DURGAPUR, 23 MARCH: Hundreds of housewives carrying broomsticks (in SNS photo) protested against the state's bid for acquisition of farmland to help set up an Aerotropolis project by a private agency at Andal, today.
A study conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has found that the industries located in Haldia and Howrah add more to air pollution levels than those in Durgapur and Asansol.
The Centre has sanctioned Rs 2,629 crore to relocate by 2020 about 3.5 lakh people from the subsidence-prone parts of the Asansol-Ranigunj-Durgapur coal belt.
According to the Asansol-Durgapur Development Authority (Adda) estimates, about 8,050 acres will be needed to rehabilitate nearly 80,000, mostly rural, families.
