Farmers of the Sundernagar region have opposed the construction of the cement plant being set up at Chambi on the ground that it would render the fertile agriculture field into waste land, degrade the environment and leave local people landless.

Though hit by the slowdown in realty, cement and steel makers are pinning their hopes on government

Shimla: Farmers intensify protests against acquisition; Sundernagar plant in trouble

Himachal Pradesh

Engineers believe cement, a vast source of planet-warming carbon dioxide, could be transformed into a means of stripping the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.

Shillong: The Indigenous People of Jaintia Hills Organisation has demanded closure of CMCL (Star Cement), located at Lumshnong, Jaintia Hills district in view of the threat posed by pollutants emerging from the plant to the people and the nearby Kotsati-Umlawan Cave.