From last few decades, there is a growing concern of chemical pollution due to their harmful effect on living organisms. The water bodies serve as temporary or final receptors of diverse variety of contaminants, which are consequently contaminating the watersheds and adjoining territories 1,2. The rapid stride in industrialization is a major concern which is jeopardizing the ecological balance 3. Among the damages caused by chemical agents to exposed organisms, genotoxic and mutagenic effects have shown to be worrying, which can lead to several health problems and also affect future generations due to inheritable alterations in genetic material. Genetic toxicology involved in detecting compounds capable of causing genetic damage with the aim of understanding potential biological penalty 4,5. The effluents discharged from industries enter into the water bodies in several different ways, either dumped directly, such as industrial effluents, or from wastewater treatment plants that do not fulfill their obligations. Due to universal solubility nature of water, almost all kinds of substances can be transported and distributed more easily in the water cycle 6,7,8. At present, the safe disposal of industrial wastewater is one of the major ecological challenges. Therefore, environmental degradation has now become a global problem and to main