Heavy metal pollution of soil and wastewater is an important environmental issue. The industries like tannery and electroplating are the main source of chromium pollution in India. They are required to comply with the regulations of the Central Pollution Control Boards and concerned State Pollution Control Boards. Thus, our present study contributes towards physicochemical studies and analysis of chromium content using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS) in the effluent released by electroplating industries in 4 different seasons specified by met office of a year to help in the understanding of pollution effects. Study reveals that the effluents from these industries contain Cr (VI) at concentrations ranging from tens to hundreds to thousands of mg/l and unfavorable levels of TSS, TDS, BOD and COD. There are standard values set by Pollution control Board for industrial effluent to be discharged on different types of land. Industrial effluent quality exceeding these specifications is thus harmful. It may cause biochemical effects, such as inhibition of enzymes, metabolic disorders, genetic damage, hypertension and cancer. Microbial load was also studied by enrichment technique which can further be applied for study of potential remediation of chromium.