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Ganga Pollution Case: Kanpur by Ruchita Kaundal is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document summarizes the landmark "Ganga Pollution Cases" in India, which began when a matchstick tossed into the Ganga River caused it to catch fire due to toxic chemicals. Environmental lawyer M.C. Mehta filed a case against pollution of the entire Ganga River. The court asked him to focus on Kanpur as a representative city, as its tanneries were highly polluting the river with chemicals and waste. The court ruled in 1987 that the Kanpur tanneries must establish primary wastewater treatment within six

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Ruchita Kaundal

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