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Heavy metal contamination has recently become one of the most critical environmental problems. Hazardous heavy metal poisoning of the environment is spreading around the world with the advancement of industries. Microorganism-related technologies could offer an alternative or replacement for traditional metal recovery or removal techniques. This research focuses on the investigation of heavy metal-tolerant bacteria isolated from industrial effluent in the CLZS, Chanderiya, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, and their characterization. Initially, A total of 237 isolates were screened as Zn-tolerant bacteria, and 29 isolates were screened as Pb-tolerant bacteria from an industrial effluent sample. The three isolates were selected for further analysis due to their high level of heavy metal tolerance. The isolates were determined to be Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas sp., and Bacillus flexus according to biochemical and morphological parameters. The identified isolates show high tolerance to heavy metals like Zn and Pb. They could be effective and useful as a potential bioremediation tool for heavy metals from industrial effluent.