Residents seek permanent measures to prevent discharge of toxic industrial effluents into Guruganga stream near Humnabad
Residents and students in Humnabad, Karnataka, held a protest demanding an end to the discharge of toxic industrial effluents into the Guruganga stream. They claim the pollution has contaminated local groundwater and poses severe health risks to nearby villages.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the ongoing conflict between industrial development and environmental safety, impacting public health and religious sites.
Hundreds of students and residents of villages around the Humnabad Industrial Area took out a protest march in Humnabad in Bidar district on Monday, seeking permanent measures to prevent the discharge of alleged toxic industrial effluents into the sacred Guruganga stream at Maniknagar.
They said the pollution posed a serious threat to public health, the environment and a revered pilgrimage centre.
The rally, led by Shri Manik Prabhu Samsthan, began from the samsthan premises and culminated at the Humnabad Tahsildar’s office. Carrying black flags and raising slogans, the protesters sought immediate action to stop pollution of the stream.
The samsthan president Anandraj Manik Prabhu and joint secretary Chaitanyaraj Prabhu submitted a memorandum to the tahsildar, urging the authorities to act within three days and warning of an intensified agitation involving residents of all affected villages if no action was taken.
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