Raipur, November 24
The Youth Congress (YC) members on Thursday gheraoed Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) and demanded prompt action against polluting industries around the capital city. Later, the YC members submitted a memorandum to board’s member secretary P Narsimha Rao and urged him to take necessary measures to reduce pollution in the city.
The president of YC’s Raipur North Vidhan Sabha Dilip Singh Chouhan told Rao that despite board’s stern instructions to the industrial units to use electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) round the clock, none were complying.
“The black dust emitting from the factories covers the city and its surrounding. High pollution damages crops and affects overall agricultural production of the farmers living near industrial areas. Several diseases occur due to pollution. Still, the board has not taken any action against polluting units,” Chouhan charged.
He further alleged that neither the government nor the industrial units do plantation. “There is less number of trees in the city as well as in industrial areas. Pollution is bound to rise in this scenario,” he said.
The YC members demanded from Rao fix responsibility of the board officials and ensure the industries follow pollution norms. They warned of launching aggressive demonstration if their demands would not be considered.
Chouhan was accompanied by Sheikh Shakeel, Bakar Abbas, Sirish Awasthi, Mohammad Rehan, Nadim Arshad Quraishi, Bhavesh Shukla, Ashish Dwivedi, etc.
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