate manufacturing 2400*/12800** (Village Chromium, iron
Road NH2, industry waste Simla/Madpur, Near Sarkar
Dist. Hooghly Weighbridge), 7200*/7680**
(waste (Near Netaji More, Shivam
dumped at Trexim), 2400*/9120** (Near
various Minu Weigh Bridge),
locations) 360*/6240** (Near Zenith
Timber Products),
2400*/3800** (Near Pasupati
Seohng & East India Flour
Mills), 2400*/3200**
(Ashalata Brick Field),
360*/360** (Chakundi, Near
Shivam Gases Ltd.) tonnes
of waste.
(*/** are waste estimates
from NPC and SENES
study)
27 Durgapur Durgapur Chemicals 1 Chloro-Alkali Mercury bearing sludges Yet to be estimated Mercury
Limited
28 Khardah Hindusthan Heavy 1 Chloro-Alkali Mercury bearing sludges Yet to be estimated Mercury
Chemicals
29 Dankuni Calcutta Chemical 1 Napthalene Distillation residue, material Yet to be estimated Aromatic
Products spills hydrocarbons
30 Belda Belda Chemicals 1 Napthalene Distillation residue, material Yet to be estimated Aromatic
spills hydrocarb
31 Durgapur Durgapur Napthalene 1 Napthalene Distillation residue, material Yet to be estimated Aromatic
spills hydrocarb
S. Location of Name of the Polluter Number Product Type of Waste Generated Quantity/Area of the Primary
No the Site of Sites Waste/Contamination Contaminant

KARNATAKA

32. Bidar M/s Vani Prganics Pvt. 1 Paracetamol High TDS, Sulphates Yet to be estimated Inorganic salts
Ltd. (Analgin)
TELANGANA

33. Noor Kattedhan Industrial 1 Mixed Industries Polluted waste water Being remediated under TPH, Lead and
Mohammed Estate discharged into lake World Bank funds other heavy
Kunta Lake metals

MAHARASHTRA

34. Nashik MIDC Industries located in 1 - Ground water Yet to estimated Nitrate, Lead &
MIDC Area contamination due to Manganese
discharge of inorganic salts
effluent/disposal of waste
35. Nira, Pune M/s Jublliant Life - - Information not available - -
Sciences

Note: 1. About 21 sites were reported by DPCC as probably contaminated sites.

2. In the undivided state of Andhra Pradesh, all the dump sites have been cleared as per the APPCB report.