Overview
- The 350-acre yard in Rajasthan takes about 700 tankers dumping roughly 2.2 million litres of marble slurry each day and the hardened waste has become a white landscape that draws 5,000 to 20,000 visitors.
- Studies by the Central University of Rajasthan found total dissolved solids up to 10 times safe limits within 6 km along with high nitrate, fluoride, and lead silicate.
- Researchers also reported PM2.5 over legal limits as fine dust from the slurry spread across the area and visitors and workers went without masks.
- The National Green Tribunal set up a joint committee with state and central pollution boards to inspect the site as the Kishangarh Marble Association said it has received no health complaints.
- Nearby farmers said dust and overflow from the yard cut yields and left some fields unfit for sowing, even as the association charges for photo and film shoots and runs on-site facilities.