The problem with waste waters containing dyes is that these impurities impart acute and/or chronic consequences once exposed to living organism. The results of this exposure depend upon dye concentration, exposure time, besides their ability to absorb/reflect sunlight entering in to the aqueous media.  Thus the concentration of these organic dyes leads to severe effects on the growth of aquatic life as well as other living organism that found entrance. Unlike the existing reports which present chemical decomposition by oxidation, photodegradation, microbial decoloration, use of activated sludge, etc., here in this work we have purely highlighted the cost-effective and easy to handle approach (adsorption) for the removal of dyes from the waster waters. Conclusions have been drawn from the compiled literature and few crucial regarding futuristic research for the removal of dyes have been presented.