River water is a major source for Agriculture and it is adequate for many villages and towns. Palar river in Vellore is the basin for the source of drinking water had been polluted by leather industry and deposition of hospital wastes. This available source of water is now being unable to use as the water parameters are very high and unfit for agriculture. To reduce these parameters, Phytoremediation technology had been practiced by employing Vetiveri azizanioides and Andrographis paniculata as plant phytoremediators using hydrophonic system. It was recorded that these plants were able to adapt itself in the Palar river water without altering its phytochemical and antioxidant properties. Plants were found to uptake the heavy metals from the water and continued growing.
