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How India’s leather industry is polluting a major river basin

Written by Varsha Torgalkar, Rifat Mohidin, Sofia Turati, and Vittoria Torsello — authors at Dialogue Earth The Palar River flows 222 kilometres through Tamil Nadu before draining into the Bay of Bengal near Chennai. A vital drinking water source for 50 villages and 30 towns, it sustains farmland and supports India’s thriving tanneries – where […]