Int. J. of Life Sciences, 2015, Vol. 3(4): 341-350 ISSN: 2320-7817| eISSN: 2320-964X © 2015 |IJLSCI www.ijlsci.in 341 Thermal power station effluent induced biochemical changes in the blood of freshwater fish, Labeo rohita Deshpande Anant 1* and Zade Suresh 2 1 Department of Zoology, Chintamani College of Science, Pombhurna, Dist. Chandrapur, Gondwana University, Gadchiroli, MS, India 2 PGTD Department of Zoology, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, MS, India *Corresponding author, Email: anant_sanjay@yahoo.com Manuscript details: ABSTRACT Received: 08.11.2015 Revised : 28.11.215 Accepted: 17.12.2015 Published : 30.12.2015 Editor: Dr. Arvind Chavhan Cite this article as: Deshpande Anant and Zade Suresh (2015) Thermal power station effluent induced biochemical changes in the blood of freshwater fish, Labeo rohita, International J. of Life Sciences, 3(4): 341-350. Copyright:© 2015 | Author(s), This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- Non- Commercial - No Derivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non- commercial and no modifica- tions or adaptations are made. The hazardous effect of heavy metal pollution from the water body on serum biochemistry of the freshwater fish, Labeo rohita (Rohu) was studied in this investigation. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the waste effluent from thermal power station (TPS) were pose any hazardous changes in the blood biochemistry of common carp, Labeo rohita (rohu). The heavy metals like As, Zn, Pb, Cd, Co, Ni, Mn, Fe, Cr, Al, and Cu were observed in water body adjacent to thermal power station in varying quantities that indicates the presence of heavy metal in water body. The biochemical changes in blood serum monitored through total protein, albumen, creatinine, total cholesterol and enzyme AST and ALT tests, were showed elevation in concentration which might be due to damage of the liver, kidney, and other tissues in the state of stress caused by exposure to metals. Keywords: Heavy metals, water pollution, TPS, blood biochemistry, rohu. INTRODUCTION The main purpose of any industrial development is to provide an opportunity for better living and an employment to the people residing the area. Though industrial development produces more employment it is also responsible for the degradation of the environment by introducing various pollutants into the atmosphere which produces air, water and land pollution. Hence now there is need to protect the environment from these harmful effects at any possible limits. In recent years the energy demand has been increased so rapidly which is being largely met by using fossil fuel. The increasing demand for energy is the one of the RESEARCH ARTICLE