11 dies due to release of toxic gas from illegal effluent dumping by local industries in Ludhiana, a city in Punjab.

11 dies due to release of toxic gas from illegal effluent dumping by local industries in Ludhiana, a city in Punjab.

Over the past few years discharge of chemical waste from the local dyeing factories has emerged as an illegal business in the area.

The state pollution control board does not have any equipment to test the level of toxicity mixed in the sewage where the effluents were released.

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