news details |
|
|
| Authorities unmoved as pollution leads to sickness in Udhampur | | |  Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, June 5: The industrial pollution in the Battal Ballian area has made lives miserable and with the authorities concerned in no mood of doing anything the same has left the locals high and dry.
Locals informed that the pollution remains at its peak especially at night hours and that too within 2-3 km area at Battal Ballian.
“Many times we raised the issue with the Industries department but no action was taken,” they added .
“Every day in the morning we wake up to see all the dust and smoke everywhere making it difficult even to breathe,” a housewife told this reporter. She also said that they are concerned about the health of their children due to this pollution.
A doctor in hospital informed that some cases of Asthma and other breathing disorders have become a routine. As per industrial rules, boundaries of industries like cement as well as chemical should be totally covered by green welts. “All the industries should be shifted otherwise they should operate strictly under the Act. The plantation drive should be carried out,” Rahul Sharma, a local said. When contacted DC Udhampur ,Indu Kanwal Chib said that she will look into the matter and action would be taken against the people who violate norms. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
STOCK UPDATE |
|
|
 |
| BSE
Sensex |
 |
| NSE
Nifty |
|
|
| |
CRICKET UPDATE |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
